If you like Percy Jackson & The Olympians
Suggestions from Mt. Lebanon Public Library, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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If you like Percy Jackson & the Olympians
try these mythological adventures.
Shelved in children's fiction under the author's last name.
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Anatopsis / 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.
Singer to the sea god / Vivien Alcock
When he and his companions flee their island home after the king's court is turned to stone, Phaidon begins to believe in the gods and monsters that his uncle has always scorned.
Starfall : Phaeton and the chariot of the sun / 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.
Voyage with Jason / Ken Catran
Pylos, an apprentice shipbuilder, accompanies the Argonauts as a ship's boy on their three-year quest to find the Golden Fleece. Based on the tale Jason and the Argonauts.
Goddess of yesterday / Caroline B. Cooney
Taken from her home on an Aegean island as a six-year-old girl, Anaxandra calls on the protection of her goddess as she poses as two different princesses over the next six years, before ending up as a servant in the company of Helen and Paris as they make their way to Troy.
Iris, messenger / 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
Corydon & the fall of Atlantis / Tobias Druitt
Corydon, an outcast Greek boy with the leg of a goat, reluctantly sets off on another adventure with the "monsters" of Greek mythology when the Minotaur is apparently kidnapped by the people of Atlantis.
Walking with the dead / L.M. Falcone
After his father brings home an ancient mummy from the museum of oddities, Alex starts having strange dreams and is shocked when the mummy comes to life and asks for his help.
The Sea of Trolls / 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.
Temping fate / Esther Friesner
Ilana Newhouse was having a hard time finding a summer job until she discovered the Divine Relief Temp Agency, but when she reported for her first day as a temp she finds herself substituting for the Greek mythological goddesses, the Fates, who spin, measure and cut the life-threads of every human being.
Runemarks / 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.
The game / 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.
The gods in winter / Patricia Miles
When the Bramble family moves to a new home on the grounds of an estate in Derbyshire, England, they hire a woman for home help and become convinced that she is from a different time and place.
The great god Pan / 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.
The alchemyst : the secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel / Michael Scott
While working at summer jobs in San Francisco, fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh suddenly find themselves caught up in the deadly, centuries-old struggle between rival alchemists over the possession of an ancient and powerful book holding the secret formula for everlasting life.
The pig who saved the world /
Gryllus the Pig ; translated by Paul Shipton
Continues the epic tale of Gyllus, a talking pig, as he and his friends set off on the high seas in search of Circe, who can return Gryllus to his human state, but first they must free some captive gods and, perhaps, save the world again. (The first book in this series is The Pig Scrolls)
Quicksilver / 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.
Dusssie / 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.
The siren song / Anne Ursu
Thirteen-year-old Charlotte must rescue humankind again when the evil Philonecron captures her cousin Zee, and Poseidon himself sends a sea monster to eat the cruise ship on which Charlotte's parents are trapped.
Odysseus in the serpent maze / Jane Yolen
Thirteen-year-old Odysseus, who longs to be a hero, has many opportunities to prove himself during an adventure which involves pirates and satyrs, a trip to Crete's Labyrinth, and the two young girls, Penelope and Helen, who play a major role in his future life. Other titles in this series: Jason and the Gorgon's blood, Atalanta and the Arcadian beast, Hippolyta and the curse of the Amazons.
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