The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

This book is about a kid who a demigod and his father is Zeus god of gods and him and his friends fight to get his memory back he doesn't find out all his info until he goes to camp half blood and they helped him Then Hera goddess request his help because she was captured and needs help.

Reviewed by Jabal ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 660

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (Series)

In The Lightning Thief you follow around Demigod son of Poseidon, Percy Jackson, as he goes through Camp Half-Blood, camp for Demigods like Percy. Along the way, his father is blamed for stealing Zeus' Lightning bolt, and decides to set out to find it, along with his Best Friends, Grover Underwood, a Satyr and Lord of the Wild, and Annabeth, the Demi-goddess daughter of Athena. He faces many challenges along the way, like meeting his Uncle's Zeus and Hades. This is a book for anyone who likes Mythology, like myself. I would defiantly recommend this for people who have yet to read it!

Reviewed by Katlyn ~ 8th Grade

Lexile 740

Dread Locks by Neal Shusterman (Dark Fusion Series)

Dreadlocks by Neal Shusterman was amazing! I give it two thumbs UP! I believe this because I don’t think anyone else could ever give such a spin on a classic Greek Mythology story, ever! It matched all the facts that they give us in a mythology book. This is why I give the book Dreadlocks by Neal Shusterman a huge thumbs up! The book’s genre is mythology fiction. The reason I believe it is that genre is because it tells a spin off on the tale of Medusa.


The book Dreadlocks by Neal Shusterman is about a boy named Parker that is 15 and encounters and interacts with a 15 year girl named Tara. Who is actually over 1,000 years old! She has this effect on people that is very strange. And how they met is ever stranger. They met in Parkers bedroom! She gave the idea to Parker that nothing is yours! So she slept there, kinda like Goldie Locks. And the way she turns people to stone is way more creepier. When she meets people she stares at them (this is how she does it) after that she takes off her shades and gives them a look. A few hours after that happens they get paler, weaker, drink a lot of milk, and they eat dirt! After this goes on for about a week they turn to ... STONE! But Parker doesn’t quite notice until he got the gift to turn people into stone from her.


This book was so interesting for me. [Spoiler Alert] I liked the conflict in the story when Parker was so hungry to turn something living to stone, that he actually turned on this best friend and turned him into stone! After this happens his best friend later gets sick and eventually ... dies.

The book was also a definite page turner. The reason I believe this is because it gave such detail and a lot of events and conflicts. Also because every chapter was a fresh start. The chapter were short , so I read about 6 chapters a day and I finished the book in 3 days.


I would recommend this book to people who love mythology and love to read spin offs. I would recommend it to these people because this book is a pretty cool spin off Medusa’s life, also because it talks a lot about her life in ancient Greek. I would read more books like this because it just seems more interesting than the books I use to read and because it is a series s I can continue reading these type of books.

Reviewed by Yinka ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 710

The Son of Neptune, by Rick Riordan, The Heroes of Olympus, Book 2

The Son Of Neptune is about Percy Jackson and 2 people going on a quest to the ancient lands far from the gods to retrieve their Cohort's Eagle, free Thanatos, and weapons that were stolen a long time ago. Percy Jackson lost his memory because of Hera, she erased his memory and sent him to the Roman camp. The Legion accepts him and is taken to a quest by Frank and Hazel. They had to finish the quest before The Feast of Fortuna because that's when the giant, Polybotes, and his army attacks. The genre of this book is fiction because of giants, harpies, skeletons and a whole lot of whacky stuff. I enjoyed this book because of the deadline pushed them to go and discover unique things. I recommend this book for people who like Greek and Roman Mythology.

Reviewed by Christian ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 640

The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan

The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan is the third book in his Roman series. It is about demigods (children of the gods). In this book, Annabeth Chase who is a daughter of Athena is given a quest by her mother. During this quest Annabeth and her friends have to make peace with the Roman camp, Camp Juptier. But they "accidentally" blow up part of their camp and declare war. Because of this Annabeth and her friends are on the run trying to get as far away from the Romans as possibly. At the same time they have to save their friend Nico from giants and find a golden statue of Athena in Rome. I would recommend this book to people who like adventure, laughs, and giants who like dancing! I really enjoyed this book and I hope others do too.

Reviewed by Sophia ~ 6th Grade

Lexile 690

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan (The Heroes of Olympus: Series Bk. 1)

This book is the first book in Rick Riordan's Roman series. It is about three kids named Jason, Leo,and Piper. In this book they have a very interesting adventure to get back Jason's memories and mostly just find out who they really are. They all go to school at Wilderness School that is for "bad kids". I thought this book was really good and I would defiantly recommend it to others that like mystery, laughs, and adventure.

Reviewed by Sophia

Lexile 660