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MEET IRIS!<\/h4>\r\n

Iris lives with her parents beside the ocean. Every day, she waters the clouds to make it rain so the plants will grow.<\/p>\r\n

WHEN A BOY ARRIVES FROM OLYMPUS\u2026<\/p>\r\n

Iris is tasked with helping to solve a mystery: Zeus\u2019s daughters have accused each other of lying, but each argues they are telling the truth. Their friendship is in peril and the tension is causing mayhem on Olympus!<\/p>\r\n

Iris must find a magical river, whose water will make anyone who drinks it tell the truth, and bring it back to Olympus.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

THERE\u2019S JUST ONE PROBLEM\u2026<\/p>\r\n

She must go to the Underworld\u2014a dark, terrifying place filled with dangerous monsters\u2014to get it.<\/p>\r\n

IRIS SOON LEARNS OF ANOTHER MYSTERY\u2026<\/p>\r\n

Hades, the god of the Underworld, is angry with Zeus, and no one knows why.<\/p>\r\n

CAN IRIS FACE HER FEARS AND UNCOVER THE TRUTH?<\/p>\r\n

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“Iris is an engaging and warm heroine who draws readers in. This series is a fun, colorful adventure perfect for the mythology obsessed elementary kid.<\/strong>“<\/p>\r\n

– Haley W., Youth Librarian<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n

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“I was pleasantly surprised by The River of Truth, realizing rather quickly as I perused the sample that this is precisely the sort of book I would want to put in front of students <\/strong>who need a book a little more entertaining but are also working at a 2nd-3rd grade level. While there are some more difficult words, like optimistic and straightened, the vast majority are 2-syllable or less and generally follow phonemic rules that make this book perfect for reading development.<\/strong> And who can go wrong with Greek Mythology?” – Steph F., Educator<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n

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“A reader of Percy Jackson growing up, I was a big fan of Greek Myths and Legends. It is so exciting to see a series using these myths in a way that is digestible for even younger audiences!<\/strong> I can see many young kids loving Iris\u2019s voice and having fun on her journeys.” – Joe N., Reviewer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

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Illustrated Paperback of Messenger of Olympus: The River of Truth<\/strong>, an epic Greek Mythology retelling adventure for early readers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[58,64,68],"product_tag":[69,62,61],"class_list":["post-1523","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-book-1","product_cat-paperback","product_cat-youth-fiction","product_tag-chapter-book","product_tag-fantasy","product_tag-greek-mythology","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","product-type-external"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjpankey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/1523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjpankey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjpankey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjpankey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjpankey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjpankey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjpankey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=1523"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjpankey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=1523"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjpankey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=1523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}