Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library
Suggested Reading

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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