The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan
by Sam Arnold-Boyd on Jan.29, 2009, under Adventure, BookCasts, Fantasy, Mythology, Student Reviews
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Who would like this book? People who love fantasy, mythology, and adventure.
Why? The Titan’s Curse is book three in the series of Percy Jackson and the Olympians. When Percy gets messaged “It’s an emergency” by his friend Grover (who’s a satyr), Percy, Thalia (daughter of Zeus), and Annabeth (daughter of Athena) rush to Westover Grunt, where Grover sent the message from. Grover was waiting for them outside and told them that there were two more half bloods, an older sister (Bianca Diangelo) and her younger brother (Nico Diangelo). The only problem was there was a monster, Mr. Thorn, who got to the two siblings first. Percy took action but also got kidnapped by the monster. When they got to a cliff, Mr. Thorn told them their ride would be there soon. Percy really wanted to help but he was no match for Mr. Thorn. Soon, backup came. Thalia, Grover and Annabeth were still not enough. All of a sudden, the huntresses came out of the forest and shot Mr. Thorn. As he was about to fall off the cliff, he grabbed Annabeth and took her with him. Percy was crushed. He loved Annabeth dearly. When Artemis, leader of the huntresses, left to find an even worse monster than Mr. Thorn, a monster that hasn’t been fought in many millenia, the huntresses were left with Percy, Thalia, and Grover to get back to camp safely with the Diangelos. Then, when Artemes got kidnapped, Percy tagged along on a quest he wasn’t invited into. They needed to find Artemes before winter solstice so she could tell the gods about the monster she was hunting. But Percy didn’t go because he wanted to find Artemes; he went because he wanted to find Annabeth. Maybe Percy’s love for Annabeth might help on the quest. Will they find Artemes in time? Will Percy find Annabeth? You have to read the book to find out!
The details: 2007, 312 p. Submitted by Halle
