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Author
Series
Heroes in training volume 8
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
With a giant spiderweb in the sky with the words "Surrender Olympians" written in it, Zeus and his friends know they are in for a fight, but the webs actually contain a hidden gem, Athena's magical item.
62) Circe: a novel
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Circe is not powerful like her father Helios, nor viciously alluring like her mother Perse. 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. Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts and crosses paths with many figures in mythology. When Circe unwittingly draws...
Author
Series
Goddess girls. Main series volume 19
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In order to fit in at Mount Olympus Academy, new girl and forest-mountain nymph Echo copies the mannerisms of all the other students, but instead of ingratiating herself to her classmates, it only seems to grate on them.
Author
Series
Heroes in training volume 10
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
c2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When the Olympians arrive on the island of Lemnos, they meet the metal-working Hephaestus who is hesitant to leave with the gods, stating that the only way he will join them is if he gets to be their leader.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Dora Blake is a talented jewelry designer who lives under the thumb of her suspicious and odious uncle, who is running her late parents' beloved shop of antiquities into the ground. When he begins acting erratically after a mysterious Greek vase is delivered and locked in the basement, Dora enlists the help of Edward Lawrence, a young antiquarian scholar, who (unbeknownst to her) sees the vase as an opportunity to unlock his academic future. Dora...
66) Abandon
Author
Series
Abandon trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Point
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
A near-death experience, a horrible incident at school, and a move from Connecticut to Florida have turned seventeen-year-old Pierce's life upside-down, but when she needs him most John Hayden is always there, helping but reminding her of her visit to the Underworld.
Author
Series
Heroes in training volume 13
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When Zeus meets a boy named Hermes who claims to know the Olympians' next quest, Zeus repays the information with winged shoes, setting off an adventure to fulfill Pythia's next quest and find a winged horse.
69) Hound of Hades
Author
Series
Beasts of Olympus volume 2
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Having proven himself capable of caring for the mythical creatures that dwell on Olympus, eleven-year-old Demon is summoned by the great god Hades to the Underworld to tend to Cerberus, the three-headed dog Guardian of the Underworld, which has been beaten by Demon's nemesis, Heracles.
Author
Series
Goddess girls. Main series volume 15
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
During Ares' birthday, Aphrodite is intent on making sure he has a good time, but that requires her to keep an eye on his sister Eris, who is planning mischief.
71) Medusa
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Exiled to a far-flung island, Medusa has little company except for the snakes adorning her head instead of hair until a beautiful boy named Perseus arrives, disrupting her lonely existence and unleashing desire, love, and betrayal.
72) Orpheus girl
Author
Publisher
Soho Teen
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When sixteen-year-old, mythology-obsessed Raya and her true love, Sarah, are sent from their conservative Texas town to a re-education camp, Raya assumes the role of Orpheus to save them.
Author
Series
Goddess girls. Main series volume 17
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
A new mergirl shows up at Mount Olympus Academy-- and Poseidon just might be her perfect match in this seventeenth Goddess Girls adventure. Amphitrite is a mergirl with a big crush on Poseidon but will his quirks make her fall out of like?
Author
Series
Publisher
Point
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
John Hayden, a death deity, takes seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera back to the Underworld against her will to keep her safe from the Furies, but her family is still at risk and she, herself, may never escape his captivity.
75) Lore
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
Every seven years there is a hunt offering mortal descendants of gods the opportunity to claim their divinity by killing any of nine immortals made mortal for one night. Lore Perseous has no desire to participate in the Agon, embittered because her family was killed by a rival who then ascended to godhood. When a childhood friend asks her to help, and a wounded god offers an alliance, Lore overlooks the steep cost of this decision in exchange for...
76) Medusa the rich
Author
Series
Goddess girls. Main series volume 16
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"When Medusa suddenly becomes able to turn objects into gold just by touching them, she is thrilled. Gold, gold, everywhere! But it's not just objects that become golden--it's also food, and, even people! Her new ability turns out to be more dangerous than delightful, but can she do anything to reverse it?" --
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"For millennia, men have told the legend of the woman whose face launched a thousand ships-but now it's time to hear her side of the story. Daughters of Sparta is a tale of secrets, love, and tragedy from the women behind mythology's most devastating war, the infamous Helen and her sister Klytemnestra"--
Author
Series
Beasts of Olympus volume 3
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Demon, the official Olympian beast keeper, is caught between Helios and Poseidon, who are planning a race to see which of their steeds is the fastest, but both vengeful gods have requested Demon's help, and he can choose only one"--
79) Beast keeper
Author
Series
Beasts of Olympus volume 1
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Demon had never met his father, the god Pan, until the day he was whisked away to the stables of Olympus and charged with looking after all of the mythical creatures there, a task which is complicated by the tempestuous gods and goddesses and Heracles, who keeps killing the immortal beasts.
Author
Series
Golden apple novels volume 2
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Atalanta, the abandoned daughter of the king of Pagasae, disguises herself as a man to win a place on the journey to search for the Golden Fleece, but once she is discovered, she is left in the land of Colchis and forced to make a terrible choice.
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