The Widely Unknown Myth of Apple & Dorothy

hardcover Synopsis Critically acclaimed author Corey Ann Haydu crafts a spellbinding tale about two of today’s earthly descendants of Greek gods, nymphs, and muses as they’re faced with a decision that will change the course of their lives forever. This stunning middle grade novel displays the powerful influence of myths, magic, and two friends both bound and separated by two worlds.  If you could choose to be a god forever, would you do it? Every winter solstice, today’s earthly descendants of Greek gods, nymphs, and muses must visit Mount Olympus to preserve their near-god status. Until Dorothy’s mother refuses to go, sealing her fate and dying a human death shortly after. In retaliation, the gods release an ultimatum: return to the heavens as gods or live as humans on earth. Everyone must now make a choice.  Dorothy is already at the bottom of the godly chain as the descendant of the infamous Pandora. Without her mother, the rest of Dorothy’s world becomes quieter, stiller—and her g