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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (2009)
8.9/10on Open Library
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Minli leaves home to ask the Old Man of the Moon how she can change her family’s fortune. Chinese folktale patterns and smaller stories run through the larger journey. Choose it for a younger reader who would rather discover a strange place and make a friend than fight every creature in it.
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The Shadow Prince (2021)
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Ash competes to become a prince’s protector in a fantasy world that draws on ancient Egypt. Pick it for a contest shaped by loyalty and an atmospheric setting where the roles people are supposed to play matter as much as winning.
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Maya and the Rising Dark
Maya learns that her father belongs to a world she thought existed only in his stories. When he goes missing, the quest starts at home in Chicago and pulls her across a boundary he protects. Try it for a modern myth about a parent and a hero with unexpected powers.
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Ghost Squad
Lucely and Syd set loose trouble when they try a spell in St. Augustine. Lucely’s connection to her family’s spirits gives this ghost story a warmer streak. Pick it for a friendship adventure steeped in Dominican family folklore and a little haunted-house mischief.
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The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez
Nestor can talk to animals, and what they know starts mattering when creatures around his new town disappear. Choose it for a middle-grade family mystery with an approachable contemporary voice and a shapeshifting threat.
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Root Magic
Twins Jez and Jay start learning their family’s rootwork in 1960s South Carolina. The ghostly troubles go alongside dangers they face as Black children. Choose it for a quieter story about Gullah Geechee family knowledge and how siblings put it to use.
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When you trap a tiger (2020)
8.0/10on Open Library
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Lily’s family moves in with her grandmother, and a tiger from Korean stories offers her a bargain. It’s quieter than a camp quest and spends more time on stories held or shared within a family. Pick it for the feeling that a myth can come and speak directly to one child.
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The Girl and the Ghost (2020)
10.0/10on Open Library
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Suraya inherits a spirit called a pelesit, and their companionship changes as she makes a new human friend. Pick it for Malaysian folklore in a smaller, unsettling story about what happens when a helpful supernatural companion also feels jealous.
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Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun
Onyeka’s hair responds when she needs to save a friend, and she travels to a Nigerian academy to understand what she can do. This is closer to superhero fantasy than a direct myth retelling. Try it for the discovery of a new school and adults with competing ideas about her powers.
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The Marvellers
Ella is the first Conjuror to attend a school where magic is practiced by children from around the world. The rules are less welcoming than the invitation sounds. Pick it for a team adventure and a magical community whose customs make sense only once she starts asking who wrote them.
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The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel: The Alchemyst
The twins Sophie and Josh stumble into a struggle over a book of ancient knowledge and learn their employer is Nicholas Flamel. This fast-moving series opener mixes legends from several traditions. Pick it when you want more figures from myth showing up in a present-day city.
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Anya and the Dragon
Anya is offered a way to help her family if she helps catch a dragon, then has to decide what she owes the creature. Read it for a folkloric world that makes room for a Jewish heroine, Russian stories, and choices harder than keeping a promise.
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The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea (2022)
7.4/10on Open Library
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Mina enters a spirit realm in a story inspired by the Korean tale of Shim Cheong. Her search for a way to help her village turns on how she reads the people and bargains around her. Pick this for a teen reader who wants a quieter and more romantic quest.
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Summer of the Mariposas
Odilia and her sisters cross into Mexico on a trip that echoes the Odyssey and encounters figures from Mexican folklore. Pick it for a teen book that brings a familiar classical quest into another tradition and makes sisters the heart of the journey.
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Ballad & Dagger (2022)
8.0/10on Open Library
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Mateo’s neighborhood has kept alive the stories of a lost Caribbean island. Music and unrest pull him deeper into the role those stories can play in the present. Pick it for an older teen adventure where the culture of one diaspora community matters on almost every page.
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The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities (2021)
7.3/10on Open Library
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Several writers from the Rick Riordan Presents imprint give their heroes short adventures in a single volume. Choose this when you would like to sample voices and myth traditions before committing to another long series.
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