Multcolib School Corps Picks Ancient Greece Fiction Grades 5 and 6
Annotation:Owen Brown was your average fourth grader. until his best friend, Dana, disappeared. Owen's life has turned upside down. Owen sets out on a mysterious, mythological rescue mission with his friends Jon and Sydney. Note: To find other titles in this series, do a series search for Underworlds.
Annotation:After discovering that the immortals of Greek mythology reside in her hometown of Middleville, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Iris listens to their life stories, gaining wisdom, beauty, and startling revelations about her past.
Annotation:Having gone their separate ways since the disastrous fall of Atlantis, Corydon reunites with the two gorgons and the Minotaur to help his friend Sikandar, Prince of Troy, fight against the heroes who have besieged the city.
Annotation:While in Greece making a film about Alexander the Great, Alec Ramsay and the Black Stallion get lost and find an immortal city ruled by the tyrannical, ancient Thracian god-king Diomedes, whose flesh-eating mare, not yet tamed by Hercules, takes an dangerous interest in the Black Stallion.
Annotation:When slaves rebel in ancient Sparta, twelve-year-old Lysander, guarded by an heirloom amulet, the Fire of Ares, is caught between the Spartan ruling class, with whom he has been training as a warrior since his noble heritage was revealed, and those among whom he was recently laboring as a slave. Note: To find other titles in this series, do a series search for Spartan Quest.
Annotation:Determined to fend for herself in a world where only men have real freedom, headstrong Helen, who will be called queen of Sparta and Helen of Troy one day, learns to fight, hunt, and ride horses while disguised as a boy, and goes on an adventure throughout the Mediterranean world.
Annotation:Thirteen-year-old Pandy is hauled before Zeus and given six months to gather all of the evils that were released when the box she brought to school as her annual project was accidentally opened. Note: To find other titles in this series, do a series search for Mythic Misadventures.
Annotation:In this story with a modern twist, Hades tells his own version of how he became King of the Underworld and Zeus became King of the Gods. Note: To find other titles in this series, do a series search for Myth-o-mania.
Annotation: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. Note: To find other titles in this series, do a series search for Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
Annotation: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.
Annotation: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. Note: To find other titles in this series, do a series search for Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
Annotation: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. Note: To find other titles in this series, do a series search for Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
Annotation:As they are about to go on stage, Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported back to the time of Zeus and the other gods in Greek mythology, who, strangely enough, behave much as the characters in the trio's class play.
Annotation:At age thirteen Dusie makes the horrifying discovery that she, like her New York artist mother, is a Gorgon--a Greek mythological monster sprouting snakes from her head and capable of turning humans into stone with one angry look.
Annotation:After her cousin Zee arrives from England, thirteen-year-old Charlotte and he must set out to save humankind from denizens of the underworld, Nightmares, Death, Pain, and a really nasty guy named Phil. Note: To find other titles in this series, do a series search for Cronus Chronicles.
Annotation:Twelve-year-old Atalanta discovers a home and friendship with a bear, misunderstanding from town-dwellers, and grudging respect from the great hunter Orion, as together they pursue the mysterious creature that killed her father.
Annotation:Jason, who will grow up to become the head of the Argonauts, leads five other boys on a dangerous quest to save the kingdom of Iolcus, learning along the way what it means to be in command.
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Fiction titles on Ancient Greece for grade 5 and grade 6
English
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