Dad and Sharon gave the first three books from this series "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" to Kaitlyn for her birthday last week. So I decided to read them first to see if I thought she would like them and mostly just because I wanted to read them. I finished the first book today "The Lightning Thief". They are written by Rick Riordan.
First of all, this book reminded me a little of Harry Potter. There is a young 12 year old boy who has black hair and sea green eyes. And he finds out there is something special about him. But the premise isn't wizardry, it is Greek mythology, which I have always really liked. The author writes the book so that even if you don't know that much about mythology, it is explained and makes sense. He also writes completely different from J.K. Rowling and it isn't quite as scary or dark as some of the stuff Harry Potter deals with, at least not yet. So I think that will be good for Kaitlyn. (I still don't think I can let her read Harry Potter until she is a little older.)
It is written for a young adult audience, but that makes it easy to read. And there are some twists in the plot that might fool a 12 year old, but I could pick out easily.
All in all, I liked the book and am ready to start the second one in the series "The Sea of Monsters". I would recommend this, especially if you wanted a Harry Potter like story, but with a different spin.
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I'll have to give them a try. I think it's fun to read young adult fiction. I'm reading a series right now that I think Kaitlyn would enjoy. I have one more book in the series to finish and then I'll do my post on it.
That sounds like a good series for Jay's nieces to read. I'll have to suggest them. And I'm interested in checking them out too. It sounds like a fun, easy read.
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