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Percy Jackson Series Read-Alikes (2013)

If you like the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan, try some of these other fantasy novels featuring average kids with mythical powers:

  • Percy JacksonAlexander, Lloyd. The Book of Three (Chronicles of Prydain). Holt, 1964.
  • Barrett, Tracy. King of Ithaka. Holt, 2010.
  • Benz, Derek. The Brimstone Key (Grey Griffins: The Clockwork Chronicles). Little, Brown, 2010.
  • Berry, Dave. Peter and the Starcatchers. Hyperion, 2004.
  • Chima, Cinda Williams. The Warrior Heir (The Heir Chronicles). Hyperion, 2007.
  • Collins, Suzanne. Gregor the Overlander (The Underland Chronicles). Scholastic, 2003.
  • Cooney, Caroline B. Goddess of Yesterday. Delacorte, 2002.
  • Cooper, Susan. The Dark Is Rising. Atheneum, 1973.
  • Cordova, Zoraida. The Savage Blue (The Vicious Deep). Sourcebooks Fire, 2013.
  • Deming, Sarah. Iris, Messenger. Harcourt, 2007.
  • Druitt, Tobias. Corydon and the Island of Monsters. Random, 2006.
  • Ford, Michael. The Fire of Ares (Spartan Warrior). Walker, 2008.
  • Golding, Julia. The Secret of the Sirens (The Companions Quartet). Amazon, 2007.
  • Graff, Lisa. A Tangle of Knots. Philomel, 2013.
  • Johnson, Jane. The Secret Country (Eidolon Chronicles). Simon & Schuster, 2007.
  • Kerr, Philip. The Akhenaten Adventure (Children of the Lamp). Orchard, 2004.
  • Law, Ingrid. Savvy. Dial, 2008.
  • Lawrence, Caroline. The Thieves of Ostia (The Roman Mysteries). Orion, 2002.
  • Lerangis, Peter. Seven Wonders Book 1: The Colossus Rises. HarperCollins, 2013.
  • Mebus, Scott. Gods of Manhattan (series). Puffin, 2009.
  • Meyer, Kai. The Water Mirror (Dark Reflections). McElderry, 2005.
  • Scott, Michael. The Alchemyst. Delacorte, 2007.
  • Shipton, Paul. The Pig Scrolls by Gryllus the Pig. Candlewick, 2005.
  • Ursu, Anne. The Shadow Thieves (Cronus Chronicles). Atheneum, 2007.
  • Yancey, Rick. The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp. Bloomsbury, 2006.

Also see the previous Percy Jackson Series read-alike page from September 2011.

Published on Aug 1, 2013
Posted by: pennypeck
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