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"The end of the story is only the beginning in this vividly stunning reimagining of the myth of Medusa and the sisters who loved her, in this captivating and moving debut novel. Even before they were transformed into Gorgons, Medusa and her sisters Stheno and Euryale were unique among immortals. Curious about mortals and their lives, Medusa and her sisters entered the human world in search of a place to belong, yet quickly found themselves at the...
2) Bird box
Author
Series
Bird Box novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
Something is out there, something terrifying that must not be seen. One glimpse of it, and a person is driven to deadly violence. No one knows what it is or where it came from. Five years after it began, a handful of scattered survivors remains, including Malorie and her two young children. Living in an abandoned house near the river, she has dreamed of fleeing to a place where they might be safe. Now that the boy and girl are four, it's time to go,...
3) Medea
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English
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"Discover the full story of the sorceress Medea, one of the most reviled and maligned women of Greek antiquity, in this propulsive and evocative debut in the tradition of Circe, Elektra, and Stone Blind. Among the women of Greek mythology, the witch Medea may be the most despised. Known for the brutal act of killing her own children to exact vengeance on her deceitful husband, the Argonauts leader Jason, Medea has carved out a singularly infamous...
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Not quite narwhal and friends volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language
English
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Nimbus the pegasus wonders why she cannot be sunny all the time like everyone else, but when she introduces her friend Kelp to her cloud, she finds the unicorn is a very good listener.
5) Atalanta
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When Princess Atalanta is born, a daughter rather than the son her parents hoped for, she is left on a mountainside to die. But even then, she is a survivor. Raised by a mother bear under the protective eye of the goddess Artemis, Atalanta grows up wild and free, with just one condition: if she marries, Artemis warns, it will be her undoing. Although she loves her beautiful forest home, Atalanta yearns for adventure. When Artemis offers her the chance...
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Series
Daughter of smoke and bone trilogy volume 2
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English
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The otherworldly Karou struggles to come to terms with who and what she is, and how far she'll go to avenge her people.
Author
Series
Daughter of smoke and bone trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Description
"What power can bruise the sky? Two worlds are poised on the brink of a vicious war. By way of a staggering deception, Karou has taken control of the chimaera's rebellion and is intent on steering its course away from dead-end vengeance. The future rests on her. When the brutal angel emperor brings his army to the human world, Karou and Akiva are finally reunited -- not in love, but in tentative alliance against their common enemy. It is a twisted...
Author
Series
Daughter of smoke and bone trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war. Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real; she's prone to disappearing on mysterious...
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Series
Not quite narwhal and friends volume 2
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Nimbus, a lonely pegasus, searches for a fallen star to wish for a friend and meets a unicorn named Kelp along the way.
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Goddess girls volume 19
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2016.
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
Nico Bravo volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When Eowulf, the pint-sized descendant of monster slayer Beowulf, decides to slay Cerberus, young Nico, Lula the sphinx, and Buck the unicorn must stop her or face the zombie apocalypse.
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Series
Goddess girls. Main series volume 9
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Pandora is famous among her classmates at Mount Olympus Academy for being curious, but when one of the godboys brings a mysterious box to school, her curiosity about what is inside it will create more trouble than she could have imagined.
Series
Heroes in training volume 16
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When Hercules vandalizes Eurythseus' temple and Eurythseus threatens war with the Olympians, the Oracle Pythia decides that Hercules must present him with a scale from the nine-headed serpent, Hydra, to make amends.
15) Hound of Hades
Author
Series
Beasts of Olympus volume 2
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
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.
Series
Heroes in training volume 18
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Zeus and his fellow gods-in-training face a new challenge in the underworld when they attempt to capture Cerberus, the three-headed guardian and cherished pet of Zeus's brother Hades. But they find themselves up against even more than they anticipated when they have to face off against Melinoe and her skeletal minions.
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Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Cyclops knows the world is a scary place: the grass is too sharp, the carousels are too twirly, and not all restaurants serve spaghetti. If the world isn't safe for a cyclops, it certainly isn't a safe place for a missing sheep! And so he sets off to face the many "dangers" lurking in New York City to bring Eugene home. To do so, he will have to face his fears and call for some reinforcements--his other fluffy sheep friends back at the cave. Together,...
18) Red Rover
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Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When Amy sees a dog stranded on the side of the highway, she knows what she has to do. She tells her dad to stop the car. She can't understand why anyone would abandon a dog in such a way, tied up and blindfolded. Amy's parents say they'll only keep the dog until they can find it a permanent home. Amy's younger sister names the dog Rover. They take Rover into their house, their family. And once he's there . . . he doesn't want to leave. Amy loves...
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Series
Goddess girls graphic novel volume 3
Language
English
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Aphrodite, goddess girl of love, must deal with jealousy after giving Athena a makeover. It doesn't seem fair that the god boys pay more attention to her friend when Aphrodite is supposed to be destined for love! She also copes with a crush from an unlikely source--the nerdy Hephaestus (god of the smith)--and learns that love comes in many forms.
Author
Series
Pegasus series (Kate O'Hearn) volume 6
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Emily is contending with great changes, including diminished powers, but goes to London to rescue Agent B and others from the CRU, where she makes horrible discoveries about the agency's history.
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