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Rick Riordan!
Rick Riordan is the multi-award-winning author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series for children.
His Percy Jackson series features a twelve-year-old dyslexic boy who discovers he is the modern-day son of a Greek god. The novels draw on Riordan's experience teaching Greek mythology and his interaction with students who have learning differences.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series by Rick Riordan
The Lightning Thief - Book 1
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After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods. |
The Sea of Monsters - Book 2
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Demi-god Percy Jackson and his friends must journey into the Sea of Monsters to save their camp. But first Percy will discover a secret that makes him wonder whether being claimed as Poseidon's son is an honor or a cruel joke. |
The Titan's Curse - Book 3
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When the goddess Artemis disappears while hunting a rare, ancient monster, a group of her followers joins Percy and his friends in an attempt to find and rescue her before the winter solstice, when her influence is needed to sway the Olympian Council regarding the war with the Titans. |
The Battle of the Labyrinth - Book 4
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When demonic cheerleaders invade his high school, Percy Jackson hurries to Camp Half Blood, from whence he and his demigod friends set out on a quest through the Labyrinth, while the war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near. |
If you like Rick Riordan's Greek Mythology novels, you might want to read these books:
| Friesner, Esther |
Nobody's Princess (Helen of Troy) (Grades 6-10) |
| Michael, Livi | City of Dogs (Grades 5-9) |
| Osborne, Mary Pope |
Tales from the Odyssey (series-Grades 4-8) |
| Shipton, Paul | The Pig Scrolls Sequel: The Pig Who Saved the World by Gryllus the Pig |
| Springer, Nancy | Dussie (Medusa-Grades 4-8) |
| Ursu, Anne | The Cronus Chronicles (series-Grades 5-9) The Shadow Thieves The Siren Song |
| Yolen, Jane | Young Heroes (series-Grades 4-6) Odysseus in the Serpent Maze Hippolyta and the Curse of the Amazons Atalanta and the Arcadian Beast Jason and the Gorgon's Blood |
Mythology Links
Encyclopedia Mythica
GreekMythology.com
KidsPast.com
Timeless Myths
Winged Sandals