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Article: Cadnum, Michael. Starfall; Phaeton and the chariot of the sun (Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
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CADNUM, Michael. Starfall; Phaeton and the chariot of the sun. Scholastic, Orchard Books. 128p. c2004. 0-439-54533-1. $16.95. JS
Cadnum, author of a number of notable historical novels and other fiction for YAs, turns to mythology here in the first of a trilogy of retold classic legends from Ovid's Metamorphoses. A fleet-footed youth named Phaeton is told by his mother that he is the son of the powerful sun god Apollo. He embarks on a dangerous journey to the gates of dawn to find his divine father, encountering a water nymph, centaurs, and the god Mercury along the way. When Phaeton arrives at Apollo's ...
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