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Author
Series
Myth-o-mania volume 2
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Description
Puts a modern spin on the Greek myth of Hades and Persephone, in which she asks him for a ride to escape her overprotective mother, sneaks into the Underworld, and refuses to leave.
2) The maidens
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is untouchable. A handsome and charismatic Greek tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca is adored by staff and students alike-particularly by the members of a secret society of female students known as The Maidens. Mariana Andros is a brilliant but troubled group therapist who becomes fixated on The Maidens when one member, a friend of Mariana's niece Zoe, is found murdered...
Author
Series
Goddess girls. Main series volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Description
Despite the warnings of her friends at Mount Olympus Academy, Persephone befriends bad-boy Hades, but following her mother's advice to "go along to get along" complicates her relationships with all of them.
Author
Series
Myth-o-mania volume 3
Description
In this modern version of Greek mythology, Hades explains how a jealous Athena turned Medusa into a gorgon and what really happened when Perseus went hunting for Medusa's head.
5) Abandon
Author
Series
Abandon trilogy volume 1
Description
A near-death experience, a horrible incident ar school, and a move from Connecticut to Florida have turned seventeen-year-old Peirce's life upside-down, but when she needs him most John Hayden is always there, helping but reminding her of her visit to the underworld.
6) Averno
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Description
Averno is a small crater lake in southern Italy, regarded by the ancient Romans as the entrance to the underworld. That place gives its name to Louise Glück’s eleventh collection: in a landscape turned irretrievably to winter, it is the only source of heat and light, a gate or passageway that invites traffic between worlds while at the same time opposing their reconciliation. Averno is an extended lamentation, its long, restless poems no less spellbinding...
Author
Series
Goddess girls. Main series volume 11
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Orpheus is a mortal rock god, and the girls at Mount Olympus Academy are wild about him! With his lyre and singing voice, Orpheus can charm pretty much anything, even things like stones and trees. But Hades and the other MOA boys aren't charmed. In fact, they are less than thrilled that the girls are so gaga over this guy. His fans are especially excited about his latest song about the girl he loved and lost, Eurydice. Orpheus was devastated when...
9) Persephone
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2009]
Formats
Description
From the ancient Greek myth, Demeter, goddess of earth is heartbrokedn over losing her daughter, Persephone, to the god of the Underworld.
10) Persephone
Author
Publisher
M.K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[1994]
Edition
First edition.
Description
Retells the Greek myth in which Persephone must spend six months out of every year below the Earth in Hades.
11) The girl games
Author
Series
Goddess girls. Super specials volume 1
Description
" Artemis, Persephone, Aphrodite, and Athena are sick and tired of being left out of the annual boys-only Olympic Games. Their solution? The Girl Games! But as the Goddess Girls work to make their dream into a reality, they come up against plenty of chaos and competition. Told in alternating points of view, this super special is packed with Olympic spirit!"--Publisher's website.
Author
Series
Goddess girls. Main series volume 26
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
c2020
Description
After meeting a water naiad named Minthe in the gloomy Underworld, Persephone is grateful for the happy life she leads. Minthe has to guard the stinky river Cocytus, with no friends around her. When the students of Mount Olympus Academy are challenged to a geo-dashing competition all over the Earth, Persephone wants to win! But it turns out Minthe is definitely a little green with envy over Persephone and her friends. And when the challenge takes...
13) The dark wife
Author
Publisher
CreateSpace
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Three thousand years ago, a god told a lie. Now, only a goddess can tell the truth. Persephone has everything a daughter of Zeus could want--except for freedom. She lives on the green earth with her mother, Demeter, growing up beneath the ever-watchful eyes of the gods and goddesses on Mount Olympus. But when Persephone meets the enigmatic Hades, she experiences something new: choice. Zeus calls Hades "lord" of the dead as a joke. In truth, Hades...
15) Radiant darkness
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Description
Persephone runs off to the Underworld with Hades, with whom she has fallen in love, but when her mother Demeter threatens to destroy the earth to save her, Persephone finds a way to come back once a year, bringing spring.
19) Solstice
Author
Publisher
Tor Teen, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First edition.
Description
Eighteen-year-old Piper lives with her controlling mother amid a Global Heating Crisis, but when she gets her first taste of freedom she discovers a universe of gods and monsters where her true identity, kept secret from her birth, could make all the difference in the world.
Author
Series
Abandon trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Point
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First edition.
Description
A #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author Nthe Oqueen of contemporary teen novelsO ("New York Journal of Books")Ndelivers the thrilling conclusion to her series that cleverly reimagines the ancient myth of Persephone.
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