Monday, July 25, 2011

Children's Books: What's Hot Now: The Percy Jackson Series

Children's Books: What's Hot Now
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The Percy Jackson Series
Jul 25th 2011, 10:02

Series Title: Percy Jackson & the Olympians

Author: Rick Riordan, author of The Heroes of Olympus series and The Kane Chronicles series.

Publisher: Disney-Hyperion

Length of Books: Range from 288- to 400-pages long

Recommended for: Ages 10-15, grades 5-9; also appeals to many younger readers (grades 3-4) and to reluctant readers

Overview: The Percy Jackson & the Olympians series is a lively mixture of fantasy, adventure and Greek mythology, with touches of humor thrown in, told from the perspective of a middle school student with problems, Percy Jackson. It's bad enough that he has trouble in school, doesn't know who is father is and that very strange things happen to him on school field trips, but things get rapidly worse when Percy turns twelve years old. It turns out that Percy is the son of the god Poseidon, which makes him both a demigod and in danger from various creatures of mythology. He goes to Camp Half-Blood, meets other kids who are demigods, deals with danger and uncertainty and goes on various quests, all of which grab and keep the readers' attention throughout the series.

Available Formats: Hardcover, library binding, large print hardcover, paperback, audiobook on CD, audio for download and ebook for Kindle. The Lightning Thief is also available in a Deluxe Edition. Boxed sets of the entire series are available in paperback or hardbound versions.

Categories: Adventure, fantasy, Greek mythology

Books in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians Series:
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Book One)
Hardcover: 384 pages (Disney-Hyperion, 2005. ISBN-13: 9780641723445) Compare prices.

The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Book Two)
Hardcover: 288 pages (Disney-Hyperion, 2006. ISBN: 9780786856862) Compare prices.

The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Book Three)
Hardcover: 320 pages (Disney-Hyperion, 2007. ISBN: 9781423101451) Compare prices.

The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Book Four)
Hardcover: 368 pages (Disney-Hyperion, 2008. ISBN: 9781423101468) Compare prices.

The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Book Five)
Hardcover: 400 pages (Disney-Hyperion, 2009. ISBN: 9781423101475) Compare prices.

Recommended Reading for Kids Who Love the Percy Jackson Series:
Rick Riordan's The Heroes of Olympus series starts after the end of the Percy Jackson series and introduces new main characters while including some of the characters from the Percy Jackson series.

Rick Riordan's The Kane Chronicles, a fantasy action-adventure series that focuses on Egyptian mythology.

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