Teen Booklist

  • Corydon and the Island of Monsters

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    By Druitt, Tobias 

    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.

  • Goddess boot camp

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    By Childs, Tera Lynn 

    When she is unable to control her inherited powers, Phoebe 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.

  • Goddess of Yesterday

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    By Cooney, Caroline 

    Taken from her home on an Aegean island as a six-year-old girl, Anaxndra calls on the protection of her goddess while she poses as two different princesses over the next six years, before ending up as a servant in the company of Helen and Paris as they make their way to Troy.

  • Have a Hot Time, Hades!

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    By McMullan, Kate 

    In this funny series, Hades, king of the underworld, reveals the “true” stories behind the myths. “Zeus got it all wrong!” he says

     Book #1 in the Myth-O-Mania series.

  • Inside The Walls of Troy: A novel of the women who lived the Trojan War

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    By McLaren, Clemence 

    The events surrounding the famous battle between the Greeks and the Trojans are told from the points of view of two women, the beautiful Helen and the prophetic Cassandra.

  • Iris, Messenger

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    By Deming, Sarah 

    After discovering that the immortals of Greek mythology reside in her hometown of Middleville, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Iris listens to their life stories, gaining wisdom, beauty, and startling revelations about her past.

  • Ithaka

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    By Geras, Adele 

    The island of Ithaka is overrun with uncouth suitors demanding that Penelope choose a new husband, as she patiently awaits the return of Odysseus from the Trojan War.

  • King of Ithaka

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    By Barrett, Tracy 

    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.

  • Lost hero

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    By Riordan, Rick 

    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.  (Heroes of Olympus series.)

  • Night Tourist

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    By Marsh, Katherine 

    After fourteen-year-old classics prodigy Jack Perdu has a near fatal accident he meets Euri, a young ghost who introduces him to New York's Underworld, where those who died in New York reside until they are ready to move on, and Jack vows to find his dead mother there. (sequel: The Twilight Prisoner)