Juliet Dove Queen of Love

Juliet Dove Queen of Love
by Bruce Coville
Harcourt Books, 2003
Pages: 190
Reading Level: 9-12
Genre: Fiction

Juliet Dove is a young girl who is very very shy. The only time she can speak her mind is when she gets angry, and when that happens you want to be out of her way. One day, after she yelled at a class mate, she runs away. She gets lost and runs into a magic shop. She is curious, so she walks in. Inside there is a strange woman who gives her a pendant. When she puts on the pendant, Juliet becomes very very beautiful. It turns out that the woman who gave her the pendant is Eris, the goddess of discord. She gave the same pendant to Helen of Troy, and started the Trojan war. Inside the pendant is Cupid, trapped. In order to keep the world from fighting over her, Juliet must find a way to free Cupid from his prison, since she can't take off the pendant. She is given a riddle by on old blind man, and she follows it, and with the help of two of the magic shop's owners rats, she sets free cupid and is declared the Queen of Love by the other anciet goddesses.

I would recommend this book to shy girls, because is shows that even if you are very shy, you can overcome it and be successful.

I don't see this book causing any problems.

This book is okay, but not anywhere near a favorite.

My Rating: ***