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Athena & the mermaid's pearl / by Holub, Joan.; Williams, Suzanne,1953-; Chen, Yuyi(Artist);
"Athena wants to help a mermaid find some stolen jewels! But she is in a bad mood after losing a contest. With the help of some magical walking, talking dishes and some goddess girl magic, will she find the special pearl hidden somewhere on Mount Olympus?"--From publisher.Ages 5-8.LSC
Subjects: Athena (Greek deity); Goddesses, Greek; Mythology, Greek; Mermaids; Pearls;

To clutch a razor / by Roth, Veronica,author.;
When Dymitr is called back home for the Empty Night, a funeral rite intended to keep evil at bay, it's the perfect opportunity for him to get his family's most guarded relic -- a book of curses that could satisfy the debt he owes the witch Baba Jaga. But first he'll have to survive a night with his dangerous, monster-hunting kin.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; Blessing and cursing; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Magic; Monsters; Mythology; Witches;

A world worth saving / by Lukoff, Kyle.;
After coming out as trans, fourteen-year-old A is forced to attend weekly Save Our Sons and Daughters meetings, where he uncovers the terrifying truth that the group is run by a demon feeding on their pain and is part of a larger, darker force preying on the world's vulnerable.
Subjects: Transgender fiction.; Paranormal fiction.; Transgender people; Conversion therapy; Demonology; Jewish mythology; Friendship;

Serwa Boateng's guide to saving the world / by Brown, Roseanne A.;
Serwa Boateng has gone head-to-head with vampires, witches, and even a death god. But now, with the fate of the magical world at stake, she'll have to face her toughest foe yet: her own grandmother. Finally free after decades of being trapped inside the Midnight Drum, the dreaded obayifo Nana Bekoe seeks the destruction of the Abomofuo. Even worse, she has Serwa's father under her thrall. Now, the hunters have become the hunted, as the Slayers' defenses are powerless in the face of an enemy who has access to all their secrets. Serwa's only chance of saving her father might just lie with the Keepers, an organization whose powers exist outside the normal rules of magic. But the Keepers are even more secretive than the Abomofuo, and finding them will require Serwa to trek across the United States. At least she has her friends by her side for the journey . . . friends who currently hate her guts. The survival of everything and everyone Serwa has ever loved hinges on her completing this final hunt without losing herself in the process. Serwa Boateng has been a Slayer. She's been a vampire. But now, it's time for her to become something else entirely: a hero.
Subjects: Paranormal fiction.; Vampires; Magic; Supernatural; African mythology; Ghanaians;

The fire keeper / by Cervantes, Jennifer.;
Zane Obispo faces an impossible choice--to save other godborns like himself from the angry gods, or rescue his father, Hurakan, from his eternal prison.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Maya mythology; People with disabilities; Prophecy; Fathers and sons; Maya gods;

The phantom / by Showalter, Gena,author.;
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 must trap herself for eternity by sneaking into the brutal realm and taking the crown, pitting herself against the merciless male she's sworn to despise. Having never known desire, Roux is ill prepared for the stunning beauty who challenges him at every turn. For the survival of his army, duty comes first. Always. But what happens when the flames of Blythe's hatred burn out and she craves him, too ... but only one of them can live?
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Paranormal fiction.; Novels.; Assassins; Battles; Harpies (Greek mythology); Imaginary places; Immortalism; Man-woman relationships;

The library of legends : a novel / by Chang, Janie,1960-author.;
China, 1937: When Japanese bombs begin falling on the city of Nanking, nineteen-year-old Hu Lian and her classmates at Minghua University are ordered to flee. Lian and a convoy of more than a hundred students, faculty, and staff must walk a thousand miles to the safety of China's western provinces, a journey marred by hunger, cold, and the constant threat of aerial attack. And it is not just the student refugees who are at risk: Lian and her classmates have been entrusted with a priceless treasure, a 500-year-old collection of myths and folklore known as the Library of Legends. Her family's past has made Lian wary of forming attachments, but the students' common duty to safeguard the Library of Legends forms unexpected bonds. Lian finds friendship and a cautious romance with the handsome and wealthy Liu Shaoming. But after one classmate is murdered and another arrested, Lian realizes she must escape from the convoy before a family secret puts her in danger.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Teenagers; College students; Mythology, Chinese;

The Bell Witches [electronic resource] : by Kelk, Lindsey.aut; cloudLibrary;
General adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Romantic; Fantasy; Contemporary; Small Town & Rural; Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology;
© 2024., HarperCollins Publishers,

Medusa's curse / by Hunter, A. J.; De la Rue, James.;
LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Cousins; Animals, Mythical; Medusa (Greek mythology); Time travel;

Pahua and the soul stealer / by Lee, Lori M.;
While trying to rescue her brother's soul from the spirit world, eleven-year-old Pahua discovers that she is the reincarnation of a legendary shaman warrior.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Brothers and sisters; Hmong Americans; Shamans; Spirits; Mythology, Hmong;

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