By Sam
Percy (Perseus) Jackson is getting kicked out of boarding school. Again. When he comes home, he finds his mom packed up to go to Long Island with him, leaving “Smelly Gabe,” Percy’s mean dad, behind. Percy is excited until a storm hits and his mom makes him go to Half-Blood Hill, a summer camp for humans with Greek Gods as parents. Percy discovers that his dyslexia is because his eyes are meant for Ancient Greek and he pays too much attention, not too little. Most of his teachers are afraid that he’ll discover their real identity. He also figures out that he is the son of Poseidon, the sea god, who swore never to have another baby.
Percy gets called on a quest to find Zeus’ master lightning bolt which is missing. Zeus, Hades, and Ares are all against him and think he stole it. That is 3 major gods that hate him: the King God, the God of the Underworld, and the War God. Uh-oh.
This book includes great action scenes with a Greek Mythology twist. I can’t wait to read the rest of the series.
Good for: 9 and up, action lovers, fantasy fanatics, Greek Mythology likers
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