By Rick Riordan
When Percy Jackson finds out that his best friend, Grover Underwood has the hip and hind legs of a goat, he has no idea of what is going on. But after he has a fight with a mythological monster, the Minotaur and lost his mom, he drags Grover, who is a satyr, over the property line for Camp Half Blood. He soon wakes up on a porch outside a house, being fed pudding by a girl, who asks him a question which he doesn’t understand but the door opens and she fills his mouth with pudding. When he woke up again, a tall glass containing something that looked like iced apple juice was on the table next to him. When he tried to pick it up, he nearly dropped it and a familiar voice said “Careful” and he saw his friend, Grover leaning on the railing of the porch.
Grover steadied his glass and helped him drink. After he had finished, Grover placed it on the table next to him and takes him to Chiron, the activities director, and Mr. D, the camp director. When they reach where Mr. D is sitting with Chiron, Percy recognizes Chiron, who was his Latin teacher from Yancy Academy, a boarding school for troubled kids in upstate New York. Percy finds out that Mr. D actually is a Greek god, Dionysus, the god of wine. Later they see Annabeth and she explains to Percy that Camp Half-Blood is a camp for half human, half Greek god kids. He stayed in the Hermes cabin for a few nights, as their dad, Hermes, was the god of travelers so they took all the new campers in until they were claimed by their Olympian parent. After playing Capture the Flag, a sign appeared on top of Percy’s head, showing a sea-green trident, the sign of Poseidon .Percy was a son of Poseidon, the god of the ocean. A few days later, Chiron gave Percy a quest, to retrieve Zeus’s lightning bolt from the Underworld in ten days. Annabeth and Grover accompanied Percy in his quest and they face many dangers together. In their quest, they meet Ares, the god of war.
In my opinion, the Nintendo Ds game is hugely surpassed by the book as the game is not very fun as it is too easy. I have completed it about three times and probably not picking up again. In contrast to the book and game, the movie is as great as the book.
I think people around the world who like Greek mythology and fast-paced fantasy should drop Harry Potter and read Percy Jackson.
This book is not too scary but it has a lot of mention of Greek mythology monsters.
