Rick Riordan
Hyperion Books for Children
Copyright 2005
Pages: 384
Reading Level: 10-14
Genre: Fiction
Summary:
Percy has ADHD and dyslexia, but those are just symptoms of being a demigod. His father is Poseidon, the god of the sea. Percy is blamed for stealing Zeus's master bolt and must return it in ten days or there will be a war of the gods. Percy sets out in search of Hades (Chiron believes that Hades stole the bolt), but before he Grover and Annabeth set out, Luke gives Percy flying shoes. The three head west to the underworld in Los Angeles, but encounter many greek monsters on the way. As they approach Tartarus, Luke's shoes pull Grover into it, but fail because Grover's hooves don't stay in the shoes. Percy confronts Hades only to find that Ares gave to bolt to Percy when they met. He flees the underworld, fights Ares, and returns Hades helm of darkness (which Ares stole) and returns to New York to give Zeus his master bolt. Luke later reveals that he stole the bolt for Kronos and tries to kill Percy. Percy lives and goes home to his mom attends another school his mom found.
Recommendations and Conflicts:
I would recommend this book to any reader young and old. Conflicts in this book? There are none, except the greek gods being the gods.
Reaction:
I enjoyed reading this book. It was entertaining as well as it got me to learn more about Greek Mythology.
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