Rick Riordan Presents: A Drop of Venom Teen & Young Adult Coming of Age Fantasy It started with an itch—first

It started with an itch—first on her feet

and a corral where he rides a woolly mammoth that only eats yellow food

inspired by real-life events in the early 1900s

female friendship and self-discovery

Rick Riordan Presents: A Drop of Venom Teen & Young Adult Coming of Age Fantasy It started with an itch—firstCirce goes YA in this unapologetically feminist retelling of the Medusa myth steeped in Indian mythology, a YA epic fantasy addition to the Rick Riordan Presents imprint. All monsters and heroes have beginnings. This is mine. Sixteen year old Manisha is no stranger to monstersshes been running from them for years, from beasts who roam the jungle to the Kings army, who forced her people, the naga, to scatter to the ends of the earth. You might think