Medusa Gorgon's Bad Hair Day

by Walker, Bethany | Interest age: from c 8 years
Published 14/08/2025 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom
Paperback | 288 pages
148 x 205 x 38mm | 262g

Twelve-year-old Meddy Gordon has serious anger issues.

In this hilarious book for middle-grade readers, Meddy

rants about  family and friendships, using her diary as a way

of letting out her anger and keeping her emotions in check. 

So far, so normal. You know the kind of thing: frustrations with

her self-absorbed sisters; problems with idiotic classmates; disagreements

with pompous teachers; and, of course, her troubles

dealing with the occasional flock of owls, swarms of snakes, or even

the odd many-headed dog.

And then there's the small problem of the snake hair that appears

if she doesn't control her anger...

You see, Meddy Gordon is not actually from the twenty-first century.

She is, in fact, a human from ancient Greece and she has made

a powerful enemy.

Meddy G is MEDUSA and she just happens to have angered Athena,

the goddess of war. And what happens when the goddess of war is

on the warpath? You get a bad day. A very bad day indeed.

Meddy Gorgon is loosly based on the famous Greek myth of Medusa,

ideal for young fans of Greek mythology!

A highly illustrated book, great for fans of Hercules: the

Diary of a (sort of) Hero and Lottie Brooks.

Funny and fantastic illustrations by Katie Abey who has illustrated

over fifty books for children. 

“Packed with laughs, legends and just the right

amount of chaos - I loved it!” - Tom Vaughan, author

of HERCULES: THE DIARY OF A (SORT OF) HERO