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The Lightning Thief

You'll enjoy these titles because: They are full of friendship, adventure, mythology, and magic-- just like Great GeekFest!

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  • "In a snow-covered land where monsters rule the icy tundra, only song weavers hold the power to control these vicious giants. But for centuries song weavers have been the subject of suspicion--how can those who hold so much power be trusted? Ever…
    Book, 2019New York : Viking, 2019. — J LITTLER JAMIE
  • Up until her twelfth birthday, Kiranmala considered herself an ordinary sixth-grader in Parsippany, New Jersey, but then her parents disappear and a drooling rakkhosh demon shows up in her kitchen, and soon she is swept into another dimension, full…
    Book, 2018New York : Scholastic Press, 2018. — JUV FICTION DAS
  • "A twelve-year-old girl discovers her father is the keeper of the gateway between our world and The Dark, and when he goes missing she'll need to unlock her own powers and fight a horde of spooky creatures set on starting a war"--
    Book, 2020Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020] — JUV FICTION BAR
  • Armed with her fledgling powers, a magic cookbook, and the mentorship of a talking rabbit, sixth-grader Winnie Zeng must embrace her heritage and the powers of her ancestors to save her town from an evil spirit of Chinese legend.
    Book, 2022New York : Random House Children's Books, [2022] — J Fiction Zha
  • Amari Peters has never stopped believing her missing brother, Quinton, is alive. Not even when the police told her otherwise, or when she got in trouble for standing up to bullies who said he was gone for good. So when she finds a ticking briefcase…
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — J Fiction Alston
  • After his augmented reality gaming headset is possessed by the spirit of the First Emperor of China, twelve-year-old Chinese American Zack Ying is compelled to travel across China to steal an ancient artifact, fight figures from Chinese history and…
    Book, 2022New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2022] — JUV FICTION ZHA
  • Every year, in the magical town of Ravenskill, Witchlings who participate in the Black Moon Ceremony are placed into covens and come into their powers as full-fledged witches. And twelve-year-old Seven Salazar can't wait to be placed in the most…
    Book, 2022New York : Scholastic Press, 2022. — jF ORTEGA
  • Onyeka and her superhero friends are on the run. Having exposed head teacher Dr. Dòyìnbó's hidden agenda behind the Academy of the Sun, they're living as fugitives, laying low as they try to figure out their next move. Despite their best efforts,…
    Book, 2023New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2023. — jF FANTASY Oko
  • "For her twelfth birthday, the only thing adoptee Zahara-Grace wants is to figure out who she is. Zahara-Grace is thrilled when she's gifted a DNA test kit, but she never imagined it would lead her biological grandfather to her. And she definitely…
    Book, 2026New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2026. — J Fiction Winston
  • In this middle grade solarpunk novel set in an alternate Egyptian universe, twelve-year-old Ash must compete and survive to become the shadow -- and protector -- of the prince.
    Book, 2021New York : Tu Books, 2021. — J Fiction Durham
  • Thanks to a prophecy revealed when he was little, thirteen-year-old Kyta always knew that he was destined to save the world. But waiting for that moment has kept him on edge his whole childhood, preventing him from having fun like other kids in his…
    Book, 2026New York : Viking, 2026. — J Roubique
  • While doing research for her documentary about her cousin Natasha--who disappeared in the Dominican Republic fifty years ago during the Trujillato--twelve-year-old Pilar Violeta Ramirez is transported to Zafa, an island where Dominican myths and…
    Book, 2022New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2022. — J Fiction Randall
  • Steeped in Hispanic folklore since childhood, middle schooler Charlie Hernández learns the stories are true when, shortly after his parents disappearance, he grows horns and feathers and finds himself at the heart of a battle to save the world.
    Book, 2018New York : Aladdin, 2018. — J CALEJO RYAN (Charlie Hernández)
  • A middle-grade fantasy novel about Nohea, a Hawaiian boy who belongs to a family whose male members inherit the ability to transform into sharks. After his father's disappearance, Nohea lives with his mother and grandmother while trying to manage…
    Book, 2026New York, NY : Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2026. — J Fiction Maunakea
  • Wanting to be a part of her family's Dia de los Muertos preparations, Leonora sneaks out of school to discover her mother, aunt, and older sisters have been keeping a secret.
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018] — JUV FICTION MER
  • "Twelve-year-old Glory Brown is desperate for adventure far from her family's quaint, quiet life at The Light Inn. Generations of Browns have been stewards of this humble hotel, which acts as a sanctuary in the stretch of monster-filled land called…
    Book, 2025New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2025. — J Fiction Williams
  • "Senka lives between the realm of the Living and the realm of the Dead. As ward to Charon, the Ferryer of the Underworld, Senka assists in ferrying recently departed souls across the river and into their afterlife. Then a Living girl, Poppy, enters…
    Book, 2025New York : Aladdin, 2025. — J Targosz
  • "Eleven-year-old Ella Durand is the first Conjuror to attend the Arcanum Training Institute, a magic school in the clouds where Marvellers from around the world practice their cultural arts. Despite her excitement, Ella discovers that being the…
    Book, 2022New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2022. — J Fiction Clayton
  • All Momo wants for her twelfth birthday is an ordinary life—like everyone else's. At home, she has to take care of her absentminded widowed mother. At school, kids ridicule her for mixing up reality with the magical stories her mother used to tell…
    Book, 2023New York : Labyrinth Road, [2023] — J Fantasy SUG
  • On a trip to visit her grandparents in Japan, Tessa Miyata inadvertently releases the spirit of an evil samurai god who wants to destroy Tokyo, and stumbles upon a hidden part of the city where gods and mythological creatures walk among humans.
    Book, 2023New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2023. — J Fiction Abe