Whether or not mythology has lengthy been your ardour or you might be keen to start, you will have come to the fitting place to be matched to your subsequent younger grownup learn. From sirens to serpents, sisters to Sisyphus, mythology is ripe with scandal and revenge. I’ve been hooked since I learn a really uncooked, maybe scandalous ebook on primary Greek mythology earlier than center college. (A few of the tales solely made sense a lot later. Fortunately.) Conveniently for my grasping fingers, the Percy Jackson collection by Rick Riordan got here out quickly after. And in the present day I dream of seeing the Broadway musical Hadestown, which tells each the tales of Persephone and Hades and Eurydice and Orpheus.
Why are myths so timeless and consuming? Maybe as a result of there’s something simply too tempting about delving right into a ebook the place the characters—and typically their fates—are recognized even when the reader is not sure as to how the creator will reframe the story. Cultures and traditions dance round their mythology, even our annual calendars nonetheless reflecting the Roman gods.
And what higher style to discover and push the boundaries of mythology than younger grownup fiction? Myths match very neatly inside YA. The style is already filled with highly effective historic fiction, fantasy, and modern tales about teenagers coming of age and finishing inconceivable feats. There’s hope within the voices of characters who will not be wearied by the world, however wanting to stare down gods and struggle towards destiny. YA characters harbor infinite hope, a weapon that strikes down many monsters.
The mythology included within the books on this quiz don’t solely come from Greek and Roman cultures. There are conventional tales from India; supernatural youngsters of coloration roaming trendy cities; and a set of retellings from East and South Asia by authors who wished they’d entry to such tales after they had been rising up. Every ebook gives perception into the magic which will have been, and the magic that’s but to come back.
Don’t wait one other second. Take the quiz beneath to search out out what YA mythological story you need to learn subsequent.
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In search of extra to learn? Take a look at 6 YA Fantasy Novels by #OwnVoices Authors, or the opposite YA mythological tales included on this quiz:
The Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White
A Thousand Beginnings and Endings by Ellen Oh, Elsie Chapman, Renée Ahdieh, Sona Charaipotra, Preeti Chhibber, Roshani Chokshi, Aliette de Bodard, Melissa de la Cruz, Julie Kagawa, Rahul Kanakia, Lori M. Lee, E. C. Myers, Cindy Pon, Aisha Saeed, Shveta Thakrar, Alyssa Wong
The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
Beautiful Struggle by Julie Berry
The Tiger at Midnight by Swati Teerdhala
The Bone Homes by Emily Lloyd-Jones
A Tune Under Water by Bethany C. Morrow (June 2020)
