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41) Empress
Author
Series
Godspeaker trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Her name is Hekat -- and she will be slave to no man. In a family torn apart by poverty and violence, Hekat is no more than an unwanted mouth to feed, worth only a few coins from a passing slave trader. But Hekat was not born to be a slave. For her, a different path has been chosen. It is a path that will take her from stinking back alleys to the house of her god, from blood-drenched battlefields to the glittering palaces of Mijak.
Author
Series
Percy Jackson and the Olympians volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 13
Description
After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
44) Norse Mythology
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Description
In Norse Mythology, Gaiman stays true to the myths in envisioning the major Norse pantheon: Odin, the highest of the high, wise, daring, and cunning; Thor, Odins son, incredibly strong yet not the wisest of gods; and Loki-son of a giant-blood brother to Odin and a trickster and unsurpassed manipulator. Gaiman fashions these primeval stories into a novelistic arc that begins with the genesis of the legendary nine worlds and delves into the exploits...
Author
Series
Inheritance trilogy (N. K. Jemisin) volume 3
Pub. Date
2011
Description
For two thousand years the Arameri family has ruled the world by enslaving the very gods that created mortalkind. Now the gods are free, and the Arameri's ruthless grip is slipping. Yet they are all that stands between peace and world-spanning, unending war. Shahar, last scion of the family, must choose her loyalties. She yearns to trust Sieh, the godling she loves. Yet her duty as Arameri heir is to uphold the family's interests, even if that means...
46) Nightblood
Author
Series
Frostblood saga volume 3
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Fireblood Ruby and her beloved Frostblood King Arcus must stop a vengeful god from unleashing a horde of evil shadow creatures from their prison"--
Author
Series
Shadow bruja volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 11
Description
When fourteen-year-old godborn and shadow bruja, Renata, embarks on a quest to stop five rogue demigods from awakening the nine Aztec Lords of Night and overpowering the Maya gods, she confronts questions about her family, her magic, and her destiny.
Author
Series
Strange the dreamer volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 24
Description
In the aftermath of a war between gods and men, a hero, a librarian, and a girl must battle the fantastical elements of a mysterious city stripped of its name.
49) Intensity
Author
Series
Chronicles of Nick volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Description
It's a demon-eat-demon world . . . Just when Nick Gautier thinks he's finally gotten a handle on how not to take over the world and destroy it, Death returns with an all-star cast that is determined to end the Malachai reign and lineage forever. Worse? Death and War have found the one, true enemy Nick can't find, and even if he did, it's one he could never bring himself to banish or kill. Now framed for murders he hasn't committed, and surrounded...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Three thousand years ago a war took place where legends were born: Achilles, the greatest of the Greeks, and Hector, prince of Troy. Both men were made and destroyed by the war that shook the foundations of the ancient world. But what if there was more to the tale of these heroes than we know? How would the Trojan War have looked as seen through the eyes of its women? Krisayis, the ambitious, determined daughter of the High Priest of Troy, and Briseis,...
51) Underworld
Author
Series
Abandon trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Description
John Hayden, a death deity, takes seventeen-year-old Pierce Oliviera back to the Underworld against her will to keep her safe from the Furies, but her family is still at risk and she, herself, may never escape his captivity.
52) Ruthless gods
Author
Series
Something dark and holy volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 20
Description
"The voices that Serefin hears in the darkness, the ones that Nadya believes are her gods, the ones that Malachiasz is desperate to meet--those voices want a stake in the world, and they refuse to stay quiet any longer"--
53) Wings of ebony
Author
Series
Wings of ebony volume 1
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 13
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Description
Half-god, half-human Rue is snatched from her Houston home to Ghazan, a secret land of gods, by her estranged father, then must face an evil determined to steal everything from her.
54) THE BECOMING
Author
Series
Dragon heart legacy volume 2
Description
"A new epic of love and war among gods and humans, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Awakening. The world of magic and the world of man have long been estranged from one another. But some can walk between the two-including Breen Siobhan Kelly. She has just returned to Talamh, with her friend, Marco, who's dazzled and disoriented by this realm-a place filled with dragons and faeries and mermaids (but no WiFi, to his chagrin). In...
55) Warbreaker
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
In a world where breath and color can be used to create mischief and miracles, two sisters, the king one is supposed to marry, a lesser god, and an immortal are all thrown together as they try to protect their land.
56) Deity
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
As Alexandria approaches her 18th birthday, she finds that a fanatical order is out to hill her. Time spent with Seth leads to another mark of the Apollyon, signifying the approach of her awakening. As her birthday draws near, she must choose between love and fate as the gods prepare to reveal themselves.
57) Blackdog
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Necromancy, treachery, massacres and rebellions, gods dead or lost or mad, follow hard on the devil's heels. But it is Attalissa, goddess of Lissavakail, herself, who may be the Blackdog's and the caravan-guard Holla-Sayan's doom.
58) The phantom
Author
Series
Rise of the warlords volume 3
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"As the son of a war god, Roux Pyroesis has suffered unending pain—he’s caused it, too, dispatching his foes with alarming ease. Now he’s tasked with cutting out the heart of a powerful queen who rules an ancient prison realm inhabited by the most vicious immortal females in existence. Blythe the Undoing is a decorated harpy warrior determined to annihilate Roux, the invader who killed her beloved consort. Nothing will stop her. Even if she...
Author
Series
Letters of enchantment volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Appears on list
Description
"Two weeks have passed since Iris Winnow returned home bruised and heartbroken from the front, but the war is far from over. Roman is missing, and the city of Oath continues to dwell in a state of disbelief and ignorance. When Iris and Attie are given another chance to report on Dacre’s movements, they both take the opportunity and head westward once more despite the danger, knowing it’s only a matter of time before the conflict reaches a city...
60) The lost sun
Author
Series
United States of Asgard volume 1
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Description
"In an alternate U.S.A. (the United States of Asgard), Soren Bearskin, the son of an infamous beserker, and Astrid Glyn, daughter of a renowned seer, embark on a road trip to find Baldur, the missing god whose absence has caused panic throughout the country."--