The Lightning Thief.THE LIGHTNING THIEF. (Percy Jackson & The Olympians, Book 1.) Rick Riordan. 2005. Read by Jesse Bernstein. 8 cds. 10 hrs. Listening Library. 0-307-24531-4. $60.00. Vinyl; plot, author, reader notes. J Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is startled to discover he is the son of Poseidon, his school chum Grover is a satyr satyr (sā`tər, săt`ər), in Greek mythology, part bestial, part human creature of the forests and mountains. Satyrs were usually represented as being very hairy and having the tails and ears of a horse and often the horns and legs of , his teacher Mrs. Dodds is one of the Furies, his Latin teacher is a centaur centaur (sĕn`tôr), in Greek mythology, creature, half man and half horse. The centaurs were fathered by Ixion or by Centaurus, who was Ixion's son. , and that he is a heroin-training. His mother is killed by the Minotaur while trying to get Percy to safety in a school for other children of Greek gods. Poseidon and Zeus are fighting over a stolen lightning bolt, so Percy and a couple of friends go on a quest to recover it. All Percy has to do is travel to Hades Hades (hā`dēz), in Greek and Roman religion and mythology. 1 The ruler of the underworld: see Pluto. 2 The world of the dead, ruled by Pluto and Persephone, located either underground or in the far west beyond the , face the Lord of the Underworld, find the most powerful weapon in the universe, and get back in ten days. Along the way the three friends meet and defeat Procrustes, Charon, Medusa, Echidna echidna, in zoology echidna (ĭkĭd`nə) or spiny anteater, primitive animal of the order Monotremata, the egg-laying mammals. (mother of monsters), and Ares, who is masquerading as a Santa Monica biker bad guy. Middle school students of mythology/magic/fantasy will enjoy the story, which is episodic but moves along briskly. Narrator NARRATOR. A pleader who draws narrs serviens narrator, a sergeant at law. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 37. Obsolete. Bernstein gives the adventure tale a semi-voiced reading. For the past 15 years, the author has taught grades 6-8, so he is familiar with the tastes of middle school readers. Lots of cartoon-like fight scenes. Janet Julian, English Teacher, Grafton, MA |
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