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Book 1 Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lighting Thief Questions: To what age group is the novel aimed? Support your answer with evidence. At preteens and teens. How are the major and minor conflicts solved? Why would you (or why wouldn't you) recommend this novel to a friend? = = It is aimed at a young audience, preteens and teens are probably the main readers. The book uses slang and childish humor. There are always ridiculous things happening like monsters attacking in snack bars and a place that addicts you to video games. The conflict in the story is that Zeus's lighting bolt is stolen and he thinks that Poseidon stole it. So the protagonist Percy who is claimed as Poseidon's son has to go on an adventure with his new friends to find it. He finds that Ares God of War is being controlled by the ancient Titan father and has Zeus Lighting Bolt but also has Hades Crown of Darkness as well. He fights him on a deal that if he wins Ares must give him the crown and the bolt. He defeats Ares and returns the items to the gods. I would definitely recommend this book to a friend. Probably not to an adult though. It is a great action book and really makes you use your mind. It is also quite funny to younger people.

Plot outline? 8/10

Book 2 Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters Questions: Why did you select this novel? Friends said it was good. Who is telling the story? How does this person’s perspective effect the way the story is told? Percy is young and is a trouble maker, it is in first person. What is the climax of the novel? Percy fighting the monster cyclops.

The reason i picked this novel was that ( **I F*** sheep)** lots of other people had read and said it was really good and I was missing out not reading it. I also was intrigued by the magic in the book since I had really liked the Harry Potter series and read them 3 times over. The story is in first person looking through the eyes of the protagonist Percy Jackson who is going into grade seven. He has kicked out of all his previous schools and is trying to stay in a school for the entire year. Percy is a demigod, son of Poseidon and his mom is mortal. Percy is young and is a trouble maker, the story is told with that sense using slang and humor that suits his age. It gives you his perspective from a mortal beings view but also as a demigod. As a mortal he is surprised by all of the magic a gods but as a demigod he takes it all in and starts to understand how the gods work. He is constantly switching back and forth between the two views. In the story Percy sneaks away with his friends Annabeth and Tyson a cyclops that saved his life numerous times and is claimed by Poseidon. This means Percy has a cyclops for a brother. They travel through the sea of monsters that Hercules and other heroes traveled through trying to find the golden fleece and rescue their friend Grover a satyr. They need the fleece to heal camp half-bloods magical borders to stop monster eating all the demigod children. They face numerous monster in the sea and Tyson is lost. Eventually they arrive at a island were the find a massive cyclops that has been luring satyr looking for the lost god Pan with the fleeces magic aura. They fight the cyclops and are beaten when Tyson rescues them and helps them beat the monster cyclops. They rescue Grover and return to the camp to rest. Percy promises his mom that he will try another school. 9/10

Book 3 Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Titan's Curse Questions: Is the novel believable? What new things are added to the original problem as the novel progresses? Is the language in the novel difficult or easy? Give examples and explain.

Like the other books in its series the Titan's Curse is a fiction novel for teens and is not real. The novel itself put a twist on the world and it does make sense in way. It refers to different objects or places in the real world and relates them to Greek mythology. The story though is not believable and is fiction. Plenty of different things and people came in at different parts in the story. In their quest to save Artemis they have many problems like they lose a 1 out of 5 going on the quest even before it starts do to a prank played by the Stoll brothers in the story. Bianca one of Artemis's hunters is lost in a desert while fighting a giant monster machine. They run into and have to fight multiple monsters trying to kill them. An Ophiotaurus is discovered that if captured by the Titans could give them the power to destroy the gods. There are others but since I did each entry on a book in the series I it is impossible to list all of them. The language is very easy to read and is in a modern day style or format. "I looked down. Below us, range of snowy mountains zipped by." This phrase is quite easy to read and as you can see is using modern words. In the story there are parts where people speak parts of phrases in old English and other characters correct them with modern day terms. Plot Outline? 8/10

Book 4 Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of The Labyrinth Questions: Why did (or didn't) the novel meet your expectations? What is the setting of the novel? Is the setting important or could the novel be happening anywhere? Why? Is there a message or main theme emerging in the book? How is it shown?

Percy starts off by going to a new school. It all seems good when he is attacked by cheerleaders that are actually monsters with the help from a mortal that can see monsters from the last book. He returned to camp half-blood and finds that there is a new sword master named Quintos. In a game of capture the flag in the forest Percy and Annebeth discover a portal or door into the ancient labyrinth. Other heroes from the past had traveled through with the help of a magic string. Annebeth is given a quest to find the string which belongs to Deadelus the creator of the labyrinth so that there enemy Luke can't find it first and use it to lead his army of monster straight into camp half-blood. She brings Percy, Tyson and Grover to come along. Eventually defeating the many traps and monsters in the maze they find Daedalus's workshop and find that Luke already took the string. They also find that Deadelus is Quintos and that Kronos, the evil titan lord has taken Luke's body as his own. Luke's army attacks the camp but the half-bloods had been preparing and a massive battle ensues the Percy and the rest of the team get back in time and help fight off the attacker along with the immortal Deadelus and Nico di Angelo the son of Hades. They defeat the army but do not run into Luke. The novel was way better that what I thought it was going to be. It made me interested in Greek mythology. It is in modern day. Going all over the world. No, the setting had to happen here because places in our world are specific places in theirs. Like LA is the gate to Hades and New York is mount Olympus. If it were in different places it would mess up everything in the previous book and any more to come. I think that the theme in this book is to choose who you trust. Percy's friends are always changing.

Book 5 Percy Jackson and Olympians: The Last Olympian Questions: How does the author get you to read on or hold your interest? What is the initial or first problem faced by the main character? What's going on as the story begins?

As the story starts the gods and the titans are at eternal war and the half-bloods or heroes are tasked with helping to fight the monsters the titans are summoning and bringing back into the world. They have been recruiting and fighting for ﻿the gods for awhile now. The author Rick Riordan holds your attention by putting interesting history in his story but also