I recently read a book called The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. Percy Jackson is the son of Poseidon (a demigod) who leaves his normal (or not so normal) life in the real worl to go to a demigod (is the son or daughter of a Greek god) camp. Unfortunately he is framed for stealing something from Zeus and has to go on a quest. He has ten days to find Zeus' lightning bolt and return it to him along side his new friends, Grover and Annabeth. Percy catches the real thief Ares (god of war), returns the bolt to Zeus, comes to terms with his father, and solves the Oracles prophecy.
I like how well the author used and described the Greek gods just as they were when the Greeks made them. For example he had the three original sons of Kronos, Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon correct (and the story about Kronos eating them right too). Another example is Ares, the god of war, steals the lightning bolt to frame Poseidon and his son for it, to start a war between Zeus and Poseidon.
This is a great book if you like adventure and comedy. p.s. I commented on Blake M.'s blog.
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Hi Sam. I have read this book before and I think the whole series is awesome.One thing that I would like to point out is that you said Poseidon(God of the Sea) was a demigod, when in fact he is a god. I think you did a good job of using examples and describing stuff. This post was a good and quick summary of a good book. P.S. if you want, I'll donate all the books in the series that I have. Let me know tomorrow in Lit. Skills.
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