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Winner of a BRONZE MEDAL at the international Moonbeam Children's Book Awards:
A young boy is forced to flee his home with his mother, and arrives on the shores of a foreign land. Here Perseus grows up and boasts to the king that he could take on the terrifying Gorgon, Medusa. As he sets out on his journey, he's helped by the goddess Athena with a set of amazing gifts which allow him to fly across the oceans and face the Gorgon.
Can Perseus win? Can he make it home to reclaim the throne in Greece?
Find out in our first Early Myths adventure.
Simon Spence
Simon Spence collaborated with Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham on the acclaimed memoirs Stoned (Vintage 2001) and 2Stoned (Vintage 2003), and then wrote his own book about Loog Oldham's legendary Immediate Records (Black Dog 2008). As a journalist, Simon has written features on popular culture for many publications, including the NME, The Face, iD, Dazed & Confused, the Independent, the Japan Times, and the International Herald Tribune. He lives in Manchester with his wife and three children.
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