You've probably heard of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series, what with the recent movie starring Logan Lerman. I just recently got into the series, starting, of course, with The Lightning Thief!Percy Jackson is your average 12-year-old boy--well, as average as he can be. He goes to a different boarding school every year, usually getting expelled before the end of each term. Strange things have always been happening around Percy, and he usually gets blamed for them, resulting in his expulsion. This year, his teacher turns into a winged creature, and he kills her with a pen-turned-sword--and suddenly everyone denies that the teacher ever existed.
When Percy and his mom go on vacation, things turn even stranger: his best friend, Grover, shows up, and reveals himself to be a Satyr: half-goat! One thing leads to another, and Percy finds himself at Camp Half-Blood, and learns that he is a demi-God: the son of a human and a Greek God. He teams up with fellow camper Annabeth, and the two of them, along with Grover, set out on a quest to find Zeus' master lightning bolt.
This was a very entertaining--and educational!--book, and I can't wait to read the rest. On their quest, our heroes meet some pretty wacky mythical characters, just hanging out among humans. The series continues in The Sea Of Monsters!
Happy reading!
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