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The Lightning Thief

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  • Pegasus

    the Flame of Olympus

    O'Hearn, Kate
    Reborn as the Flame, thirteen-year-old Emily has saved Olympus from destruction but when the gruesome Nirads begin a new invasion, Emily and her friends become entangled in the conflict as old grudges are unearthed and new enemies are discovered.
    Book, 2012New York : Aladdin, 2012. — J/ PB O'HEARN
  • Jack McKinley is an ordinary kid with an extraordinary problem. In a few months, he’s going to die—unless he finds seven magic Loculi that have been hidden in the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
    Book, 2013New York : Harper, 2013. — J FICTION LERANGI PETER
  • In a magical land called Ellegandia, a young boy named Promi scrapes by, stealing pies, cakes and sweets to survive. But little does he know that his country is a pawn in an ages-old war between good and evil, battled both in the spirit realm and in…
    Book, 2013New York, NY : Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., [2013] — J/ FICTION BARRON T.
  • Matt Thorsen is a direct descendent of the order-keeping god Thor, and his classmates Fen and Laurie Brekke are descendents of the trickster god Loki. When Ragnarok--the apocalypse--threatens, the human descendents of the gods must fight monsters to…
    Book, 2013New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2013. — J FICTION ARMSTRO KELLEY
  • To prevent the Mayan gods from battling each other and destroying the world, thirteen-year-old Zane must unravel an ancient prophecy, stop an evil god, and discover how the physical disability that makes him reliant on a cane also connects him to…
    Book, 2018Los Angeles : Rick Riordan Presents/Disney-Hyperion, 2018. — J/ PB CERVANT
  • Twelve-year-old Aru Shah has the tendency to stretch the truth to fit in at school. One day, three schoolmates show up at Aru's doorstep to catch her in a lie. They don't believe her claim that the museum's Lamp of Bharata is cursed, and they dare…
    Book, 2018Los Angeles : Disney/Hyperion, 2018. — J PB CHOKSHI
  • Min, a thirteen-year-old girl with fox-magic, stows away on a battle cruiser and impersonates a cadet in order to solve the mystery of what happened to her older brother in the Thousand World Space Forces.
    Book, 2019Los Angeles ; New York : Disney-Hyperion, 2019. — J FICTION LEE YOON
  • Steeped in Hispanic folklore since childhood, middle schooler Charlie Hernández learns the stories are true when, shortly after his parents disappearance, he grows horns and feathers and finds himself at the heart of a battle to save the world.
    Book, 2018New York : Aladdin, 2018. — J FICTION CALEJO RYAN
  • Corinne La Mer claims she isn't afraid of anything. Not scorpions, not the boys who tease her, and certainly not jumbies. They're just tricksters made up by parents to frighten their children. Corinne must call on her courage and her friends and…
    Book, 2015Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Young Readers, an imprint of Algonquin Books, 2015. — J FICTION BAPTIST TRACEY
  • 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.
    Book, 2009New York : Harper, c2009. — J FICTION GAIMAN NEIL
  • Destined to take over his family farm in Norrøngard, Karn would rather play the board game, Thrones and Bones, until half-human, half frost giantess Thianna appears and they set out on an adventure, chased by a dragon, undead warriors, an evil…
    Book, 2014New York : Crown, [2014] — J FICTION ANDERS LOU
  • Up until her twelfth birthday, Kiranmala considered herself an ordinary sixth-grader in Parsippany, New Jersey, but then her parents disappear and a drooling rakkhosh demon shows up in her kitchen, and soon she is swept into another dimension, full…
    Book, 2018New York : Scholastic Press, 2018. — J FICTION DASGUPT SAYANTA
  • When fifteen-year-old Will is rejected by battleschool, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt, and winds up protecting the kingdom from danger.
    Book, 2005New York : Philomel Books, 2005. — J/ FICTION FLANAGA JOHN
  • At age twelve, Sophie learns that the remarkable abilities that have always caused her to stand out identify her as an elf, and after being brought to Eternalia to hone her skills, discovers that she has secrets buried in her memory for which some…
    Book, 2012New York : Aladdin, 2012. — J PB MESSENG
  • When Nic, a slave in the mines outside of Rome, is forced to enter a sealed cavern containing lost treasures of Julius Caesar, he finds himself in possession of an ancient amulet filled with magic once reserved for the Gods, and becomes the center…
    Book, 2015New York : Scholastic Press, [2015]. — J PB NIELSEN
  • When Kendra and Seth go to stay at their grandparents' estate, they discover that it is a sanctuary for magical creatures and that a battle between good and evil is looming.
    Book, 2006New York : Simon & Schuster Children's Pub., c2006. — J/ FICTION MULL BRANDON
  • 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.
    Book, 2007New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2007. — J PB URSU
  • When eleven-year-old Gregor and his two-year-old sister are pulled into a strange underground world, they trigger an epic battle involving men, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders while on a quest foretold by ancient prophecy.
    Book, 2003New York : Scholastic Press, 2003. — J PB COLLINS
  • Arthur Penhaligon is supposed to die at a young age, but is saved by a key that is shaped like the minute hand of a clock. The key causes bizarre creatures to come from another realm, bringing with them a plague. A man named Mister Monday will stop…
    Book, 2003New York : Scholastic, c2003. — J/ PB NIX
  • Misfit twelve-year-old Sam Miracle's life is made up of dreams, dreams where he's a courageous, legendary hero instead of a foster kid with two bad arms that can barely move. Sometimes these dreams feel so real, they seem like forgotten memories.…
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017. — J FICTION WILSON NATHAN