In their third story, ancient Grecians Pandora, Iole, Alcie, and Homer go on another totally cool quest. They've already tackled Jealousy and Vanity; this time it's Laziness. Pandy and her friends try to stay one step ahead of Hera while rectifying an awful mistake. The self-consciously cheeky romp liberally applies teen slang (sometimes forced) and girl-power bonding to ancient Greek adventure.

Gr 4-7 Fresh from the ordeals of collecting Jealousy and Vanity, Pandora and her friends are off in search of Laziness. The story opens as Pandy falls out of Apollo's sun chariot. Aided by Dionysus and his team of attack squirrels, she begins her journey on foot, only to get captured by slavers and dragged on a lengthy journey to the Atlas Mountains (convenientshe is heading there anyway). Here she is reunited with her friends (who were abducted by pirates and forced into slavery) and is surprised to find Laziness camping out in her Uncle Atlas's nostril. All in all, the story is a bit choppy and fragmented. This isn't a series readers can join in the middle, as character traits, in-jokes, and references to previous events will confuse newcomers, but Pandora's fans of the series should enjoy it. Brandy Danner, Wilmington Memorial Library, MA