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Origins of the specious : myths and misconceptions of the English language /

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Author: Galloway, Priscilla,
Title: My hero Hercules /
Publisher: Annick Press ;Distributed in the U.S.A. by Firefly Books (U.S), c1999.

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View DescriptionIn a village where brawn is more important than brains, ten-year-old Jason revels in the stories of Hercules that his father Tellus the scribe relates, and when Tellus dies, Jasons cries for help are answered by Hercules who takes him on an adventure of courage and self-discovery.

Subjects/Tags: ind1"0" Hercules (Roman mythology) Juvenile fiction. ind1"0" Heroes Fiction.

Author: McLaren, Clemence.
Title: Inside the walls of Troy :a novel of the women who lived the Trojan War /
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c1996.

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View DescriptionThe 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.

Subjects/Tags: Helen of Troy (Greek mythology) Juvenile fiction. Cassandra (Legendary character) Juvenile fiction. Trojan War Juvenile fiction. Helen of Troy (Greek mythology) Fiction. Cassandra (Legendary character) Fiction. Trojan War Fiction.

Author: McLaren, Clemence.
Title: Waiting for Odysseus /
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2000.

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View DescriptionPresents the story of Odysseuss epic journey through the eyes of his faithful wife Penelope, the sorceress Circe, the goddess Athena, and his old nanny Eurycleia.

Subjects/Tags: Odysseus (Greek mythology) Juvenile fiction. Penelope (Greek mythology) Juvenile fiction. Circe (Greek mythology) Juvenile fiction. Athena (Greek deity) Juvenile fiction. Eurycleia (Greek mythology) Juvenile fiction. Odysseus (Greek mythology) Fiction. Penelope (Greek mythology) Fiction. Circe (Greek mythology) Fiction. Athena (Greek deity) Fiction. Eurycleia (Greek mythology) Fiction.

Author: Yolen, Jane.
Title: Odysseus in the serpent maze /
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 2001.

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View DescriptionThirteen-year-old Odysseus, who longs to be a hero, has many opportunities to prove himself during an adventure which involves pirates and satyrs, a trip to Cretes Labyrinth, and the two young girls, Penelope and Helen, who play a major role in his future life.

Subjects/Tags: Odysseus (Greek mythology) Juvenile fiction. Odysseus (Greek mythology) Fiction. Mythology, Greek Fiction. Adventure and adventurers Fiction. Heroes Fiction.

Author: Yolen, Jane.
Title: Hippolyta and the curse of the Amazons /
Publisher: HarperCollins, c2002.

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View DescriptionThirteen-year-old Hippolyta, a princess of the Amazons, fights to save her people from destruction when her mother the Queen refuses to sacrifice her second-born male child.

Subjects/Tags: Hippolyta (Greek mythology) Juvenile fiction. Hippolyta (Greek mythology) Fiction.

Author: Yolen, Jane.
Title: Atalanta and the Arcadian beast /
Publisher: HarperCollins, 2003.

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View DescriptionTwelve-year-old Atalanta discovers a home and friendship with a bear, misunderstanding from town-dwellers, and grudging respect from the great hunter Orion, as together they pursue mysterious creature that killed her father.

Subjects/Tags: Atalanta (Greek mythology) Juvenile fiction. Atalanta (Greek mythology) Fiction. Orion (Greek mythology) Fiction. Mythology, Greek Fiction. Adventure and adventurers Fiction. Heroes Fiction.

Author: Osborne, Mary Pope.
Title: The final battle /
Publisher: Hyperion ; 2005.

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Subjects/Tags: Odysseus (Greek mythology) Juvenile fiction.

Author: Redbank, Tennant.
Title: Barbie and the magic of Pegasus /
Publisher: Random House Childrens Books, c2005.

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View DescriptionBarbie, as Princess Annika, must save herself from being married to Wenlock, an evil wizard.

Subjects/Tags: Barbie (Fictitious character) Juvenile fiction. Princesses Juvenile fiction. Wizards Juvenile fiction. Pegasus (Greek mythology) Juvenile fiction. Barbie (Fictitious character) Fiction. Princesses Fiction. Wizards Fiction. Pegasus (Greek mythology) Fiction.

Author: Druitt, Tobias.
Title: Corydon & the island of monsters /
Publisher: A. A. Knopf :Distributed by Random House, c2006.

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View DescriptionCorydon, 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.

Subjects/Tags: Mythology, Greek Juvenile fiction. Medusa (Greek mythology) Juvenile fiction. Mythology, Greek Fiction. Medusa (Greek mythology) Fiction. Monsters Fiction. Adventure and adventurers Fiction.

Author: Druitt, Tobias.
Title: Corydon and the island of monsters /
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2005.

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Subjects/Tags: Gorons (Greek mythology) Juvenile fiction.

Author: Druitt, Tobias.
Title: Corydon & the fall of Atlantis /
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, c2007.

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View DescriptionCorydon, an outcast Greek boy with the leg of a goat, reluctantly sets off on another adventure with the "monsters" of Greek mythology when the Minotaur is apparently kidnapped by the people of Atlantis.

Subjects/Tags: Mythology, Greek Juvenile fiction. Minotaur (Greek mythology) Juvenile fiction. Mythology, Greek Fiction. Minotaur (Greek mythology) Fiction. Monsters Fiction. Adventure and adventurers Fiction. Atlantis Fiction.

Author: Friesner, Esther M.
Title: Nobodys princess /
Publisher: Random House, 2007.

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View DescriptionDetermined to fend for herself in a world where only men have real freedom, headstrong Helen, who will be called queen of Sparta and Helen of Troy one day, learns to fight, hunt, and ride horses while disguised as a boy, and goes on an adventure throughout the Mediterranean world.

Subjects/Tags: Helen of Troy (Greek mythology) Juvenile fiction. Helen of Troy (Greek mythology) Fiction. Sex role Fiction. Adventure and adventurers Fiction. Mythology, Greek Fiction.

Author: Riordan, Rick.
Title: The Titans curse /
Publisher: Miramax Books/Hyperion Books for Children, c2007.

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View DescriptionWhen the goddess Artemis disappears while hunting a rare, ancient monster, a group of her followers joins Percy and his friends in an attempt to find and rescue her before the winter solstice, when her influence is needed to sway the Olympian Council regarding the war with the Titans.

Subjects/Tags: Mythology, Greek Juvenile fiction. Artemis (Greek deity) Juvenile fiction. Animals, Mythical Juvenile fiction. Monsters Juvenile fiction. Titans (Mythology) Juvenile fiction. Mythology, Greek Fiction. Animals, Mythical Fiction. Monsters Fiction. Fantasy.

Author: Cadnum, Michael.
Title: Nightsong :the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice /
Publisher: Orchard Books, 2006.

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View DescriptionExpands on the myth of Orpheus, a young poet and musician who undertakes a terrifying journey to ask the rulers of the Underworld to return the princess Euridice, his beloved bride, after she is killed by a venomous serpent.

Subjects/Tags: Orpheus (Greek mythology) Juvenile fiction. Eurydice (Greek mythology) Juvenile fiction. Mythology, Greek Juvenile fiction. Orpheus (Greek mythology) Fiction. Eurydice (Greek mythology) Fiction. Mythology, Greek Fiction.

Author: Marsh, Katherine.
Title: The night tourist /
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children, c2007.

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View DescriptionAfter fourteen-year-old classics prodigy Jack Perdu has a near fatal accident he meets Euri, a young ghost who introduces him to New Yorks 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.

Subjects/Tags: Death Juvenile fiction. Orpheus (Greek mythology) Juvenile fiction. Eurydice (Greek mythology) Juvenile fiction. Death Fiction. Orpheus (Greek mythology) Fiction. Eurydice (Greek mythology) Fiction.

Author: Riordan, Rick.
Title: The Titans curse /
Publisher: Hyperion Paperbacks for Children, 2008.

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Subjects/Tags: Fantasy. Mythology, Greek Juvenile fiction. Artemis (Greek deity) Juvenile fiction. Animals, Mythical Juvenile fiction. Monsters Juvenile fiction. Titans (Mythology) Juvenile fiction.

Author: Meyer, Kai.
Title: The stone light /
Publisher: Simon Pulse, 2007.

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View DescriptionWhile Merle and the Flowing Queen travel to Hell to enlist Lord Lights help in Venices fight against the invading Egyptian army, Serafin joins a resistance group that is led by an ancient sphinx.

Subjects/Tags: Magic Juvenile fiction. Sphinxes (Mythology) Juvenile fiction. Orphans Juvenile fiction. Mirrors Juvenile fiction. Magic Fiction. Sphinxes (Mythology) Fiction. Orphans Fiction. Mirrors Fiction. Fantasy. Magic Fiction. Sphinxes (Mythology) Fiction. Orphans Fiction. Mirrors Fiction. Fantasy.

Author: Barnes, Jennifer
Title: Tattoo /
Publisher: Delacorte Press, c2007.

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View DescriptionWhen four fifteen-year-old friends share the temporary tattoos they bought from a mysterious woman at the mall, each develops psychic powers that will help them fight the ancient being who plans to wreak havoc at their school dance.

Subjects/Tags: Psychic ability Fiction. Supernatural Fiction. Best friends Fiction. Friendship Fiction. Mythology Fiction. Humorous stories. Psychic ability Juvenile fiction. Supernatural Juvenile fiction. Best friends Juvenile fiction. Friendship Juvenile fiction. Mythology Juvenile fiction.

Author: Hennesy, Carolyn.
Title: Pandora gets jealous /
Publisher: Bloomsbury Childrens Books :Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2008.

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View DescriptionThirteen-year-old Pandy is hauled before Zeus and given six months to gather all of the evils that were released when the box she brought to school as her annual project was accidentally opened.

Subjects/Tags: Pandora (Greek mythology) Juvenile fiction. Pandora (Greek mythology) Fiction. Mythology, Greek Fiction. Gods, Greek Fiction. Goddesses, Greek Fiction. Adventure and adventurers Fiction.

Author: Collins, Ross.
Title: Medusa Jones /
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books, 2008.

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View DescriptionIn ancient Greece, Medusa Jones, a gorgon, and her friends, a minotaur and a centaur, are mocked and sneered at by the other Acropolis Academy children whose parents are kings and gods, but when they go on a school camping trip together, the "freaks" become true heroes.

Subjects/Tags: Medusa (Greek mythology) Juvenile fiction. Mythology, Greek Juvenile fiction. Animals, Mythical Juvenile fiction. Bullying Juvenile fiction. Self-acceptance Juvenile films. Medusa (Greek mythology) Fiction. Mythology, Greek Fiction. Animals, Mythical Fiction. Bullies Fiction. Self-acceptance Fiction.

Author: Hennesy, Carolyn.
Title: Pandora gets vain /
Publisher: Bloomsbury Childrens Books, 2008.

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View DescriptionAfter capturing jealousy from a priestess in Crete, Pandy, her friends Alcie and Iole, and her little dog Dido, brave many obstacles as they travel to Egypt in search of the second of the seven evils--vanity.

Author: Booraem, Ellen.
Title: The unnameables /
Publisher: Harcourt, c2008.

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View DescriptionOn an island in whose strict society only useful objects are named and the unnamed are ignored or forbidden, thirteen-year-old Medford encounters an unusual and powerful creature, half-man, half-goat, and together they attempt to bring some changes to the community.

Subjects/Tags: Utopias Juvenile fiction. Satyrs (Greek mythology) Juvenile fiction. Friendship Juvenile fiction. Change Juvenile fiction. Utopias Fiction. Satyrs (Greek mythology) Fiction. Friendship Fiction. Change Fiction.

Author: Citra, Becky.
Title: Jeremy and the Golden Fleece /
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers, c2007.

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Subjects/Tags: Jason (Greek mythology) Juvenile fiction. Time travel Juvenile fiction. ind2"6" Jason (Mythologie grecque) Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse. ind2"6" Voyages dans le temps Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.

Author: Riordan, Rick.
Title: The last Olympian /
Publisher: Disney/Hyperion Books, c2009.

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View DescriptionWhile the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster Typhon, Kronos begins his advance on New York City, where Mount Olympus stands virtually unguarded. Now its up to Percy Jackson and an army of young demigods to stop the Lord of Time.

Subjects/Tags: Titans (Mythology) Juvenile fiction. Animals, Mythical Juvenile fiction. Monsters Juvenile fiction. Mythology, Greek Juvenile fiction. Titans (Mythology) Fiction. Animals, Mythical Fiction. Monsters Fiction. Mythology, Greek Fiction.

Author: Hennesy, Carolyn.
Title: Pandora gets lazy /
Publisher: Bloomsbury Childrens Books :Distributed to the trade by Macmillan Publishers, 2009.

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View DescriptionOn their way to find the third evil, laziness, Pandy and her friends, Alcie, Iole, and Homer, face many dangers after Pandy falls from Apollos chariot and her friends are captured by pirates who intend to sell them into slavery.

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Title: Disney charming tales.
Publisher: Innovage, Inc., c2005.

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Subjects/Tags: Snow White (Tale) Adaptations. Robin Hood (Legendary character) Juvenile fiction. Cinderella (Legendary character) Juvenile fiction. Tarzan (Fictitious character) Juvenile fiction. Simba (Fictitious character : Disney) Juvenile fiction. Hua, Mulan (Legendary character) Juvenile fiction. Hercules (Roman mythology) Juvenile fiction. Ants Juvenile fiction. Grasshoppers Juvenile fiction. Insects Juvenile fiction.

Author: DiTerlizzi, Tony.
Title: The wyrm king /
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2009.

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View DescriptionNick, Julie, Laurie, and their friends try to prevent a hydra from destroying Florida.

Subjects/Tags: Hydra (Greek mythology) Juvenile fiction. Giants Juvenile fiction. Brothers and sisters Juvenile fiction. Stepfamilies Juvenile fiction. Magic Juvenile fiction. Hydra (Greek mythology) Fiction. Giants Fiction. Brothers and sisters Fiction. Stepfamilies Fiction. Magic Fiction.

Author: McKeown, Adam
Title: A midsummer nights dream /
Publisher: Sterling Pub. Co., c2009.

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Subjects/Tags: Theseus (Greek mythology) Juvenile fiction. Hippolyta (Greek mythology) Juvenile fiction. Courtship Juvenile fiction.

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