Blood of Troy

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Andrews, Claire M., author.

Title: Blood of Troy / Claire M. Andrews.

Description: First edition. | New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2022. Series: A Daughter of Sparta novel | Audience: Ages 14 & up. | Summary: “As the kingdoms of Greece clash on the shores of Troy and the gods choose sides, Daphne must use her wits, her training, and her precarious relationship with Apollo to keep her queen safe, stop the war, and uncover the true reason the gods led her to Troy”—Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2022005043 | ISBN 9780316366748 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780316366960 (ebook)

Subjects: CYAC: Trojan War—Fiction. | Mythology, Greek—Fiction. | Brothers and sisters—Fiction. | Secrets—Fiction. | LCGFT: Novels.

Classification: LCC PZ7.1.A53274 Bl 2022 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022005043

ISBNs: 978-0-316- 36674-8 (hardcover), 978-0-316- 36696-0 (ebook)

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