When, in 2018, Pat Barker published “The Silence of the Girls,” the first novel in her Women of Troy series, the popularity of fiction revisiting ancient Greek mythology was still in its infancy.

Tonya Bolden, Author, Pat Barker, Author, Ansel Pitcairin, Illustrator Dutton Books $18.99 (64p) ISBN 978-0-525-47043-4 A number of nonfiction texts give voice to important historical events and ...