Rick Riordan
Disney-Hyperion, 2006
Pages: 288
Reading Level: 9-12
Genre: Fantasy
Percy is at the end of another school year at a new school. He is playing dodgeball with a bunch of seventh graders when he realizes they are actually monsters trying to kill him. They start throwing fireballs at him, but his is saved by his large friend Tyson, and Annabeth, another demi-god, who stabs a monster. They escape and head to camp half-blood. When they get there, camp is under attack because the tree that protects camp has been poisoned. Chiron has been fired because he suspects them of doing the poisoning. While there, they realize the Tyson is actually a cyclops, and Posiden claims him as a son. Percy asks the camp director if someone can please be sent on a quest, and the director agrees, sending clarisse. Percy is upset because he really wanted to help and go on the quest. He is at the lake when his father sends him help in the form of three hippocampi to take Percy, Tyson, and Annabeth. While they are in the water, they pass a cruise ship that Luke has taken over. They are captured and learn that Luke is trying to bring back Kronos, the evil titan. They escape and are saved by Clarisse. They head toward the "Sea of Monsters" which is also known as the Bermuda Triangle. They barely manage to get to the island, destroying Clarisse's ship in the process, with the help of Tyson and Clarisse. They save Grover from the giant cyclops who has him hostage and is about to eat him, and steal the fleece. They send Clarisse to take it back to camp, since Percy can't fly without Zeus killing him, and then Percy, Annebeth, Tyson, and Grover are captured by Luke. Percy tricks Luke into admitting to poisoning the tree, thus proving Chiron's innocence. Percy duels with Luke and barely gets out with his life. Back at camp, the fleece heals the trees, and out of it came Thalia, the daughter of Zeus who had been turned into the tree in a battle long before.
I would recommend this book to people/kids who feel like they don't fit in.
This book might cause kids to willfully disobey the orders their parents, teacher, and leaders have given them.
My reaction: I love this series! It teaches great values and is a wonderful story.
My rating: *****
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