We have a lot of favorites in our house that we have already read that I thought I would add to our review list. One of these is the "Percy Jackson and the Olympian" series. I read the first one and absolutely loved it. This sparked a discussion between my sweetheart and myself about learning about pagan Gods. We have heard both sides of the argument. We have decided that so much of our language and history has some sort of tie to mythology, and that this story series was a great way to introduce it.
Percy Jackson is a demi god. One parent is mortal and the other a god. The premise of this series is that these god do exist and are still up to their old tricks, interfering with mortals. Mount Olympus is now over the Empire State building and there is a curse. It says the demi god child of one of the big three, Zeus, Poseidon, or Hades, will destroy the gods. The three had decide not to have anymore children, but as we all know, gods have a hard time staying away from mortals. Now the demi gods from Camp Half Blood have to figure out how to save their parents and the world.
I read all the books and then as a family we listened to the books on cd, all read by Jesse Bernstein. Having the entire series read by one reader is a plus. There is also an added book that tells in between stories and has fun little factoids about the characters. We listened to that as well as looked at the book.
We thoroughly enjoyed this series, waiting in anticipation for each instalment to come out. Percy starts out 12 years old (no one has an adventure like a 12 year old boy) and goes til he is 16. There are sword fights and scary monsters and epic battles. All the major greek gods show up in the series as well as some of the minors. I actually learned quite a few things about some of the greek myths and stories behind some of the words we use today.
Everyone, even little Lila, rate this series as a ....5
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