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The Alchemyst

Michael Scott

Mythology RetellingGods & MythologyChosen OneQuest Narrative
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The One-Eyed Giant

Mary Pope Osborne, Homer · 112 pages

Retells a part of the Odyssey in which King Odysseus fights the cyclops.

Greek MythologyMythology RetellingGods & MythologyQuest Narrative
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Starcrossed

Josephine Angelini · 520 pages

Greek MythologyMythology RetellingChosen OneGods & Mythology
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The Goddess Test

Aimee Carter · 298 pages

Eden, Michigan, high school student Kate Winters strikes a bargain with Henry, Greek god of the underworld, if he'll cure her dying mother of cancer. The bargain she strikes with him is a grim one, but the full enormity of what she has undertaken--"live forever or die trying"--is not revealed until it's too late to recant.

Greek MythologyMythology RetellingGods & MythologyFantasy
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Castle of Wizardry

David Eddings · 384 pages

Chosen OneQuest NarrativeGods & MythologyLighthearted
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Fantasy Lover

Sherrilyn Kenyon · 368 pages

Dear Reader, Being trapped in a bedroom with a woman is a grand thing. Being trapped in hundreds of bedrooms over two thousand years isn't. And being cursed into a book as a loveslave for eternity can ruin even a Spartan warrior's day. As a love-slave, I know everything about women. How to touch them, how to savor them, and most of all, how to pleasure them. But when I was summoned to fulfil

Greek MythologyGods & MythologyMythology RetellingFantasy
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The Games Gods Play

Abigail Owen

Greek MythologyMythology RetellingGods & MythologyFast-Paced
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The Secret of the Nagas

Amish Tripathi · 414 pages

Today, He is a God. 4000 years ago, He was just a man. The hunt is on. The sinister Naga warrior has killed his friend Brahaspati and now stalks his wife Sati. Shiva, the Tibetan immigrant who is the prophesied destroyer of evil, will not rest till he finds his demonic adversary. His vengeance and the path to evil will lead him to the door of the Nagas, the serpent people. Of that he is cert

Mythology RetellingGods & MythologyChosen OneQuest Narrative
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Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane

Suzanne Collins · 312 pages

In his second adventure, eleven-year-old Gregor returns to the world beneath New York City to rescue his kidnapped sister, Boots, and fulfill a prophecy that will restore peace to the people, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders who populate the underworld.

Chosen OneQuest NarrativeMiddle GradeFast-Paced
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The Call

Michael Grant

A seemingly average twelve-year-old learns that he is destined to gather a team of similarly gifted children to try to save the world from a nameless evil, which is threatening to reappear after having been imprisoned for three thousand years.

Chosen OneQuest NarrativeMiddle GradeFantasy
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Children of Blood and Bone

Tomi Adeyemi · 560 pages

Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie's Reaper mother summoned forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope.

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The Merchant of Death

D.J. MacHale · 379 pages

Chosen OneQuest NarrativeMiddle GradeFast-Paced
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Fablehaven

Brandon Mull · 351 pages

For centuries, mystical creatures of all description were gathered to a hidden refuge called Fablehaven to prevent their extinction. The sanctuary survives today as one of the last strongholds of true magic in a cynical world. Enchanting? Absolutely! Exciting? You bet. Safe? Well, actually, quite the opposite . . . Kendra and her brother Seth have no idea that their grandfather is the current c

Quest NarrativeMiddle GradeFast-PacedLighthearted
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Drowned Wednesday

Garth Nix · 389 pages

This is Book Three in Garth Nix's blockbuster fantasy-adventure series, The Keys to the Kingdom, following the best-selling Mister Monday and Grim Tuesday.Arthur Penhaligon has a broken leg and a bad attack of asthma, but there's no time for recovery. Drowned Wednesday has sent a ship to pluck him from the safety of his bed, miles from any ocean, and sail him back to the House.From hospital room t

Quest NarrativeChosen OneMiddle GradeTeen Protagonist
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Persephone the Phony

Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams · 160 pages

She really falls for this guy who becomes bad news for her friends and her mom. She's really upset thinking that only Hades understand. She does the unbeleivable when she gets in over her head. Hades is also falling for Persephony. They can both be themselves around each other. Surprisingly, Hades is shy around her and barely has any friends, get picked on alot, but they get through it at a dance!

Greek MythologyMythology RetellingGods & MythologyMiddle Grade
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Pure

Jennifer L. Armentrout · 329 pages

Being destined to become some kind of supernatural electrical outlet isn't exactly awesome - especially when Alexandria's "Other Half" is everywhere she goes.

Greek MythologyChosen OneGods & MythologyFast-Paced
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Stop That Bull, Theseus!

Kate McMullan

In this modern version of Greek mythology, Hades, King of the Underworld, tells the true story of Theseus finding his way through the labyrinth to slay the Minotaur.

Greek MythologyMythology RetellingGods & MythologyMiddle Grade
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Naruto, Vol. 01: The Tests of the Ninja

Masashi Kishimoto · 192 pages

Chosen OneLightheartedFast-PacedFantasy
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Eragon

Christopher Paolini · 526 pages

One boy... One dragon... A world of adventure. When Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself. Overnight his simple life is shattered, and he is

Quest NarrativeChosen OneFantasyFast-Paced
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Ares: Bringer of War

George O'Connor

Greek MythologyMythology RetellingGods & MythologyMiddle Grade
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Flyte

Angie Sage · 544 pages

When Princess Jenna is pursued by a dark wizard, it is the apprentice, Septimus Heap, who must save her while enduring such terrors as a night in the Forest with hungry wolverines and carnivorous trees.

Chosen OneQuest NarrativeMiddle GradeLighthearted
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The Book of Three

Lloyd Alexander · 217 pages

Taran is bored with his Assistant Pig-Keeper duties, even though his charge is none other than Hen Wen, Prydain's only oracular pig. He'd rather be doing something more heroic, like making swords and learning to use them. When Hen Wen escapes and Taran goes after her, he finds himself farther from home than he's ever been. Soon he begins to realize that heroism is no easy task. With the dreaded Ho

Chosen OneQuest NarrativeMiddle GradeFantasy
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The Wishing Spell

Chris Colfer · 448 pages

Frustrated by all the happy goofy representations of fairy tales? (Note: Chris began the concept for this book in his late high school years, which were much earlier than the copyright date of 2012.) Well, so was Chris. So, he decided to mix them up a little. This book has several of the standard fairy tale characters, such as Red Riding Hood, the witch who liked to eat children (Hansel & Gretel),

Quest NarrativeMiddle GradeLightheartedFantasy
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Peter and the Starcatchers

Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson · 451 pages

Le jeune Peter et quatre de ses amis quittent la maison de redressement pour embarquer de force sur le Never Land. A bord, Molly montre à Peter une malle remplie de poussière d'étoiles qui permet de voler. Ils unissent leurs forces pour la protéger du pirate Black Stache. Premier épisode d'une série sur la rencontre de Peter et Stache, les futurs Peter Pan et capitaine Crochet.

Quest NarrativeMiddle GradeLightheartedFantasy

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