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Author: Rick Riordan
Illustrator: John Rocco (Book Cover)
Genre: Modern Fantasy
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Copyright Date: June 14, 2005
Pages: 416
Awards: Hampshire Book Awards, Mark Twain Award (2008), Rebecca Caudil Award (2009)
Summary: Percy Jackson is a twelve year old boy who discovers that he is a half blood: half-human, half-god. Percy goes to Camp Half Blood where there are a lot of kids just like him. At this camp, Percy learns that he is Poseidon's son. Somebody steals Zeus's lightning bolt and Percy Jackson is the main suspect. Percy and his friends Grover the Satyr and Annabeth the daughter of Athena go on a journey to retrieve the lost lightning bolt. On this adventure Percy and his friends face many mythological villains that are determined to stop him at every point. Percy goes back to camp and discovers that he was betrayed by his friend Luke who was the real culprit for stealing Zeus's lightning bolt.
Educational Purpose: I would assign the students this book to read in class. However, I would split the students in groups and then have them perform the literature circle roles: summarizer, discussion director, connector, illustrator, vocabulary enricher, and literary luminary. I would have the group members change every three-four chapters, and the students would have to take on a different literature circle role each time.
Grade Level: (Fourth -Sixth Grade) This book is intended to challenge the reader and introduce more complex vocabulary. The book is longer in length and will challenge the reader with more complex and abstract ideas. The educational purpose is to build and expand their reading skills. Lexile 740L.
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Plot
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Excellent plot that is clever and has many surprising twists.
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Good plot that has some surprises.
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This is an okay plot that is kinda interesting.
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Loose plot with many holes, and fails to grab the reader’s attention.
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This book has multiple twists and the end offers the biggest surprise.
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Character
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Excellent characterization. The characters are complex and provide a strong emotional impact on the reader.
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Characters are believable and the reader can relate to them, and feel an emotional tie to the characters.
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Characters are lacking but likable. There is some emotional attachment to the characters.
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Characters are poorly described, and leave the reader feeling detached from the book.
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Characters are interesting and engaging. The main character is dyslexic and has ADHD so many students will be able to relate to him.
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Illustration
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Excellent illustrations. Very detailed, creative, and connected to the book.
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Illustrations were good and showed something important about the book.
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The illustrations were okay, they were not very creative.
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There was no illustrations, or they were not interesting.
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There are no illustrations for this book
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Recommendation
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Excellent book that I highly recommend having in your classroom or library. This book will captivate, enchant, fascinate, and basically make you obsess about it.
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Good book that I recommend having in your classroom or library. The book was interesting and kept my interest and was overall very engaging.
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This book was okay. I believe this would be a book to check out from the library if you're feeling bored.
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This book was awful and I cannot recommend it for your classroom or library. This book will leave you wishing you could rewind time so you don’t read it.
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This is such an interesting and captivating book that keeps the reader engaged. This is a magical fantasy that makes you feel like you are in a different world. I highly recommend this book.
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