Saint, Jennifer
Summary: "Elektra is a spellbinding reimagining of the story of one of Greek mythology's most infamous heroines, from Jennifer Saint, the author of the beloved international bestseller, Ariadne. Three women, tangled in an ancient curse. When Clytemnestra marries Agamemnon, she ignores the insidious whispers about his family line, the House of Atreus. But when, on the eve of the Trojan War, Agamemnon...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2022
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Summary: Young mouse Calib Christopher is finally a squire to the Knights of the Round Table, but there is no time to celebrate because his best friend, Cecily, and Merlin's magical treasure are in the clutches of the evil Saxons.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2018
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Summary: Percy Jackson's hope for a normal senior year is shattered as the gods present him with three quests, beginning with the retrieval of Zeus's goblet, in order to get the necessary three letters of recommendation for college.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Hyperion 2023
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Summary: A queer revisionist retelling of the story of Hercules, for fans of The Song of Achilles, A Thousand Ships and Ariadne. This should be the story of Hercules: his twelve labours, his endless adventures... everyone's favorite hero, right? Well, it's not. This is the story of everyone else: Alcmene: Herc's mother (She has knives everywhere) Hylas: Herc's first friend (They were more than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2023
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Summary: "When twins Willow and Jake are pulled into an alternate universe filled with characters from the Grimm fairy tales, they must battle the witch in the woods to save Hansel and Gretel and find a way home"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shadow Mountain Publishing 2024
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Summary: "After the Forest is a dark and enchanting fantasy debut from Kell Woods that explores the repercussions of a childhood filled with magic and a young woman contending with the truth of "happily ever after." Ginger. Honey. Cinnamon. Flour. Twenty years after the witch in the gingerbread house, Greta and Hans are struggling to get by. Their mother and stepmother are long dead, Hans is deeply in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Publishing Group 2023
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Summary: Madeline Miller's Circe meets Cersei Lannister in a stunning debut following Clytemnestra, the most notorious heroine of the ancient world and the events that forged her into the legendary queen. As for queens, they are either hated or forgotten. She already knows which option suits her best ... You were born to a king, but you marry a tyrant. You stand by helplessly as he sacrifices your child...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Landmark 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CASBlackburne, Livia
Summary: "Mulan goes from a celebrated war hero to a reluctant Empress and must once again rise above expectations and prove she doesn't have to be anyone but herself to save China"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney/Hyperion 2021
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Summary: The witch Baba Yaga and a wolf switch bodies and form an unlikely alliance to save the forest from an evil tsar.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SUTGilmore, Olesya Salnikova
Summary: "In this stunning debut novel, the maligned and immortal witch of legend known as Baba Yaga will risk all to save Russia and her people from Tsar Ivan the Terrible-and the dangerous gods who seek to drive the twisted hearts of men. As a half-goddess possessing magic, Yaga is used to living on her own, her prior entanglements with mortals having led to heartbreak. She mostly keeps to her hut in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ace 2022
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Summary: "When the magic tree house returns it whisks Jack and Annie away to the Galapagos Islands where they become World Turtle Experts and must save a tortoise in danger of an erupting volcano"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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Summary: After moving cross-country with her sister, Eva Sylvan begins having dreams with devasting real-life effects on the already hostile town people; to stop these dreams and save the town, Eva must investigate her family's magic-filled history and confront her guilt over her father's death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2023
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Summary: "The Yaga siblings--Bellatine, a young woodworker, and Isaac, a wayfaring street performer and con artist--have been estranged since childhood, separated both by resentment and by wide miles of American highway. But when they learn that they are to receive a mysterious inheritance, the siblings are reunited--only to discover that their bequest isn't land or money, but something far stranger: a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC NETHarkness, Deborah
Summary: "Diana Bishop journeys to the darkest places within herself--and her family history--in the highly anticipated fifth novel of the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling All Souls series Deborah Harkness first introduced the world to Diana Bishop, Oxford scholar and witch, and vampire geneticist Matthew de Clairmont in A Discovery of Witches. Drawn to each other despite long-standing taboos,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: "Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. In a dark and dusty shop, a devil's supply of human teeth grown dangerously low. And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherworldly war. Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown, and Company 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC TAYBear, Lauren J. A.
Summary: "The end of the story is only the beginning in this vividly stunning reimagining of the myth of Medusa and the sisters who loved her, in this captivating and moving debut novel. Even before they were transformed into Gorgons, Medusa and her sisters Stheno and Euryale were unique among immortals. Curious about mortals and their lives, Medusa and her sisters entered the human world in search of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ace 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BEAValentino, Serena
Summary: "The myth has been told for centuries: Brothers Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades waged a years-long war against their father Cronus and his tyrannical Titans. Upon their mighty victory, Zeus split the world into three. For himself, he claimed the Sky and what fell below it. To his brother Poseidon, he assigned dominion over the Sea. And his oldest brother, Hades, would rule the Underworld. While Hades...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion 2023