THE MARK OF ATHENA By Rick Riordan

Annabeth is very frustrated... she is worried that when she reunites
with Percy he will have changed, It has been six months and believe  me
people can change! Soon Annabeth receives a note...   Dear Annabeth, take
three friends to the Argo II... AVENGE ME!!!     -Athena. That note terrified Annabeth! 
And the most disturbing part was this note was from her Mother! , 
ATHENA... Annabeth had not seen her for years yet she always  knew
her mother was up in the clouds starring down at her...   BEWARE THE ARGO II...

Annabeth was the main character [of course]. Annabeth had a big struggle
with her mother, Athena because she had not seen her mother in years, 
and years! She always thought her mother had bailed on her! Annabeth
had another struggle with Percy... Annabeth had just reunited and had not
been together for the longest time! {six months}

Annabeth had a big struggle with life itself. She most of the time was never
happy or never had a smile on her face. Life was a nightmare come true,
everything was a really big challenge for her and she could not really function
as well as everybody else.

Annabeth goes from a lonely, twisted minded girl to a warrior of
wisdom! There are some very big changes that she goes from through-out
the story... these are very hard changes to make and are brave to
dodge!

Annabeth reminds me of a friend named Sally... She had a mind
just like Annabeth, she thought everything was out to get her,
even her cat, Mr.Butler, [frankly he really was out to get her]!

RATING: *****

~Eva

PANDORA THE CURIOUS by Suzanne Williams and Joan Holub

      Pandora is a very curious girl in a school  called Mount Olympus Academy (MOA). One day, while talking to her friends, a mysterious box catches her eye. She just has to open it! Pandora can't stop herself when the box comes flying into her hands.Out come many troublesome bubbles that pop on her friends and teachers and change their personalities! Pandora realizes it's up to her to get all the bubbles back. What will she do?

    Pandora was in conflict with the bubbles (the bad things inside them) and she was also in conflict with her friends that didn't listen to or believe what happened.

   Pandora changed throughout this book. She became more careful with her curiousness and she learned not to snoop anymore. She also learned to respect differences like how Epimetheus was different because he was a Titan. 

   I relate to Pandora because I am also curious. I was very curious to know what was in my Christmas presents and if I did, I would be in trouble. (not with bubbles though.)

   

RATING: ****

-Sarah W

     

CASSANDRA THE LUCKY by Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams

    Cassandra is a fortune teller but because of a curse Apollo put on her, nobody believes her prophecies. To prove she's not a fake, she gives fortunes to her classmates. They come true, but thanks to the curse, her classmates all believe that the written fortune said the opposite and quickly, everyone believes her as a fake!

The main character Cassandra is in conflict with a curse put on her by Apollo.

    Apollo put a curse on Cassandra at an early age. The curse was so that at first, everyone would believe her fortunes, but after it comes true, they believe that the fortune had read the opposite of what had happened.

    In the beginning of the book, nobody believes her fortunes, only her brother's which are much more vague and are basically the same as hers. In the end Cassandra makes a shop called Opposite Oracle-O's in which the fortunes in the cookies are opposite of whats to happen, so it will work against Apollo's curse.

    I can relate to how Cassandra feels when nobody believes her fortunes; when they only believe her brother's fortunes. Whenever I come up with an idea and say it out loud, no one seems to hear but one person. That one person who heard my idea then repeats it and everyone thinks it was their idea when it was actually mine.

Rating: *****

Cynthia

GREEK GODS AND GODDESSES by Geraldine McCaughrean

This book is about all the stories about the gods and monsters from Zeus and Hera to the birth of the peacock.

The best story was Persephone and Hades. 

I would recommend this book to

RATING: *****

THE LAST OLYMPIAN by Rick Riordan

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THE LIGHTNING THIEF by Rick Riordan

This book is about a half blood (half human, half god) named Percy Jackson. He goes on a quest to find Zeus’s thunderbolt because Zeus is blaming his father, Poseidon for the theft.

My Favorite part was when Percy battles a fire breathing Chimera in the Gateway Arch, diving 600 feet into the Mississippi River.

I think both boys and girls ages 10+ will enjoy this book.

RATING: *****

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The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

It is about Percy, Annabeth and Grover who go on a quest to the underworld to find the Master Bolt that Ares stole from Zeus. They set a building on fire and a monster that looked like a dog chased Percy into the water. Then at the end they returned the Master Bolt to Zeus. My favorite part was when Percy found the Master Bolt. I think children who are 8-12 years old will enjoy this book I think both boys and girls will read this book RATING: ***** PATS12