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The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson & the Olympians)

87 reviews
Rick Riordan

Topeka Bindery, 2007

Better than the First . . .
This sequel to The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1) is very much more of the same: A pop version of greek mythology, set in the life of a contemporary teenager. The order matters, so you should certainly start with the first book in the series. If you have already read that one, this sequel will not disappoint: Indeed, by not having to lay out the rather ...

The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)

7 reviews
Rick Riordan

Thorndike Press, 2006

Who's yo' Daddy?
Percy Jackson has always been different from other kids. He's dyslexic and suffers from ADHD, and is always getting into trouble. He's been expelled several times, and the only thing that holds his interest is Greek mythology. We soon learn that Percy has close ties with Mount Olympus, and when monsters from mythology start popping up looking for his blood, he ends up at a very special ...

Mission Road

10 reviews

Bantam, 2005

Another Winner from Rick Riordan
I discovered this author about 6 months ago, have read all of the Tres Navarre series and loved every one. Mission Road is just the latest of winners. I won't rehash the plot nor reveal the ending, but it's one of the reasons I love Riordan's writing -- just when you think you're winding down to the ending of the story . . . BAM!, you're in for a surprise.

The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3)

78 reviews
Rick Riordan

Miramax, 2007

The Titans Curse
This series was read by my 5th grader who didn't know who the greek heros were. He read it in less than a week and completed the 4 book series in a month. It encouraged him to go on to read other books on mythology. We hope Rick Riordan continues the series! He made education fun for my boy.

The Devil Went Down to Austin

17 reviews
Rick Riordan

Bantam, 2001

There is Evil Afoot, Danger too
Sometime PI, sometime college professor Tres Navarre thinks he's going to have a calm summer teaching at that the University of Texas in Austin, however even before he gets there he's informed by the family banker that the bank is about to foreclose on the family ranch, where he'd planned on staying with his wheelchair bound brother Garrett. Tres is shocked, he can't believe his brother has ...

The Lightning Thief

6 reviews
Rick Riordan

Listening Library (Audio), 2005

Adventurous and exciting
This book is an awesome example of Rick Riordan's great writing. It is a fantastic mix of ancient Greek myth and modern children. From the very beginning this book is adventurous and suspenseful. Percy Jackson, sixth grader, is NOT a normal kid. After his pre-algebra teacher turns into a crazed demon, even more strange things start to happen. He and his mother go on an escape vacation from his ...

The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4)

43 reviews
Rick Riordan

Hyperion, 2008

percy is my hero
I have been looking for a book that would spark my sons interest and make him want to read. I was lucky to find a series. We read the first book together and he was hooked.(So was I.) I found myself reading ahead of him and befor I knew it I had finished all four books. He doesn't know and I'm not going to tell him. I am actually excited to read it again with him. I find the character of Percy ...

The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)

206 reviews
Rick Riordan

Miramax, 2006

Librarian MS
It was recommended by a 7th graders that the school get this series! So I will read it this summer. He wants the 2nd book in the series which I have also ordered.

Big Red Tequila

34 reviews
Rick Riordan

Bantam, 1997

First of a Great Series
I picked up on the Tres Navarre series by Rick Riordan in the middle, with Southtown, which was an incredible novel with indelible characters and a page-turning mystery plot. I had to check out this series from the beginning, and The Big Red Tequila, the first book in the series, didn't disappoint me. Tres Navarre is returning to his hometown of San Antonio after years in California. Two ...

Southtown

3 reviews

Bantam, 2004

Rollicking fun in San Antonio
When last we saw Tres Navarre, he was busting up the heroin trade in San Antonio's West Side and considering a more challenging job as a medieval studies professor. Luckily for fans of contemporary crime thrillers, Navarre chose dark alleys over the Dark Ages, and he's back after a three-year sabbatical. Rick Riordan's new "South Town" heralds Navarre's return after publishing his stand-alone ...

The Last King of Texas

16 reviews
Rick Riordan

Bantam, 2001

I Enjoyed This Book
I enjoyed this book. I am a huge fan of mysteries, especially mysteries like this one. Rick Riordan is a fine story teller, and he captures the multicultural aspects of contemporary Texas perfectly. The Last King of Texas is an excellent book.

The Widower's Two-Step

22 reviews
Rick Riordan

Bantam, 1998

Riordan stays on the Beat in Widower's Two Step
Tres Navarre has decided to remain in San Antonio and has been serving an apprenticeship. With only a few supervised hours left to work before he qualifies for his own PI license, Tres becomes obsessed with what started out as a simple case of some missing demo tapes, when a country musician is killed in front of him. Tres begins investigating, endangering his career and his own life. Once ...

Rebel Island

10 reviews

Bantam, 2007

Spicier than Texas barbeque sauce
Rebel Island is a "mile-long, thin strip of beach and cord grass that stretches north like a comet's tail. The southern end is half a mile wide --- just big enough for the lighthouse and the rambling old hotel..." The island gets its name from Colonel Duncan Bray, a crazy rebel who fought in the final battle of the Civil War and who was convinced that Rebel Island was Confederate soil. Bray's ...

Cold Springs

18 reviews
Rick Riordan

Bantam, 2004

Well plotted but didn't like misdirection
Teacher Chadwick's life is thrown into turmoil when he daughter dies, presumably suicide, of a drug overdose. Chadwick then moves into the business of escorting troubled teens to a bootcamp where they learn survival skills and 'reform' during the process. He receives a call from an old friend and ex lover asking him to escort her daughter to the bootcamp to rescue her from drug addiction and ...

Percy Jackson in: Diebe im Olymp

1 review
Rick Riordan

Carlsen Verlag GmbH, 2006

Blah.
I do NOT have this book, but I believe this is the german version of Rick Riordan's "The Lightning Thief". I checked, and according to an online translator, 'Diebe im Olymp' means "Thieves in the Mount Olympus", so I am guessing, as I said above, that this is the german version of "The Lightning Thief".

39 Clues: Maze Of Bones
Rick Riordan

Scholastic Press, 2008

Minutes before she died Grace Cahill changed her will, leaving her decendants an impossible decision: "You have a choice - one million dollars or a clue." Grace is the last matriarch of the Cahills, the world's most powerful family. Everyone from Napoleon to Houdini is related to the Cahills, yet the source of the family power is lost. 39 clues hidden around the world will reveal the family's secret, but no one has been able to assemble them. ...

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