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TITLE: Circe
AUTHOR: Madeline Miller WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Mil - FANTASY SUMMARY: Follows Circe, the banished witch daughter of Helios, as she hones her powers and interacts with famous mythological beings before a conflict with one of the most vengeful Olympians forces her to choose between the worlds of the gods and mortals. |
TITLE: Spinning Silver
AUTHOR: Naomi Novik WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Nov - FANTASY SUMMARY: Deciding to collect on the outstanding debts owed her family of moneylenders, a young woman is overheard boasting about being able to turn silver into gold by the creatures who haunt the wood, in a reimagining of the Rumpelstiltskin story. |
TITLE: Japanese Tales
AUTHOR: Royall Tyler WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 398.2 Jap SUMMARY: This lyrical selection of more than two hundred traditional myths, legends, and tales from medieval Japan includes stories of miracles, visions of hell, jokes, fables, and legends from history. |
TITLE: A Curse So Dark and Lonely
AUTHOR: Brigid Kemmerer WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Kem - FANTASY SUMMARY: Eighteen for the three hundred twenty-seventh time, Prince Rhen despairs of breaking the curse that turns him into a beast at the end of each day until feisty Harper enters his life. |
TITLE: To Kill a Kingdom
AUTHOR: Alexandra Christo WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Chr - FANTASY SUMMARY: Lira, a famous siren, must prove herself by stealing the heart of the man, a prince, threatening their race. |
TITLE: To Kill a Kingdom
AUTHOR: David Elliott WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Ell - FANTASY SUMMARY: A modern twist on the Theseus and Minotaur myth, told in verse. |
TITLE: Mules and Men
AUTHOR: Zora Neale Hurston WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 398.2 Hur SUMMARY: A collection of African American folklore that has formed an oral history of the South since the time of slavery. |
TITLE: African Myths of Origin
AUTHOR: Stephen Paterson Belcher WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 398.2 Bel SUMMARY: Spanning centuries and the entire continent of Africa, a panoramic collection of traditional African myths, fables, and folklore captures the rich and diverse cultures of Africa, from ancient Egypt and Ethiopia to the desert Sahara and sub-Saharan region, in tales of great heroes, monsters, migration, world creation, and more. |
TITLE: The Bear and the Nightingale
AUTHOR: Katherine Arden WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Ard - FANTASY SUMMARY: A debut novel inspired by Russian fairy tales follows the experiences of a wild young girl who taps the mysterious powers of a precious necklace given to her father years earlier to save her village from dark and dangerous forces. |
TITLE: Norse Mythology
AUTHOR: Neil Gaiman WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 293 Gai SUMMARY: Neil Gaiman presents a version of the great Norse myths, fashioning primeval stories into a novelistic arc that begins with the genesis of the legendary nine worlds; delves into the exploits of the deities, dwarves, and giants; and culminates in Ragnarok, the twilight of the gods and the rebirth of a new time and people. |
TITLE: American Indian Myths and Legends
AUTHOR: Edited by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 398.2 SUMMARY: Combines a bounty of unpublished tales related to the authors by living storytellers with the best of folklore sources to provide 160 myths and legends of more than 80 tribal groups across the continent. |
TITLE: My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
AUTHOR: Fredrik Backman WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Bac - NOVELS SUMMARY: A novel about a young girl whose grandmother dies and leaves behind a series of letters, sending her on a journey that brings to life the world of her grandmother's fairy tales. |
TITLE: The Hidden Oracle
AUTHOR: Rick Riordan WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Rio - FANTASY SUMMARY: Cast down from Olympus and transformed into a human after angering Zeus, a weak and disoriented Apollo arrives in New York City as a regular teen and is forced to survive in the modern world while endeavoring to regain Zeus' favor. |
TITLE: The Wrath & the Dawn
AUTHOR: Renée Ahdieh WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Ahd - FANTASY SUMMARY: Coming of age in a land where the Caliph of Khorasan takes a new bride each night and executes her at sunrise, 16-year-old Shahrzad volunteers to marry him in order to break the cycle and exact revenge for the murder of her best friend. Inspired by A Thousand and One Nights. |
TITLE: The Griffin and the Dinosaur : How Adrienne Mayor Discovered a Fascinating Link Between Myth and Science
AUTHOR: Marc Aronson WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 398.2 Aro SUMMARY: Traces the research scientist co-author's explorations in Greece and the Gobi Desert for the origins of the mythical griffin, relating the story of the ancient Scythians and the griffins that were said to have guarded their treasure. |
TITLE: The Wishing Spell
AUTHOR: Chris Colfer WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Col - FANTASY SUMMARY: Using a mysterious book to travel to a land of wonder and magic, twins Alex and Connor meet a host of classic fairy tale characters and nefarious monsters before discovering that returning back home will be more difficult than anticipated. |
TITLE: Fairies: The Myths, Legends, & Lore
AUTHOR: Skye Alexander WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: 398 Ale SUMMARY: Draws from folklore, mythology, and poetry from around the world-including the Irish, Slavic, African, and Persian traditions-to examine the history, culture, characteristics, and behavior of fairies. |
TITLE: The Shadow Hero
AUTHOR: Gene Luen Yang WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Yan - GRAPHIC SUMMARY: In this origin story for the classic comic book hero the Green Turtle, Hank, the nineteen-year-old son of Chinese immigrants, resists his mother's attempts to make him a superhero at first, but when tragedy strikes he assumes the role of a caped crusader. Aided by one of the four spirits of Chinese mythology, Hank becomes the Green Turtle and sets out to rid Chinatown of the gangsters who have intimidated everyone for years and murdered his father. |
TITLE: Beauty's Daughter
AUTHOR: Carolyn Meyer WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Mey - HISTORICAL SUMMARY: When renowned beauty Helen runs off to Troy with Prince Paris, her enraged husband, King Menelaus, starts the Trojan War, leaving their plain daughter, Hermione, alone to witness the deaths of heroes on both sides and longing to find her own love and place in the world. |
TITLE: The Song of Achilles
AUTHOR: Madeline Miller WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Mil - HISTORICAL SUMMARY: Patroclus, an awkward young prince, follows Achilles into war, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they have learned, everything they hold dear. And that, before he is ready, he will be forced to surrender his friend to the hands of Fate. Set during the Trojan War. |
TITLE: Daughter of Smoke and Bone
AUTHOR: Laini Taylor WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Tay - FANTASY SUMMARY: Seventeen-year-old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters-the chimaerae who form the only family she has ever known. |
TITLE: Hounded
AUTHOR: Kevin Hearne WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Hea - FANTASY SUMMARY: Atticus O'Sullivan, the last of the Druids, finds his peaceful life in Arizona shattered by the arrival of an angry Celtic god who wants Atticus's magical sword, forcing Atticus to call upon some unlikely allies for help. |
TITLE: Athena: Grey-Eyed Goddess
AUTHOR: George O'Connor WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F O'Co - GRAPHIC SUMMARY: Retells in graphic novel format stories from Greek mythology about Athena, the goddess of wisdom, including the stories of her strange birth, accidental killing of a friend, and how she helped Perseus defeat Medusa. |
TITLE: King of Ithaka
AUTHOR: Tracy Barrett WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Bar - FANTASY SUMMARY: When 16-year-old Telemachos and his two best friends leave their life of privilege to undertake a quest to find Telemachos' father Odysseus, they learn much along the way about what it means to be a man and a king. |
TITLE: The Lost Hero
AUTHOR: Rick Riordan WHERE TO FIND IT IN THE LIBRARY: F Rio - FANTASY SUMMARY: Jason, Piper, and Leo, three students from a school for "bad kids," find themselves at Camp Half-Blood, where they learn that they are demigods and begin a quest to free Hera, who has been imprisoned by Mother Earth herself. |