By Rick Riordan (Puffin Books)
Guest reviewed by Liam Renzon, age 10
Percy Jackson is a normal teenage kid except for one big difference – he’s the son of the Greek god Poseidon. He has no idea who he really is but suspects something’s up because every letter he reads appears in Greek. One day on a school outing to a museum, his teacher Mrs. Dodds, calls him to another room, transforms into a monster bird and attacks him. Luckily, his Latin teacher, Mr. Brunner arrives to his defense and gives him a pen that turns into a giant sword. And so beings his adventure into the world of Greek demi gods, gods, titans and angry monsters.
Percy is courageous and never gives up no matter how difficult things get, which was inspiring to me. Out of all the characters in the story I loved his best friend Grover the most because he’s funny and always slips up. I’ve read about 25 adventure novels and Percy Jackson is one of my top reads. You should be at least nine when you read this book because it’s scary and has things like three headed trolls in it. It’s great to read after the Harry Potter series because it’s hard to find something as exciting and you have just discovered the world of magic. You’ll learn so much about Greek mythology too. I recommend you read the book before you see the movie!
About the author
Rick Riordan is an award-winning mystery writer and teacher. He describes how he came up with the idea for the Percy Jackson series: “My oldest son Haley was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia when he was in second grade. He was struggling in school. About the only thing he enjoyed that year was their unit on Greek mythology. Since I was a middle school teacher at the time and had taught Greek mythology for years, I started telling him bedtime stories from the Greek myths as a way to keep him interested. When I ran out of myths to tell him, I made up the story of Percy Jackson. Percy has ADHD and dyslexia because my son does. Percy’s story was a way of telling Haley, “Learning differences don’t mean there’s anything wrong with you. In fact, it is a mark of being very special indeed. You might even be a demigod!” Haley had no problem believing that. It empowered him to see himself represented in the story, and he was the reason I wrote the novel in the first place.” Read more here.
The Percy Jackson series: The Lightning Thief; The Sea of Monsters; The Battle of the Labyrinth; The Titan’s Curse; The Last Olympian Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero; The Son of Neptune; The Mark of Athena The Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid; The Throne of Fire; and The Serpent’s Shadow.
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