"New" Discovery

My best friend teaches middle school (I know! shudder!!) and she reads YA novels to keep up with her students' reading. For some time now she's been raving about a book called "The Lightning Thief," which she was willing to say was her new favorite book...ever!! And, even better, there's a whole series of them!

The "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series is by Rick Riordan, and his main character is young Percy Jackson, who happens to be a demigod. Percy's dad is the Greek god Poseidon, and his mom is a human... so Percy is super good with water and mythical strength, but he's also dyslexic. He gets to go to on quests with  mythical creatures and demigods, but first he has to survive middle school! The writing is so good, you'll willingly suspend disbelief and go along for the ride -- and accidentally learn about some Greek mythology along the way!

 Last week I stumbled on Book 2 of the series -- "The Sea of Monsters" -- and now I can see why she was so doggone excited. All the components come into place perfectly -- plot, characters, writing, dialogue, tension, humor, adventure -- and it reads quickly. Based on just that one book I am determined to buy the entire series and read them all back to back, as a treat to myself this summer.

Do yourself a favor and check out one of the books... no prior Greek myth knowlege is necessary! Enjoy!! :)