The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordancame out when I was twenty. I would have been so excited to have a series like this when I was a kid because I washugelyinto Greek mythology at Percy’s age when the only book I really knew about was Edith Hamilton’s Mythology. A perfectly adequate ...
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The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical has just opened at The Other Palace in London, and it’s a show that all Percy fans deserve to see at least once.Written by Joe Tracz and Rob Rokicki and based on the first novel in the Percy Jackson book series by Rick Riordan, the ...
Riordan turned to children's fiction when he started The Lightning Thief as a bedtime story for his oldest son. Today over 35 million copies of his Percy Jackson, Kane Chronicles, and Heroes of Olympus books are in print in the United States, and rights have been sold into more than 35 ...
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Any of the modern book adaptations:Artemis Fowl,The City of Ember,Coraline,The Lightning Thief And if you are wanting to investigate a genre hybrid, check outRED: A Haida Mangaby Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas UPDATE: I have found versions of several of these books in Spanish as well!
“You see a thief and help him.” Suddenly, I felt as if I’d been struck by a bolt of lightning. Staring at the verse, I felt a wave of conviction from the Lord. Naturally—being me—I fought against the guilty feeling. Looking up at the ceiling, I protested loudly, “What are...
Posted in Book Reviews Tagged amazon, bookreviews, books, children's books, Goodreads, grief poetry, indie book reviews, kindle unlimited, novels, post-WWII novel, short story collection 182 Comments October 28, 2024 The Necromancer’s Daughter at Sally Cronin’s Blog Today, I’m visiting ...
Blog and WebsiteFacebookTwitterInstagramGoodreadsAmazon Author PagePinterest History branded him a coward. Prophecy labeled her his destruction. Some legends are born of lies. Others begin when the lies end. And not everything remains myth… ...
Miller pictured a lightning bolt shooting from the top of his head, through the ceiling, and incinerating the old man in his irritating chair. Like something a Greek God would do to a peasant who was preventing him from mating with a beautiful swan. Wasn’t that how the legend went? He...