Wayland YA Booklists: Mythology & Folklore Inspired

21) Amira & Hamza: the war to save the worlds

Author

Ahmed, Samira

Series

Amira and Hamza volume 1

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, Playaway Audiobook, Spoken CD

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A genie informs twelve-year-old Amira and her younger brother Hamza that they are the chosen ones who must defeat a monstrous demon of Islamic folklore to save the Earth and a parallel dimension.

22) Dragon pearl

Author

Lee, Yoon Ha

Series

Thousand worlds volume 1

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, Large Print, Playaway Audiobook, Spoken CD

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"Min, a thirteen-year-old girl with fox-magic, stows away on a battle cruiser and impersonates a cadet in order to solve the mystery of what happened to her older brother in the Thousand World Space Forces." --

23) The Jumbies

Author

Baptiste, Tracey

Series

The jumbies (Tracey Baptiste) volume 1

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Playaway Audiobook, Spoken CD

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Corinne La Mer claims she isn't afraid of anything. Not scorpions, not the boys who tease her, and certainly not jumbies. They're just tricksters made up by parents to frighten their children. Then one night Corinne chases an agouti all the way into the forbidden forest, and shining yellow eyes follow her to the edge of the trees. They couldn't belong to a jumbie. Or could they? When Corinne spots a beautiful stranger at the market the very next day,...

24) Lotería

Author

Valenti, Karla

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In Oaxaca City, Mexico, ancient friends Life and Death discuss free will while engaged in a game of chance, with eleven-year-old Clara as the protagonist of their theories and a pawn in their game, moving inevitably towards her ultimate fate. Includes author's notes and reader's guide.

25) Winston Chu vs. the whimsies

Author

Lee, Stacey

Series

Winston Chu duology volume 1

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook

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Winston Chu saves the owner of a curiosities shop from a robbery only to be gifted a broomstick and a dustpan for his trouble--items that turn out to be more a curse than a blessing when they sweep away important stuff, like his baby sister.

26) Pilar Ramirez and the escape from Zafa

Author

Randall, Julian

Series

Pilar Ramirez duology volume 1

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Playaway Audiobook

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"Twelve-year-old Pilar Violeta 'Purp' Ramirez's world is changing, and she doesn't care for it one bit. Her Chicago neighborhood is gentrifying and her chores have doubled since her sister, Lorena, left for college. The only constant is Abuela and Mami's code of silence around her cousin Natasha--who vanished in the Dominican Republic fifty years ago during the Trujillo dictatorship. When Pilar hears that Lorena's professor studies such disappearances,...