The Three Spartans
by James McCann Book Review by Miranda Moses (Fraser) ISBN: 978-17753515-4-2 Once again James McCann has graced us with a story the whole family can enjoy. I've been reading it out loud to my little one and plan on lending it to my 9 year old sister to read. It's wholesome, entertaining, and I'd even venture to say borderline educational. If you're a fan of Greek stories you will enjoy this retelling of the battle of Thermopylae. Our main characters are twelve year old Art and his best friend Lea. Art's family always vacations in the same town over the summer. It's where he and Lea spend their days adventuring, when they aren't grabbing all the screen time they can to play Spartan video games. But as most children know there's always a bully somewhere in the crowd. In this case we have Zeke and his hoard of swim team goons. While Zeke's mostly harmless, he is a pain in their butts. When Art finally has enough of him, he and Lea conspire to take care of Zeke and make this the most memorable summer they've ever had. They challenge Zeke to a three day paint ball match. Their objective is to keep Zeke and his army (The Immortals) from taking the tree house fort in the woods. The stakes are high and would banish Zeke from the two spots in Birch Bay he uses to hoard power over others. When he arrogantly agrees to the match Art and Lea use their video game network to call other kids to join them. They of course call themselves The Spartans. Bonus to this war is that if you know your Greek mythology you know how important Oracles are. In this case we have a spotify playlist by a cover band named 'The Oracle'. The lyrics that match the moment when needed most and the songs that rally the troops when times are tough. I found that to be an extremely clever way to go about things! In the end this is a story of friendship and standing together. The Spartan's true mission was to stand up for themselves and their freedom. This was an adorable story with characters that were hard not to love. Art's family are the type of loving supportive people I hope to be for my daughter. Lea's the kind of best friend all kid's should have. And Birch Bay is the quiet peaceful town you wish your family could be in. While it is a small book I enjoyed it cover to cover and am thrilled to share it with you. AND it's available on Amazon Prime so you can order it and have it under the tree for Christmas *wink*. Read on my fellow book worms, may we one day have Belle's library. And as always links to the author's pages can be found down below.
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