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  1. 1Aru Shah and the End of TimeAru Shah and the End of TimeAru lights a museum lamp to impress classmates and wakes an ancient threat. The jokes come quickly, and the quest gives her a team and a place in a story drawn from the Mahabharata. Start here for the closest match to Percy’s irreverence and sense of loyalty.0
  2. 2Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (2019)Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (2019) 9.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2019Tristan punches a hole into a world where figures from West African stories and African American folklore include Anansi and John Henry. His grief and boxing background matter to the adventure. Pick it for a quest built as much around telling stories well as fighting.0
  3. 3Dragon Pearl (2019)Dragon Pearl (2019) 6.5/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2019Min, a young fox spirit, slips away from home to find her brother in a future shaped by Korean folklore. Shape-shifting and ghosts matter alongside spaceships. Read it for a mythic adventure that feels like a space mystery once the pursuit gets going.0
  4. 4The Storm RunnerThe Storm RunnerZane’s New Mexico home sits near a volcano with a connection to a Maya god. The story gives him a prophecy he does not particularly want to fulfill and sends him out with a companion who has secrets of her own. Pick it for fast-moving middle-grade adventure with a prickly hero.0
  5. 5The Red Pyramid (2010)The Red Pyramid (2010) 8.5/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2010Carter and Sadie Kane have to work together after an experiment at the British Museum releases the Egyptian god Set. Start the Kane Chronicles here for a sibling-led quest with two narrators and the author’s familiar knack for letting old gods interrupt a modern city.0
  6. 6The Sword of Summer (2015)The Sword of Summer (2015) 8.7/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2015Magnus Chase learns a lost weapon is his birthright when a fire giant threatens Boston. Pick this first Asgard book for the closest follow-up to Percy’s comic voice if you want to explore Norse myth. The search for the sword gives you a reason to meet people in and beyond the city.0
  7. 7Race to the SunRace to the SunNizhoni can spot monsters, which makes it hard to ignore the man who turns up around her father. She sets out with family and friends in a contemporary quest informed by Diné stories. Choose it for a young hero learning to trust something she already knows how to see.0
  8. 8Paola Santiago and the River of Tears (2020)Paola Santiago and the River of Tears (2020) 6.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2020Science-loving Paola would rather explain a strange event than assume her mother’s stories about La Llorona are true. A missing friend forces her to take the river and the stories seriously. Pick it for a friendship-centered quest that can get genuinely eerie.0
  9. 9City of the Plague GodCity of the Plague GodNew Yorker Sikander Aziz has to deal with a Mesopotamian plague god and ends up working with Gilgamesh. The setting includes his family’s deli and the city he wants to protect. Try it for the same pleasure as watching an ancient myth interrupt an ordinary afternoon.0
  10. 10The Lords of Night (2022)The Lords of Night (2022) 8.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 2022Ren handles shadows and has an interest in alien sightings, so a message about a sighting pulls her into a much older conflict. Pick this Storm Runner spin-off for a new lead who has to work with strangers to prevent the awakening of gods tied to Mexica tradition.0