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Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 19
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In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child -- not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power -- the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves. Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones...
2) Atalanta
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
290 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"From the beloved, bestselling author of Elektra and Ariadne, a reimagining of the myth of Atalanta, a fierce huntress raised by bears and the only woman in the world's most famous band of heroes, the Argonauts. Princess, Warrior, Lover, Hero. When Princess Atalanta is born, a daughter rather than the son her parents hoped for, she is left on a mountainside to die. But even then, she is a survivor. Raised by a mother bear under the protective eye...
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"Corazon yearns to finally start training as a babaylan (a mystical healer and spirit guide) under her powerful guardian, Aunt Tina. As soon as her magic awakens, Corazon plans to bring her parents back from the dead and no longer have to rely on a soul key to allow visits with their ghosts for a few hours every Saturday night. But when a vengeful ghost steals Corazon's precious key, the fragile balance between the human world and the spirit world...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
213 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
"To save their father's life, a brother and sister must journey across a land full of magical beings from Colombian folklore and find the most powerful and dangerous of them all--the Madremonte"--
5) Medea
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
"Discover the full story of the sorceress Medea, one of the most reviled and maligned women of Greek antiquity, in this propulsive and evocative debut in the tradition of Circe, Elektra, and Stone Blind. Among the women of Greek mythology, the witch Medea may be the most despised. Known for the brutal act of killing her own children to exact vengeance on her deceitful husband, the Argonauts leader Jason, Medea has carved out a singularly infamous...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
viii, 370 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
"The only mortal in a family of gods, Medusa is the youngest of the Gorgon sisters. Unlike her siblings, Medusa grows older, experiences change, feels weakness. Her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know. When the sea god Poseidon assaults Medusa in Athene's temple, the goddess is enraged. Furious by the violation of her sacred space, Athene takes revenge--on the young woman. Punished for Poseidon's actions, Medusa is...
Author
Series
Pandava volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
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"Aru Shah and her sisters--including one who also claims to be the Sleeper's daughter--must find their mentors Hanuman and Urvashi in Lanka, the city of gold, before war breaks out between the devas and asuras"-- Aru has just made a wish on the tree of wishes, but she can't remember what it was. She's pretty sure she didn't wish for a new sister, one who looks strangely familiar and claims to be the Sleeper's daughter, like her. Aru also isn't sure...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
284 pages ; 25 cm
Description
A feminist retelling of The Iliad. Troy has fallen and the victorious Greeks are eager to return home with the spoils of an endless war--including the women of Troy themselves. They await a fair wind for the Aegean; it does not come, because the gods are offended. The body of King Priam lies unburied and desecrated, and so the victors remain in suspension, camped in the shadows of the city they destroyed as the coalition that held them together begins...
9) Ithaca
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Series
Songs of Penelope volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
vii, 391 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"Seventeen years ago, King Odysseus sailed to war with Troy, taking with him every man of fighting age from the island of Ithaca. None of them has returned, and the women of Ithaca have been left behind to run the kingdom. Penelope was barely into womanhood when she wed Odysseus. While he lived, her position was secure. But now, years on, speculation is mounting that her husband is dead, and suitors are beginning to knock at her door. No one man is...
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Bone grace volume 1
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"When her friend Ailesse is kidnapped, Sabine must embrace her bone magic to rescue her"--
Bone ​Criers alone can keep the dead from preying on the living, but their power to ferry the spirits of the dead into goddess Elara's Night Heavens or Tyrus's Underworld comes from sacrifice. The gods demand a promise of dedication-- the Bone Criers' one true love. Ailesse has been prepared since birth to become the matriarch of the Bone Criers. But first...
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Series
Shadow bruja volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
When fourteen-year-old godborn and shadow bruja, Renata, embarks on a quest to stop five rogue demigods from awakening the nine Aztec Lords of Night and overpowering the Maya gods, she confronts questions about her family, her magic, and her destiny.
Author
Series
Storm runner volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
416 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Zane Obispo faces an impossible choice--to save other godborns like himself from the angry gods, or rescue his father, Hurakan, from his eternal prison.--
14) Wolfish
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
408 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
"A young shepherdess, her wolf companion, and a young oracle-apprentice must stop a king's reign of terror after he receives a frightening prophecy"--
Twelve-year-old Rae is content as the adopted daughter of shepherds, helping with the flock and reveling in the beauty of her family's hillside farm. But after a frightening encounter with a wolf--to whom she feels a sudden, peculiar connection--Rae realizes there is much more to her past, and her...
Author
Series
Pandava volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
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Accused of stealing the god of love's bow and arrow, Aru has ten days to find the real thief or risk being kicked out of the Otherworld.
Author
Series
Riders of the realm volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
417 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
Believing they have tamed all the wild winged horses, stable groom Rahkki and his Sandwen clanmates are stunned when a wild herd flies over their village, but this herd has crossed the ocean hoping to settle in a free land, unaware of the Sandwens.
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"Madeline Miller's Circe meets Cersei Lannister in a stunning debut following Clytemnestra, the most notorious heroine of the ancient world and the events that forged her into the legendary queen. As for queens, they are either hated or forgotten. She already knows which option suits her best... You were born to a king, but you marry a tyrant. You stand by helplessly as he sacrifices your child to placate the gods. You watch him wage war on a foreign...
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Series
Amira and Hamza volume Book 2
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
385 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Description
Having returned from Qaf as heroes, Hamza wants one more epic quest before heading back to school. While exploring an abandoned castle, the siblings must face the evil dev Ahriman which is out for revenge and to claim an ancient ring of power, so takes Hamza hostage.
Amira and Hamza have returned from Qaf, the magical Jinn world, as triumphant heroes--and life has been pleasantly quiet. Too quiet. Hamza is determined to have one last monumental,...
Author
Series
Songs of Penelope volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
432 pages ; 24 cm.
Description
On the isle of Ithaca, queen Penelope maintains a delicate balance of power. Many years ago, her husband Odysseus sailed to war with Troy and never came home. In his absence, Penelope uses all her cunning to keep the peace-a peace that is shattered by the return of Orestes, King of Mycenae, and his sister Elektra. Orestes' hands are stained with his mother's blood. Not so long ago, the son of Agamemnon took Queen Clytemnestra's life on Ithaca's sands....
20) Spells trouble
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
307 p. ; 24 cm
Description
When their mother becomes the first victim in a string of murders, devastated twin witches Hunter and Mercy Goode vow to avenge her death, but it will take more than magic to rein in the ancient mythological monsters who have infected their peaceful town.
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