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If You Like the Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series... |
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We have selected some of our favorite books for fans of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. These titles can be found in the Teen section of the library, unless otherwise noted. Please note: This list includes both Teen Middle and Teen High School titles.
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Airborn
by Kenneth Oppel
Matt, a young cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the Earth's surface.
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Faerie Wars
by Herbie Brennan
With the help of his sister, Holly Blue, and his friend, Henry, Pygrus must find a way to return to the Faerie realm in order to stop the demon prince from taking over the majestic land and enslaving all of its fairy inhabitants.
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Raven's Gate
by Anthony Horowitz
Sent to live in a foster home in a remote Yorkshire village, Matt, a troubled fourteen-year-old English boy, uncovers an evil plot involving witchcraft at the site of an ancient stone circle.
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The Grimm Legacy
by Polly Shulman
Taking a new job at an unusual library that lends out objects instead of books and keeps powerful magical objects from the Brothers Grimm fairy tales in a secret room, Elisabeth embarks on a dangerous quest to clear her name when the magical artifacts begin disappearing.
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Sweet Venom
by Tera Lynn Childs
As monsters walk the streets of San Francisco, unseen by humans, three teenaged descendants of Medusa, the once-beautiful gorgon maligned in Greek mythology, must reunite and embrace their fates.
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The Lost Hero
by Rick Riordan
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. First in the Heroes of Olympus series, a companion to the Percy Jackson series.
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The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
by Michael Scott
While working at summer jobs in San Francisco, twins Sophie and Josh find themselves caught up in the deadly centuries-old struggle between rival alchemists, Nicholas Flamel and John Dee, over the possession of an ancient and powerful book.
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Fablehaven
by Brandon Mull
Unaware that their grandfather is the current caretaker of Fablehaven, Kendra and her brother, Seth, venture into this magical land filled with dangerous and plotting witches, imps, and fairies and learn quickly about the evil forces that are unleashed when rules are broken.
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The Rithmatist
by Brandon Sanderson
The best-selling successor of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series presents the story of a young chalkmaker's son who longs to join the ranks of future Rithmatists capable of infusing life into Chalking figures that protect humanity from Wild Chalkling predators.
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The Amulet of Samarkand
by Jonathan Stroud
Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovelace.
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The Ruins of Gorlan
by John Flanagan
With Morgarath, Lord of the Mountains of Rain and Night, on the brink of attacking the kingdom, fifteen-year-old Will is chosen as the Ranger's new apprentice and must learn all the skills necessary to take part in the fierce battle ahead with their unique form of magic in the hopes of saving the villagers from pending annihilation.
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Skulduggery Pleasant
by Derek Landy
When a not-so-innocent twelve-year-old girl named Stephanie inherits her eccentric uncle's estate, she must join forces with Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton mage, to save the world from an ancient evil.
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Everlost
by Neal Shusterman
When Nick and Allie are killed in a car crash, they end up in Everlost, or limbo for lost souls, where although Nick is satisfied, Allie will stop at nothing--even skinjacking--to break free
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Pegasus: the Flame of Olympus
by Kate O'Hearn
Thirteen-year-old Emily's life is transformed when Pegasus, the mythological winged horse, crashes onto the roof of her building during a New York City blackout and takes her to Olympus, where she faces monsters, a corrupt governmental agency, and the quest to keep the Olympic flame burning.
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The Kingdom Keepers : Disney After Dark
by Ridley Pearson
Finn Whitman and his fellow DHIs, teenagers chosen to serve as actors for a new technology, must investigate strange occurrences at Disney theme park attractions, racing to uncover a supernatural force that could destroy the world.
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Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
by James Patterson
After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "bird kids," who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose.
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Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow
by James Rollins
Jake and his older sister Kady are transported by a Mayan artifact to a strange world inhabited by a mix of people from long-lost civilizations who are threatened by prehistoric creatures and an evil alchemist, the Skull King.
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The Wells Bequest
by Polly Shulman
Two teenagers use H. G. Wells's famous time machine to race through time and stop a dangerous enemy
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