In this novel adaptation, follow fifteen-year-old Maia, gifted with writhing ringlets and viperous locks. With a mysterious past, she is the adopted daughter of sideshow huckster Riktus, who displays her in his "freakshow" as Medusa's Daughter. Her journey to discover her past sets in motion the cascading events that lead to her growth - and her freedom! Perfect for young adult audiences!
Jonathon Scott Fuqua is the award winning author of three much lauded, award-winning young adult novels, The Reappearance of Sam Webber (ALA Alex Award, School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, Booklist Editor's Choice, and more) and DARBY (Oppenhiem Toy Portfolio Platinum Award, Book Sense Top 5, Mark Twain Award finalist, and more)

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This book is part of a book series called Narrative, Ink. .

There are 192 pages in this book.

This is a novella. A novella is short novel or a long short story and typically ranges from 20, 000 to 50, 000 words, which translates to about 100 to 200 pages, depending on formatting, font size, and other factors like page layout. Novellas offer a focused narrative with fewer subplots than a novel and a more direct approach to storytelling. Some famous novellas, such as The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, fall within this length range.

This book was published in 2007 by Soft Skull Press .

Jonathan Scott Fuqua is an established historian who, amongst many other subjects, has extensively researched the Civil Rights movement in the USA. He has written numerous plays, stories and articles and is also an established artist, with a published collection of illustrations, American Rowhouse Classic Design. Writer-in-residence of the Carver Institute, Fuqua teaches classes in fiction writing, literature and art. He lives in Baltimore with his wife and daughter.