YOUNG ADULT
Mythology Fiction
Barrett, Tracy. Dark of the Moon. Y FIC
Barrett
Retells the story of the minotaur through the eyes of his
fifteen-year-old sister, Ariadne, a lonely girl destined to become
a goddess of the moon,
and her new friend, Theseus, the son of Athens' king who was sent
to Crete as a sacrifice to her misshapenbrother.
Barrett, Tracy. King
of Ithaka. Y FIC Barrett
When sixteen-year-old Telemachos and his two best friends, one a
centaur, leave their life of privilege to undertake a quest to
find Telemachos's father Odysseus, they learn much along the way
about what it means to be a man and a king.
Childs, Tera Lynn. Oh. My. Gods. : Goddess Bootcamp.
Y FIC Childs
Seventeen-year-old Phoebe, unable to control the powers inherited
from her ancestor Nike, must attend summer camp with a group of
ten-year-olds, while coping with her boyfriend's apparent betrayal
and mysterious messages about her deceased father.
Druitt, Tobias. Corydon
and the Island of Monsters. Y FIC Druitt
Corydon, an outcast Greek boy with the leg of a goat, learns that
he is part of an old prophecy and joins forces with Medusa and
other "monsters" known in Greek mythology in a confrontation with
mortal heroes fighting for the Olympian gods.
Friesner, Esther M. Nobody's
Princess.
Y FIC Friesner
Determined to fend for herself in a world where only men have real
freedom, headstrong Helen, who will be called queen of Sparta and
Helen of Troy one day, learns to fight, hunt, and ride horses
while disguised as a boy, and goes on an adventure throughout the
Mediterranean world.
Geras, Adele. Troy.
Y FIC Geras
Told from the point of view of the women of Troy, portrays the
last weeks of the Trojan War, when women are sick of tending the
wounded, men are tired of fighting, and bored gods and goddesses
find ways to stir things up.
Kindle, Patrice. Lost
in the Labyrinth. Y FIC Kindl
Fourteen-year-old Princess Xenodice tries to prevent the death of
her half-brother, the Minotaur, at the hands of the Athenian
prince, Theseus, who is aided by Icarus, Daedalus, and her sister
Ariadne.
McLaren, Clemence. Aphrodite's
Blessings :Love Stories from the Greek Myths. Y
FIC McLaren
Atalanta, Andromeda, and Psyche, three female characters in Greek
mythology, tell the stories of their marriages. Includes
information on love and marriage in ancient Greece.
Napoli, Donna Jo. The
Great God Pan. Y FIC 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.
Napoli, Donna Jo. Sirena.
Y FIC Napoli
The gods grant immortality to the mermaid Sirena when she rescues
a human man from the sea and they fall in love, but his mortality
creates great conflict between love and honor when he is called to
defend Greece in the Trojan War.
Spinner, Stephanie. Quiver. Y FIC Spinner
When her father commands that she produce an heir, the huntress
Atalanta gives her suitors a seemingly impossible task in order to
uphold her pledge of chastity, as the gods of ancient Greece look
on.
Tomlinson, Theresa. The
Moon Riders. Y FIC Tomlinson
When thirteen-year-old Myrina of the Mazagardi tribe joins the
Moon Riders, a revered band of warrior women, she becomes caught
up in the life of the Trojan princess Cassandra and the epic,
ten-year Trojan War.
Yolen, Jane. Odysseus
in the Serpent Maze. J FIC 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.
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