Pandora Gets Lazy (Pandora Series #3) »

Carolyn Hennesy is the author of Pandora Gets Jealous. A Los Angeles native, she has over twenty-five years’ experience in the entertainment industry, having appeared in more than two hundred films, TV shows, commercials, and live stage productions. In addition to her full-time acting and writing careers, Ms. Hennesy also teaches improvisational comedy and has become a flying trapeze artist. She lives in the Los Angeles area.

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Pandora and her BFFs are off to the Atlas Mountains in search of the next of the seven evils she released into the world. But before she finds a hint of Laziness, Pandy is separated from her friends and left totally alone in the middle of nowhere! With the fate of the world (still) in her hands, Pandy must rely on her own strengths (and a little help from Olympus to capture Laziness. Humor, light fantasy, and Pandora's newfound confidence feature in this third adventure from Carolyn Hennesy

Children's Literature

Mythology made even more entertaining by authors that take liberty with the stories is becoming popular, and this series of "Pandora" stories seeks to bring the Pandora character into a variety of humorous and mischievous situations. Publishers Weekly said of the series that "Harry Potter meets Edith Hamilton [renowned source for mythology] in this cheeky rendition of Pandora's famous faux pas ." That faux pas, of course, is when Pandora submits to her curiosity and opens the box entrusted to her by the gods. This box contained all the evils in the world, but luckily she closed the box before all of its contents were released; however, all that remained was hope. Meanwhile this story of Pandora with her friends Iole, Alcie, and Homer is fun, but to a mythology "buff" it can be misleading. Mythological and historical names are used but, in an effort to thrill young readers, the story is completely fabricated, achieving the goal of a fictional read but simultaneously confusing a reader with an interest in the "real" myths. Reviewer: K. Meghan Robertson