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Rick Riordan - The Lightning Thief

Rick Riordan - The Lightning Thief

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The Lightning Thief - Me? Meh. Kids? Love it!

by millinocket millinocket is a Top Reviewer on Epinions in Books, Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 200, Apr 14 '09
Pros: Great embedded mythology, my kids absolutely love it
Cons: Too much like Harry Potter for my taste, I don't really care for the hero
I wonder if, over the course of the next hundred years or so, we will ever see a Young Adult fantasy fiction novel that bears absolutely no resemblance whatsoever to the Harry Potter novels.  At times such as these, I despair that we will not, that ...
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians ~ Book One ~ The Lightning Thief

by dramastef dramastef is a Lead on Epinions in Books, Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 500, Apr 10 '09
Pros: A good adventure story for older kids with an introduction to Greek mythology.
Cons: A few minor things to watch out for if you're reading with your kids.
I rented the audio version of Rick Riordan's book The Lightning Thief before one of our car trips as a way to distract the kids with something a bit more educational than movies and video games.  This is the first of (currently) four ...
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