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The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
Benjamin, Paul-
Pantheon High (manga series)
This story imagines all of the characters of the various world mythologies
living together in one universe- and sending their children to the same high
school in
Cary, Janet Lee-
Dragon's Keep
In 1145 A.D., as foretold by Merlin, fourteen-year-old Rosalin, who will be the
twenty-first Pendragon Queen of Wilde Island, has much to accomplish to fulfill
her destiny, while hiding from her people the dragon's claw she was born with
that reflects only one of her mother's dark secrets.
Chima, Cinda Williams-
The Warrior Heir
After learning about his magical ancestry and his own warrior powers,
sixteen-year-old Jack embarks on a training program to fight enemy wizards.
Colfer, Eoin- Artemis Fowl series
Artemis Fowl
The
Arctic Incident
The
Eternity Code
The
Opal Deception
The
Lost Colony
The
Time Paradox
Also: The Artemis Fowl Files
The adventures of twelve-year-old evil genius, Artemis Fowl, as he tries to
restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold,
the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.
Collins, Suzanne- The Underland Chronicles
Gregor the Overlander
Gregor
and the Prophecy of Bane
Gregor
and the Curse of the Warmbloods
Gregor
and the Mark of Secret
Gregor
and the Code of Claw
When 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.
Childs, Tera Lyn-
Oh. My. Gods.
When her mother suddenly decides to marry a near-stranger, Phoebe, whose passion
is running, soon finds herself living on a remote Greek island, completing her
senior year at an ancient high school where the students and teachers are all
descended from gods or goddesses.
Cooney, Caroline B.-
Goddess of Yesterday
Taken from her home an on Aegan island as a six-year-old girl, Anaxndra 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
Cooper, Susan- The Dark is Rising Sequence
Over Sea, Under Stone
The
Dark is Rising
Greenwitch
The
Grey King
Silver
on the Tree
Three siblings on vacation in
Farmer, Nancy-
The
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.
Flanagan, John- The Ranger's Apprentice series
The Ruins of Gorlan
The
Burning Bridge
The
Icebound Land
The
The
Sorcerer of the North
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.
Harris, Joanne-
Runemarks
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.
Landy, Derek- Skulduggery Pleasant series
Skulduggery Pleasant
Playing with Fire
When twelve-year-old Stephanie inherits her weird uncle’s estate, she must join
forces with Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton mage, to save the world from the
Faceless Ones.
Jones, Diane Wynn-
The Game
Sent to a boisterous family gathering in
MacHale, D.J.- The Pendragon series
The Merchant of Death
The
Lost City of
The
Never War
The
Reality Bug
Black
Water
The
Rivers of Zadaa
The
Quilian Games
The
Pilgrims of Rayne
Raven
Rise
Bobby Pendragon is a seemingly normal and somewhat reluctant fourteen-year-old
boy who is swept into an amazing five-year quest.
Mebus, Scott-
Gods of
The Angel Experiment
School's Out- Forever
Saving
the World and Other Extreme Sports
The
Final Warning
After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "birdkids",
who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find
themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose.
Sage, Angie- Septimus Heap series
Magyk
Flyte
Physik
Queste
The seventh son of a seventh son, Septimus Heap is destined to be a powerful
wizard, but is carried off shortly after his birth by a midwife who says he was
born dead. In his place, his
parents raise an abandoned newborn baby girl.
Ten years later an evil wizard named DomDaniel appears to search for the
baby girl, who is actually a princess.
Shusterman, Neal- Dark Fusion series
Dread Locks
Accustomed to a carefree existence, fourteen-year-old Parker Baer meets the girl
next door and finds his life taking a menacing turn as he begins to absorb some
of her terrible powers.
Red Rider's Hood
After learning that there are werewolves in his city, a sixteen-year-old is even
more surprised to discover the identities of the hunters who drove them out
decades earlier, but he soon infiltrates the Wolves gang to help destroy them
for good.
Duckling Ugly
When sixteen-year-old Cara, a girl ugly enough to break mirrors, is drawn to a
place where everyone can be beautiful, her deepest desire is to return home to
say goodbye- and get revenge.
Turner, Megan Whalen-
The Thief
Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him
to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone.