Percy Jackson

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Anatopsis Cover
Chris Abouzeid
In the realm from which the Greek gods ruled the universe thousands of years ago, the immortal witch Anatopsis uncovers the true objectives of her demi-god tutor Mr. Pound and attempts to prevent him from carrying out his evil plans.
J FIC Abo
Aug 19, 2010
Atalanta and the Arcadian beast Cover
Jane Yolen
Robert J. Harris
Twelve-year-old Atalanta discovers a home and friendship with a bear, misunderstanding from town-dwellers, and grudging respect from the great hunter Orion, as together they pursue mysterious creature that killed her father
J FIC Yol
Aug 19, 2010
City of dogs Cover
Livi Michael
Jenny, a mysterious dog, shows up on Sam's birthday and pulls many of the other dogs in the neighborhood into her quest to prevent the destruction of the world.
J FIC Mic
Aug 20, 2010
City of fire Cover
Laurence Yep
Twelve-year-old Scirye and her companions travel to Houlani, a new Hawaiian island created by magic, where they enlist the help of volcano goddess Pele in an attempt to stop an evil dragon and a mysterious man from altering the universe
J FIC Yep
Aug 19, 2010
City of wind Cover
Pierdomenico Baccalario
Leah Janeczko
In their continuing quest to save the world from evil forces, Mistral, Elettra, Harvey, and Sheng meet again in Paris where they must search for the mysterious veil of Isis reportedly hidden in the heart of the city.
J FIC Bac
Book
Oct 15, 2011
Corydon & the island of monsters Cover
Tobias Druitt
Corydon, an outcast Greek boy with the leg of a goat, learns that he is part of an old prophecy and joins forces with Medusa and other "monsters" known in Greek mythology in a confrontation with mortal heroes fighting for the Olympian gods.
J FIC Dru
Aug 19, 2010
Dusssie Cover
Nancy Springer
At age thirteen Dusie makes the horrifying discovery that she, like her New York artist mother, is a Gorgon--a Greek mythological monster sprouting snakes from her head and capable of turning humans into stone with one angry look
YA FIC Spr
Aug 19, 2010
Ever Cover
Gail Carson Levine
Fourteen-year-old Kezi and Olus, Akkan god of the winds, fall in love and together try to change her fate--to be sacrificed to a Hyte god because of a rash promise her father made--through a series of quests that might make her immortal.
YA FIC Lev
Aug 20, 2010
Have a hot time, Hades! Cover
Kate McMullan
Dave LaFleur
With a modern spin on the Greek myth, Hades, king of the Greek underworld, reveals the true story behind the myths.
J FIC McM
Aug 20, 2010
Hippolyta and the curse of the Amazons Cover
Jane Yolen
Robert J. Harris
Thirteen-year-old Hippolyta, a princess of the Amazons, fights to save her people from destruction when her mother the Queen refuses to sacrifice her second-born male child
J FIC Yol
Aug 19, 2010
Icarus at the edge of time Cover
B. (Brian) Greene
A futuristic version of the classic Greek myth, as a boy ventures through deep space and challenges the awesome power of black holes.
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Aug 19, 2010
Iris, messenger Cover
Sarah Deming
After discovering that the immortals of Greek mythology reside in her hometown of Middleville, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Iris listens to their life stories, gaining wisdom, beauty, and startling revelations about her past.
J FIC Dem
Aug 19, 2010
It's all Greek to me Cover
Jon Scieszka
Lane Smith
As they are about to go on stage, Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported back to the time of Zeus and the other gods in Greek mythology, who, strangely enough, behave much as the characters in the trio's class play
J FIC Sci
Aug 19, 2010
Jason and the Gorgon's blood Cover
Jane Yolen
Robert J Harris
Jason, who will grow up to become the head of the Argonauts, leads five other boys on a dangerous quest to save the kingdom of Iolcus, learning along the way what it means to be in command
J FIC Yol
Aug 19, 2010
Juliet Dove, Queen of Love Cover
Bruce Coville
A shy twelve-year-old girl must solve a puzzle involving characters from Greek mythology to free herself from a spell which makes her irresistible to boys
J FIC Cov
Aug 19, 2010
Lost in the labyrinth : a novel Cover
Patrice Kindl
Fourteen-year-old Princess Xenodice tries to prevent the death of her half-brother, the Minotaur, at the hands of the Athenian prince, Theseus, who is aided by Icarus, Daedalus, and her sister Ariadne.
YA FIC Kin
Aug 20, 2010
Medusa Jones Cover
Ross Collins
In ancient Greece, Medusa Jones, a gorgon, and her friends, a minotaur and a centaur, are mocked and sneered at by the other Acropolis Academy children whose parents are kings and gods, but when they go on a school camping trip together, the "freaks" become true heroes
J FIC Col
Aug 19, 2010
Middleworld Cover
Jon Voelkel
Pamela Voelkel
When his archaeologist parents go missing in Central America, fourteen-year-old Max embarks on a wild adventure through the Mayan underworld in search of the legendary Jaguar Stones, which enabled ancient Mayan kings to wield the powers of living gods
J FIC Voe
Aug 19, 2010
Odd and the Frost Giants Cover
Neil Gaiman
Brett Helquist
An unlucky twelve-year-old Norwegian boy named Odd leads the Norse gods Loki, Thor, and Odin in an attempt to outwit evil Frost Giants who have taken over Asgard.
J FIC Gai
Aug 19, 2010
Oracles of Delphi Keep Cover
Victoria Laurie
In 1938, orphans Theo and Ian lead a group of friends through a portal that takes them from Dover, England, to Morocco in their quest to locate six silver boxes before the ancient prophecies therein are found by the evil Demogorgon's offspring.
J FIC Lau
Aug 20, 2010
Over sea, under stone Cover
Susan Cooper
Illustrated by Margery Gill
Three siblings on vacation in Cornwall find an ancient manuscript which sends them on a dangerous quest that entraps them in the eternal battle between the forces of the Light and the Dark.
J FIC Coo
Aug 20, 2010
Pandora gets jealous Cover
Carolyn Hennesy
Thirteen-year-old Pandy is hauled before Zeus and given six months to gather all of the evils that were released when the box she brought to school as her annual project was accidentally opened.
J FIC Hen
Aug 19, 2010
Quicksilver Cover
Stephanie Spinner
Hermes, Prince of Thieves and son of Zeus, relates why the seasonal change, the history of the Trojan War, his friendship with Pegasus, and many more adventures. Hermes-also known as Mercury, Wayfinder, and Prince of Thieves-has many talents. Wearing his famed winged sandals, he does the bidding of his father Zeus, leads the dead down to Hades, and practices his favorite arts of trickery and theft. He also sees the future, travels invisibly, loves jokes, and abhors violence.
YA FIC Spi
Aug 19, 2010
Rage of fire Cover
Gloria Skurzynski
Alane Ferguson
Jack, Ashley, and their parents visit Hawaii where they meet a Vietnamese boy who is going to live with his American grandfather whom he has never met, and are pursued by the Goddess Pele
J FIC Sku
Aug 19, 2010
Runemarks Cover
Joanne Harris
Maddy Smith, who bears the mysterious mark of a rune on her hand, learns that she is destined to join the gods of Norse mythology and play a role in the fate of the world.
J FIC Har
Aug 19, 2010
Secret of the sirens Cover
Julia Golding
David Wyatt
Upon moving to her aunt's seaside home in the British Isles, Connie becomes part of a secret society that shelters mythical creatures, and must use her ability to communicate with these beings to protect them from evil and the incursions of humans.
J FIC Gol
Aug 19, 2010
Sirens and sea monsters Cover
Mary Pope Osborne
Troy Howell
Retells a part of the Odyssey in which Odysseus and his men, returning from the Land of the Dead determined to sail home to Ithaca, encounter Scylla, the six-headed monster, and Charybdis, the deadly whirlpool
J FIC Osb
Aug 19, 2010
Starcrossed Cover
Josephine Angelini
When shy sixteen-year-old Helen Hamilton starts having vivid dreams about three ancient, hideous women and suddenly tries to kill a new student at her Nantucket high school, she discovers that she is playing out some version of an old tale involving Helen of Troy, the Three Furies, and a mythic battle.
YA ordered 041911
May 31, 2011
Starfall : Phaeton and the chariot of the sun Cover
Michael Cadnum
Expands on the myth of Phaeton, a young man who undertakes a long and dangerous journey to the gates of dawn to confront the mighty god of the sun, Apollo, and is granted one wish--to drive the chariot of the sun for a day
J FIC Cad
Aug 19, 2010
The Akhenaten adventure Cover
Philip Kerr
When twelve-year-old twins Philippa and John discover that they are descended from a long line of djinn, their mother sends them away to their Uncle Nimrod, who takes them to Cairo where he starts to teach them about their extraordinary powers.
J FIC Ker
Aug 19, 2010
The alchemyst : the secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel Cover
Michael Scott
Fifteen-year-old twins, Sophie and Josh, suddenly find themselves caught up in the deadly, centuries-old struggle between rival alchemists, Nicholas Flamel and John Dee, over the possession of an ancient and powerful book holding the secret formulas for alchemy and everlasting life
YA FIC Sco
Aug 19, 2010
The book of three Cover
Lloyd Alexander
Taran, the assistant pig-keeper, longs to be a hero. He begins his journey with a strange assortment of companions on a dangerous mission to save his beloved land, Prydain
J FIC Ale
Aug 19, 2010
The conch bearer Cover
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
In India, a healer invites twelve-year-old Anand to join him on a quest to return a magical conch to its safe and rightful home, high in the Himalayan mountains.
J FIC Div
Aug 19, 2010
The game Cover
Diana Wynne Jones
Sent to a boisterous family gathering in Ireland by her overly strict grandmother, orphaned Hayley feels out of place until her unruly cousins include her in a special game involving travel through the mythosphere, the place where all the world's stories can be found, and where some secrets of her past are revealed.
J FIC Jon
Aug 19, 2010
The great god Pan Cover
Donna Jo Napoli
A retelling of the Greek myths about Pan, both goat and god, whose reed flute frolicking leads him to a meeting with Iphigenia, a human raised as the daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra
YA FIC Nap
Aug 19, 2010
The hounds of the Morrigan Cover
Pat O'Shea
When a ten-year-old boy finds an old book of magic in a bookshop in Ireland, the forces of good and evil gather to do battle over it
J FIC OSh
Aug 19, 2010
The Pig Scrolls Cover
Paul Shipton
A translation of an ancient Greek manuscript written by Gryllus, a talking pig who was once a man, which describes the many adventures that he and his companions--a junior prophetess named Sybil and a bumbling goatherd--experience while traveling to Delphi to try to prevent the universe from coming to an end
J FIC Shi
Aug 19, 2010
The red pyramid Cover
Rick Riordan
Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane accidentally unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes the doctor to oblivion and forces his two children to embark on a dangerous journey to save him
J FIC Rio
Aug 17, 2010
The red pyramid Cover
Rick Riordan
Kevin R Free
Katherine Kellgren
The Audio version of this popular title
J FIC Rio
Aug 17, 2010
The scorpions of Zahir Cover
Chris Brodien-Jones
Eleven-year-old Zagora Pym, who possesses an otherworldly stone, travels to the Moroccan desert with her archaeologist father and astronomy-obsessed brother on a quest to save the ancient city of Zahir
J FIC Bro
Book
Aug 23, 2012
The Sea of Trolls Cover
Nancy Farmer
After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls.
YA FIC Far
Aug 19, 2010
The shadow thieves Cover
Anne Ursu
After her cousin Zee arrives from England, thirteen-year-old Charlotte and he must set out to save humankind from denizens of the underworld, Nightmares, Death, Pain, and a really nasty guy named Phil
J FIC Urs
Aug 19, 2010
The tail of Emily Windsnap Cover
Liz Kessler
Sarah Gibb
After finally convincing her mother that she should take swimming lessons, twelve-year-old Emily discovers a terrible and wonderful secret about herself that opens up a whole new world.
J FIC Kes
Aug 20, 2010
The tiger's apprentice Cover
Laurence Yep
A tiger, a monkey, a dragon, and a twelve-year-old Chinese American boy fight to keep a magic talisman out of the hands of an enemy who would use its power to destroy the world
J FIC Yep
Aug 19, 2010
The unnameables Cover
Ellen Booraem
On an island in whose strict society only useful objects are named and the unnamed are ignored or forbidden, thirteen-year-old Medford encounters an unusual and powerful creature, half-man, half-goat, and together they attempt to bring some changes to the community
J FIC Boo
Aug 19, 2010
The wrath of the gods Cover
Anthony Horowitz
Thomas Yeates
When it comes to mixing it up with the gods, woe be to the man (or woman) who makes them angry. From creative re-tellings of the Greek stories Pandora's Box, The Judgment of Paris, and Narcissus and Echo, to less familiar but equally cautionary Viking story of The Stolen Hammer of Thor, and the Inuit legend of The Ten Fingers of Sedna, one thing is clear--it never pays to mess with the Gods!
J 291 Hor
Book
Aug 23, 2012
The wyrm king Cover
Tony, DiTerlizzi
Holly Black
Nick, Julie, Laurie, and their friends try to prevent a hydra from destroying Florida.
J FIC DiT
Aug 19, 2010
Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos Cover
R. L. (Robin L.) La Fevers
Yoko Tanaka
Twelve-year-old Theo uses arcane knowledge and her own special talent when she encounters two secret societies, one sworn to protect the world from ancient Egyptian magic and one planning to harness it to bring chaos to the world, both of which want a valuable artifact stolen from the London museum for which her parents work.
J FIC LaF
Aug 20, 2010
Thief eyes Cover
Janni Lee Simner
Haley's mother disappeared while on a trip to Iceland, and a year later, when her father takes her there to find out what happened, Haley finds herself deeply involved in an ancient saga that began with her Nordic ancestors
YA FIC SIM
Aug 19, 2010
Tricks and transformations Cover
Anthony Horowitz
Thomas Yeates
You might consider yourself a master of pranks and practical jokes. But throughout time there are those who truly deserve the name trickster--read their stories and you will sonn discover you have much to learn..
J 291 Hor
Book
Aug 23, 2012
Waiting for Odysseus : a novel Cover
Clemence McLaren
undefined Homer. Odyssey
Presents the story of Odysseus's epic journey through the eyes of his faithful wife Penelope, the sorceress Circe, the goddess Athena, and his old nanny Eurycleia.
YA FIC McL
Aug 20, 2010
Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom Cover
Joan Holub
Suzanne Williams
Craig Phillips
When ten-year-old Zeus is kidnapped, he discovers he can defend himself with a magical thunderbolt
J FIC Hol
Book
Aug 23, 2012
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Chris Abouzeid
J FIC Abo
Mary Pope Osborne
Troy Howell
J FIC Osb
Jane Yolen
Robert J. Harris
J FIC Yol
Josephine Angelini
YA ordered 041911
Livi Michael
J FIC Mic
Michael Cadnum
J FIC Cad
Laurence Yep
J FIC Yep
Philip Kerr
J FIC Ker
Pierdomenico Baccalario
Leah Janeczko
J FIC Bac
Michael Scott
YA FIC Sco
Tobias Druitt
J FIC Dru
Lloyd Alexander
J FIC Ale
Nancy Springer
YA FIC Spr
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
J FIC Div
Gail Carson Levine
YA FIC Lev
Diana Wynne Jones
J FIC Jon
Kate McMullan
Dave LaFleur
J FIC McM
Donna Jo Napoli
YA FIC Nap
Jane Yolen
Robert J. Harris
J FIC Yol
Pat O'Shea
J FIC OSh
B. (Brian) Greene
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Paul Shipton
J FIC Shi
Sarah Deming
J FIC Dem
Rick Riordan
J FIC Rio
Jon Scieszka
Lane Smith
J FIC Sci
Rick Riordan
Kevin R Free
Katherine Kellgren
J FIC Rio
Jane Yolen
Robert J Harris
J FIC Yol
Chris Brodien-Jones
J FIC Bro
Bruce Coville
J FIC Cov
Nancy Farmer
YA FIC Far
Patrice Kindl
YA FIC Kin
Anne Ursu
J FIC Urs
Ross Collins
J FIC Col
Liz Kessler
Sarah Gibb
J FIC Kes
Jon Voelkel
Pamela Voelkel
J FIC Voe
Laurence Yep
J FIC Yep
Neil Gaiman
Brett Helquist
J FIC Gai
Ellen Booraem
J FIC Boo
Victoria Laurie
J FIC Lau
Anthony Horowitz
Thomas Yeates
J 291 Hor
Susan Cooper
Illustrated by Margery Gill
J FIC Coo
Tony, DiTerlizzi
Holly Black
J FIC DiT
Carolyn Hennesy
J FIC Hen
R. L. (Robin L.) La Fevers
Yoko Tanaka
J FIC LaF
Stephanie Spinner
YA FIC Spi
Janni Lee Simner
YA FIC SIM
Gloria Skurzynski
Alane Ferguson
J FIC Sku
Anthony Horowitz
Thomas Yeates
J 291 Hor
Joanne Harris
J FIC Har
Clemence McLaren
undefined Homer. Odyssey
YA FIC McL
Julia Golding
David Wyatt
J FIC Gol
Joan Holub
Suzanne Williams
Craig Phillips
J FIC Hol