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PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS SERIES
by Rick Riordan
The Lightning Thief
The Sea of Monsters
The Titan's Curse
The Battle of the Labyrinth
The Last Olympian

The gods of Olympus are alive and well in the 21st Century! Join the adventures of Percy Jackson and his modern demigod friends as they fight mythological monsters and the forces of the titan lord Kronos.

LINKS:
The official Percy Jackson web site
Rick Riordan's blog, Myth & Mystery
The Lightning Thief movie web site

Try one of these great reads:

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	IRIS, MESSENGER by Sarah Deming After discovering that the immortals of Greek mythology reside in her hometown of Middleville, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Iris listens to their life stories, gaining wisdom, beauty, and startling revelations about her past.
	CORYDON AND THE ISLAND OF MONSTERS by Tobias Druitt Corydon, an outcast Greek boy with the leg of a goat, learns that he is part of an old prophecy and joins forces with Medusa and other "monsters" known in Greek mythology in a confrontation with mortal heroes fighting for the Olympian gods.
	THE SEA OF TROLLS by Nancy Farmer After Jack becomes apprenticed to a Druid bard, he and his little sister Lucy are captured by Viking Berserkers and taken to the home of King Ivar the Boneless and his half-troll queen, leading Jack to undertake a vital quest to Jotunheim, home of the trolls.
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