The Sea of Monsters, Percy Jackson's life continued in another thrilling book of adventure and excitement. Percy has had an amazingly quiet seventh-grade year at his New York prep-school campus. Not a single monster has set foot on his campus, but all that is about to change.
Percy and his classmates were playing an innocent game of doge ball, when the game turns into a death match against an ugly gang of cannibal giants. Also, Annabeth has come to find Percy, and tell him that the magical borders that protect Camp Half-Blood have been poisoned by a mysterious enemy. If Percy does not find a cure in time, the only safe haven for demigods will be destroyed by all the jealous Gods and Goddesses.
In the hugely anticipated follow-up to The Lightning Thief, Percy will discover a stunning new secret about his family-one that makes him wonder if being claimed as Poseidon's son is an honor, or simply a cruel joke. Now Percy and a few of his friends must journey intoThe Sea of Monsters to save their beloved camp.
Will Percy find a way to save the camp, and figure out if being Poseidon's son is an honor or not? Will Percy ever live a normal life? These are only a few questions you will be wondering about when you start reading this amazing book.
Riordan, Rick. The Lighting Thief. Print. Percy Jackson Ser.
Are the Greek Gods and Goddesses real? Could they really blame a twelve year old for stealing Zeus's master lightning bolt? Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief tells of the dramatic realistic adventures of a young boy named Percy Jackson.
Percy, has been kicked out of boarding school ... again. And that's the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook. So how come only he can see them? Why can't his best friend Grover see all the crazy things pop out at him, or can he?
Because Percy has just now been informed by his friend Grover, that he was blamed for the stealing of Zeus's lightning bolt. Percy and his friends must ,within ten days, find and return Zeus's stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. The complications, that sound almost impossible to complete, really adds to the intensity of this outgoing book.
When the reader reads The Lightning Thief they tend to realize that some of the actions, or events in this story could actually happen. I for a matter of fact have realized that my life has had events similar to the ones read here.
Without a doubt, I would recommend this book to any person who loves Greek mythology, action, mystery, or all the above. The Lightning Thief hits some major points in life, and at the same time tells a great life story of a young boy.
Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner. New York: Riverhead, 2003. Print.
In 1978 Kabul, adolescent Amir Qadiri's best friend is Hassan, the son of his family's servant, Ali.
Hassan will do whatever for the respect of his best friend. Among other things they do together, they compete as a team in kite fighting competitions, Hassan who is a natural runner in knowing where the cut kites will eventually land.
Amir's family are "ethnically superior" Pashtuns, whereas Hassan's family are "ethnically inferior" Hazaras. Regardless, Amir's wealthy widowed father, who Amir calls Baba, considers Hassan the son he would have wanted as he sees Amir as being a weak minded boy who indulges
too much in creative writing.
When Amir and Hassan are confronted by older local bully Assef, it is Hassan who always stands up to him. In the face of what Amir sees as this lack of outward love from Baba to him, Baba's friend, Rahim Khan, provides Amir with that fatherly type assurance. On a day that should be the most triumphant in both Amir and Hassan's young lives and one where Amir may finally receive the respect from Baba he so craves, Amir witnesses an incident with Hassan, who is unaware that Amir saw what happened, that will forever change their lives.
Fast forward several years to the San Francisco Bay area, where Baba and Amir eventually settle following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. There, they have led a working class life. Amir, the aspiring writer, eventually marries Soraya, a Pashtun Afghani like himself, who has lived a working class life in the United States after being in the privileged class in Afghanistan. In 2000, after Baba has passed away, Amir receives a telephone call from Rahim Khan asking him to return to Afghanistan for a special mission concerning Hassan's orphaned son, Hassan and his wife having been murdered by the Taliban.
When Amir learns of his own family's history in the story, Amir does what he can to honor the memory of his old friend Hassan. He not only has to beware of the Taliban in general, but an old nemesis in particular who has only gotten more sadistic with age.
