Hi again. I just finished the first three (and a half) books of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan. I think my friends got me started on these when they brought the fifth book (the Last Olympian book everyone is talking about) to school and buried their noses in the pages for the whole day. Afterwards, they started saying "enchiladas!!!" over and over again. So I got the first book and read it in one day. We were on a field trip, and every five minutes, you'd hear me going BWAHAHAHA or SNORT or making other eloquent noises like that because the book was so hilarious. The series is centered on ancient Greek mythology, a topic which I learned about in kindergarten, and have been interested in ever since. So naturally, they would mention some new character, and I would be like, duh, that's supposed to be so-and-so.
Plot summary of The Lightning Thief (first book):
Percy Jackson, twelve year-old boy with ADD and dyslexia, can't stop getting expelled from various boarding schools. It's the same thing every year, until the class trip to a museum suddenly turns Ancient Greek. But we're talking real live centaurs here. His mom suddenly decides to send Percy away to Camp Half-Blood, where she says he can learn to control his abilities as a hero. And poor Percy doesn't have a clue what in the world is going on. Soon, with the help of his new friends at camp, Percy must use his newfound powers to save the Gods' most prized possession before everyone's time is up.
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