Author: Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson is a year older and a year tougher when we meet up with him at the beginning of Sea of Monsters. He's spent a whole year (a first!) at the same prep school in New York City, with his only friend, a homeless scholarship student named Tyson. On the last day of school, Tyson and Percy get involved in a dodge ball game against some big mean kids who turn out to be cannibals, and it soon becomes evident that Percy is off on another adventure with half-bloods and monsters.
Just like The Lightning Thief, Sea of Monsters is an enjoyable quick read. My nine-year-old loved the book and quickly jumped into the third after finishing the second. I think the characters are more fully-developed in this book than in the first, and Percy shows a greater range of emotions (he's growing up!) as he faces his enemies and tries to come to terms with the prophecies surrounding him, many of which suggest that he has less that three years left to live.
In this second book, Percy, Annabeth and Tyson (who turns out to be a cyclops and Percy's half-brother) travel to the Sea of Monsters (aka the Bermuda Triangle) to rescue their friend Grover and the golden fleece (which will restore Camp Half Blood, destroyed by monsters) from a hateful cyclops. They have many adventures along the way which set Percy up for his biggest battle, which I presume will take place in The Last Olympian.
As for me, I'm hooked too. I'll keep reading!
1 comment:
Thanks for the suggestion. Sounds like a good pick to share with my own son!
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