Megan in Ancient Greece

Magic Attic Club

by Susan Korman

Megan finds herself in ancient Greece when everyone is getting ready to celebrate the Festival of the Harvest. A new temple built by Megala's Uncle Lysius and Cousin Nestor is being dedicated to Demeter, the goddess of the harvest. Megan discovers that the beautiful, bronze statue of Demeter has been stolen from the temple. But she can't tell anyone because girls aren't supposed to be out alone, especially at night! Who can Megan turn to; whome can she trust?

Genres: Fantasy, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Juvenile, Time Travel, Fiction

Library Binding

First published June 1, 1988

About the author

Susan Korman is the author of over thirty books ranging from picture books and licensed works to YA novels. She has written tie-in novels for Ice Age, Monsters Vs Aliens, Kung Fu Panda, Kicking and Screaming and various Transformers movies.
She attended Le Moyne College, and now lives in Yardley, Pennsylvania, where she works as a writer and editor.

Reviews

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the unique setting. I learned a little bit about Ancient Greece. I also liked that the beginning was fall and Halloween time like it is now. I didn’t like though that there was no moral. The adventure and ending had nothing to do with the beginning and didn’t really solve or help tie together the issues the story had started out with. It didn’t stay consistent at all with the other books in the series. It’s interesting how this is one of the last ones in the series. Guess it started to go downhill.

[Panda Incognito · Rating 3 out of 5]

My library never owned copies of this book, so I never read it when I was a child. I didn't even know that it existed until I started looking at the series list on Goodreads, and it was interesting to read a Magic Attic book that was totally new to me. I liked the historical details related to Ancient Greece, Megan's mostly realistic adventure, the lovely illustrations, and the honest representation of the limitations women and girls faced in Ancient Greece. Since this series tends to be fantasy wish fulfillment, I appreciated the accuracy here.

[Carson]

Historical though through a fantasy/mythological angle. One of the easiest to find in person. One of the first I read. Not my favorite.

[Alex]

Dnf'd @ 50%

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

This series shares the same basic hook as Mary Pope Osborne's Magic Tree House books, with time-travelling kids having low-key adventures that make Learning History Fun.

This series offers more focus on the main characters' "real life" problems, less reliance on deus ex machina plot resolution, and clear assertions of the limitations on the activities of pre-adolescent girls in the historical period. Generally, the prose is somewhat better, and the narrative and art style is less cartoony than the Tree House books.

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Out of all the Magic Attic club girls, Heather has always been my favorite, but this one was definitely the most solidly narrated and engaging of the Megan books I own.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Megan in Ancient Greece (Magic Attic Club) by Susan Korman - I'm still slightly peeved that Megan go to go to Ancient Greece while I had to settle for modern Greece. Happy Reading!