Bull  by David Elliott retells the myth of the Minotaur from many viewpoints, but the chief narrator and orchestrator of the chaos that ensues in Poseidon, a vengeful (if well rhyming) god.  The novel is in verse and moves quickly from character to character.  The most sympathetic is Asterion, the child engineered by Poseidon and whom Minos tries to turn into a monster.  Sure to engineer lots of interest in the myth and the "secondary" characters such as Theseus and Daedalus.

Coming in October and not to be missed, another charmer in this series about two kids and their grandfather.  Charlie is bigger, Mouse is "medium".  The language and antics are so true to childhood, understatement reigns and for a few minutes you are transported to a simple life, filled with love, comfort and joy.  What could be better.

A story of abandonment and friendship and finding your "luck".  Blue Montgomery's father leaves him at the family homestead without a word to his family.  He is off to pursue his "luck" as a race car driver.  Blue has the family "curse" of always losing.  Tumble, a new neighbor, works hard to be heroic but something always goes wrong.  In deciding to "save" Blue from his fate she also changes her own.  A thoughtful book that requires a careful reading, but the reader will be well rewarded.