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Rick Riordan: Shen huo zhi zei (Chinese language, 2009, Yuan liu chu ban shi ye gu fen you xian gong si)

399 pages

Chinese language

Published Oct. 6, 2009 by Yuan liu chu ban shi ye gu fen you xian gong si.

ISBN:
978-957-32-6435-4
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OCLC Number:
426007703

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4 stars (2 reviews)

Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is on the most dangerous quest of his life. With the help of a satyr and a daughter of Athena, Percy must journey across the United States to catch a thief who has stolen the original weapon of mass destruction—Zeus’ master bolt. Along the way, he must face a host of mythological enemies determined to stop him. Most of all, he must come to terms with a father he has never known, and an Oracle that has warned him of betrayal by a friend.

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4 stars

This middle grade book would have been one of my absolute favorites in my youth, and I loved it now too. I love Greek mythology, and this is basically Greek mythology meets modern urban fantasy.

Perseus Jackson, short Percy, is a problem student who can never settle down anywhere. His mother lives with his detestable step-father in New York, and he gets moved from boarding school to boarding school. But one day something changes, when his math teacher turns into a Fury and tries to attack him. He eventually finds out that he is actually a demi-god, the offspring of Poseidon with his mortal mother, and that there's a whole camp full of children like him.

But war is brewing amongst the three major gods Zeus, Poseidon and Hades because Zeus' bolt was stolen, and Percy is sent on a quest with Grover the Satyr, and Athena's daughter Annabeth, to …

Subjects

  • Identity (Philosophical concept)
  • Zeus (Greek deity)
  • Greek Mythology
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Fathers and sons
  • Fiction
  • Hades (Greek deity)
  • Fantasy
  • Poseidon (Greek deity)
  • Camps
  • Friendship
  • Identity