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Book three in the #1 New York Times bestselling Trials of Apollo series. The formerly glorious god Apollo, cast down to earth in punishment by Zeus, is now an awkward mortal teenager named Lester Papadopoulos. In order to regain his place on Mount Olympus, Lester must restore five Oracles that have gone dark. But he has to achieve this impossible task without having any godly powers and while being duty-bound to a confounding young daughter of Demeter...

After the death of his father, Odd's life has been stuck in a downward spiral. However, his luck begins to change after he frees a trapped bear in the woods. Discovering that the bear is actually a Norse god, twelve-year-old Odd embarks on a perilous quest to save the other gods from evil frost giants.

An easy-to-read retelling of the Greek myth of Pandora, whose curiosity leads her to open a box marked "Do Not Open!" and let loose all kinds of trouble.

When 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.

The long-awaited prophecy surrounding Percy Jackson's sixteenth birthday unfolds as he leads an army of young demigods to stop Kronos in his advance on New York City, while the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster, Typhon. The Last Olympian: the fifth book in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series.The fifth awesome adventure in the top-ten bestselling Percy Jackson series - now in paperback.Most people get presents on their sixteenth...

Retelling of the Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone, explaining the origin of the seasons. Inspired by the Hymn to Demeter by Homer and the Dei della Grecia by Karoly Kerényi. ¿Por qué la naturaleza muere en invierno y renace en primavera? A esta pregunta contestaron los antiguos griegos contando, una y otra vez, el mito de Deméter y Perséfone, una historia de amor entre una madre y una hija, que sucedió cuando en la Tierra había una sola...

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.

The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to Antarctica to search for the fourth secret of happiness for Merlin.

When demons begin appearing on Earth unpredictably, foreshadowing a cataclysmic breakdown of their magic, Artemis and his friends face a new foe--a twelve-year-old girl whose intellect just might match Artemis's own--as they try to prevent catastrophe.