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Where Percy Jackson is concerned, no trouble will follow.
Right? Yeah, he wouldn’t believe that, either. Percy’s thinking he’ll have a
nice, normal senior year in high school. Alternative High takes him on, despite
his record of, um, being kicked out of schools. He’ll graduate, then go onto
New Rome University with his girlfriend and daughter of Athena, Annabeth Chase.
Calm. Simple. Cue laughter, for things are never so easy for Percy, especially
when there are gods involved. His Nereid
(sea spirit) school counselor, Eudora, explains that he must fulfill three
quests in order to obtain three letters of recommendation from Mount Olympus to
apply to New Rome. Is it too late to consider a local, technical school? And
no, he can’t ask specific gods to write him letters. They must seek him out.
And someone does. That someone is Ganymede, the cupbearer to Zeus, once a
mortal who was kidnapped by Zeus (in eagle form) for his unparalleled beauty.
The goblet has been stolen, but by whom? It must be found before Zeus declares
his next feast, but gods forbid that the gods be able to complete their own
quests (they can’t, they are most skilled at laziness). Percy, Annabeth and
Grover Underwood will embark on the quest to retrieve Ganymede’s goblet. Who
knew that getting into college would be this challenging?
The trio is
back! Although I wrote that this may be the first novel in a new trilogy,
readers may also consider it “Percy Jackson 6.” That said, readers with no
prior knowledge of the Percy Jackson series don’t have to start at
the beginning. This tale is what I expect from Riordan: hilarious, fast-paced,
sarcastic. It’s a world that’s easy to want to be a part of IRL, though
preferably with less dying by mythological monsters or by an infuriated
god/goddess. For those familiar with the Percy Jackson series, this is a
reunion we’ve been waiting for, though I wish the book had been much longer.
Note to all of you demigods out there: Stay away from the “happy golden death
juice.” It is, “One hundred percent pure concentrate. Collected from the dew in
the groves on Mount Olympus at dawn on the first day of spring.” FYI: One drop
of unblended nectar can burn a demigod to cinders. Try not to get flushed.
Okay, have fun! Bye!
Percy Jackson: Books 1-5
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