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Myths and Legends for Percy Jackson Fans

In honor of a new season of "Percy Jackson and the Olympians," here are some mythological titles on display at the Main branch during the month of January. These adventure-packed stories are perfect for middle grades and can be easily found in the front row of the Children's section.

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  • Lately, mythological monsters and the Olympian gods seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy Jackson’s Greek mythology textbook and into his life. Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Percy and…
    Book, 2018New York : Disney/Hyperion, 2018. — jFiction Riordan
  • You've read the book. You've seen the show. Now submerge yourself in the thrilling, stunning, and action-packed graphic novel.
    Graphic Novel, 2010New York : Disney/Hyperion Books, c2010. — Teen Graphic Novel Riordan v.1
  • After a year spent trying to prevent a catastrophic war among the Greek gods, Percy Jackson finds his seventh-grade school year unnervingly quiet. His biggest problem is dealing with his new friend, Tyson--a six-foot-three, mentally challenged…
    Book, 2006New York : Miramax Books/Hyperion Books for Children, c2006. — jFiction Riordan
  • Percy Jackson, modern-day son of Poseidon, is just trying to get through high school. After saving the world multiple times by battling monsters, Titans, and giants, Percy is now settling in at Alternative High School in New York, where he hopes to…
    Book, 2023Los Angeles ; New York : Disney/Hyperion, 2023. — jFiction Riordan
  • Zachary Ying never had many opportunities to learn about his Chinese heritage. His single mom was busy enough making sure they got by, and his schools never taught anything except Western history and myths. So Zack is woefully unprepared when he…
    Book, 2022New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2022] — jFiction Zhao
  • When Nathan goes to visit his grandma, Nali, at her mobile summer home on the Navajo reservation, he knows he’s in for a pretty uneventful summer. Until one night, while lost in the nearby desert, Nathan finds something extraordinary. A Holy Being…
    Book, 2021New York : Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2021 — jFiction Young
  • In this fast-paced, thrilling middle grade fantasy rooted in Tagalog mythology, a young Filipino girl discovers realms beyond our own full of monsters and gods, a terrible evil who wants her magic, and even a talking duck! The first book in a…
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — jFiction Villanueva
  • When Mott finds a puppy abandoned in a recycling bin, she’s ready to do everything she can to protect him. What she doesn’t realize, however, is that this is the legendary wolf Fenris, who’s prophesied to bring about the end of the world by eating…
    Book, 2022New York : Harper, [2022] — jFiction Van Eekhout
  • From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday Wars, in which a seventh grader has to figure out how to fulfill an assignment to perform the Twelve Labors of Hercules in real life--and makes…
    Book, 2023New York : Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023] — jFiction Schmidt
  • Young Princess Diana is fierce and whip-smart, and she loves her island home of Themyscira. Her deepest wish is to be able to train with the rest of the Amazons and protect her homeland--but she's told it's out of the question. This is the year…
    Book, 2020New York : Random House, [2020] — jFiction Saeed
  • Half-siren Elvira Vance doesn’t trust outsiders. Especially not the human detective who’s been hired to investigate the disappearances of a chupacabra and the crown for the Marfa Monster Festival. While humans are convinced the monster skipped town…
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Storytide, is an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2025] — jFiction Ritter
  • It’s not every day that you find a famous weatherwoman bound by magic to a tree deep in the woods. Or discover that the weatherwoman is in fact Sunna, the Norse Goddess of the Sun, and one of the seven day guardians who keep time in order. But…
    Book, 2016New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarpercollinsPublishers, 2016. — jFiction Richards
  • The Land of Stories meets Dominican culture and mythology come to life in Julian Randall's Pilar Ramirez and the Curse of San Zenon , the action-packed fantasy duology finale―for fans of the Tristan Strong series and Amari and the Night Brothers .
    Book, 2023New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2023. — jFiction Randall
  • Satyrs Newel and Doren are maturing into more responsible citizens after helping put an end to the dragon rebellion. But the thought of growing out of adolescence has the two goatmen in crisis mode. If that isn’t enough to worry about, a few unlucky…
    Book, 2025[Salt Lake City, Utah] : Shadow Mountain Publishing, [2025] — jFiction Mull
  • Stuck in Loch Ness while Edinburgh falls under the control of a terrifyingly powerful Siren, Ramya Knox is frustrated. She's supposed to be learning magic from her Aunt Opal, but that isn't going as smoothly as she'd hoped. As she pushes to rescue…
    Book, 2024New York : Random House, [2024] — jFiction McNicoll
  • 12-year-old Lei is forced to spend summers in Hawaiʻi with her grandma who is determined to make sure she knows all her family's moʻolelo—stories the kids back home donʻt care about or believe. But after insulting Pele, the Goddess of Fire, she…
    Book, 2023New York : Penguin Workshop, 2023. — jFiction Naumakea
  • One thing that has always soothed Kiki Kallira is drawing. Kiki's sketchbook is full of fanciful doodles of the rich Indian myths and legends her mother has told her over the years. One day, her sketchbook's calming effect is broken when her…
    Book, 2021New York : Viking, 2021. — jFiction Mandanna
  • A groundbreaking, action-packed, and ultimately uplifting adventure that intertwines elements of Jewish mythology with an unflinching examination of the impacts of transphobia, from Newbery Honor-winner Kyle Lukoff
    Book, 2025New York, New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2025. — jFiction Lukoff
  • Brimming with Celtic mythology, action, and danger, Erika Lewis's Kelcie Murphy and The Academy for the Unbreakable Arts introduces readers to a new kind of magical school and a warrior who must choose with which side of an epic battle her destiny…
    Book, 2022New York : Starscape, a Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2022. — jFiction Lewis
  • Sebin, a young tiger spirit from the Juhwang Clan, wants nothing more than to join the Thousand World Space Forces and, like their Uncle Hwan, captain a battle cruiser someday. But when Sebin's acceptance letter finally arrives, it's accompanied by…
    Book, 2022Los Angeles ; New York : Disney Hyperion, 2022. — jFiction Lee