The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series #2)

by Rick Riordan

Overview

After a summer spent trying to prevent a catastrophic war among the Greek gods, Percy Jackson finds his seventh-grade school year unnervingly quiet. His biggest problem is dealing with his new friend, Tyson—a six-foot-three, mentally challenged homeless kid who follows Percy everywhere, making it hard for Percy to have any "normal" friends. But things don't stay quiet for long. Percy soon discovers there is trouble at Camp Half-Blood: the magical borders which protect Half-Blood Hill have been poisoned by a mysterious enemy, and the only safe haven for demigods is on the verge of being overrun by mythological monsters. To save the camp, Percy needs the help of his best friend, Grover, who has been taken prisoner by the Cyclops Polyphemus on an island somewhere in the Sea of Monsters, the dangerous waters Greek heroes have sailed for millennia—only today, the Sea of Monsters goes by a new name…the Bermuda Triangle. Now Percy and his friends—Grover, Annabeth, and Tyson—must retrieve the Golden Fleece from the Island of the Cyclopes by the end of the summer or Camp Half-Blood will be destroyed. But first, Percy will learn a stunning new secret about his family—one that makes him question whether being claimed as Poseidon's son is an honor or simply a cruel joke.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781484700389
Publisher:	Disney Press
Publication date:	07/02/2013
Series:	Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series
Sold by:	DISNEY PUBLISHING WORLDWIDE -EBKS
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	163,090
Lexile:	680L (what's this?)
File size:	33 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Rick Riordan is best known for his bestselling young reader book series Percy Jackson and the Olympians and award-winning adult mysteries featuring San Antonio P.I. Tres Navarre. Children across the globe have followed Percy and friends on their adventures through the popular follow up series, Heroes of Olympus, and enjoyed the movies adapted from the first two Percy Jackson and the Olympian books, The Lightning Thief and Sea of Monsters. Riordan intertwines humor and masterful storytelling set against Greek, Roman, or as in The Kane Chronicles, Egyptian mythology.

Hometown:

San Antonio, TX

Date of Birth:

June 5, 1964

Place of Birth:

San Antonio, TX

Education:

B.A. in English and History, University of Texas

Editorial Reviews

"You shall sail the iron ship with warriors of bone,/ You shall find what you seek and make it your own,/ But despair for your life entombed within stone./ And fail without friends, to fly home alone." In August, the long-awaited, often-postponed Sea of Monsters film will be released, giving Rick Riordan fans a chance to savor a new version of this sequel to The Lightning Thief. This movie tie-in materializes an unforgettable set-up: Seventh grader Percy Jackson relishes the predictable rhythms of his New York prep school routines. But then, in a harmless game of dodge ball, that pleasant monotony ends abruptly, catapulting Poseidon's 13-year-old demigod son into a frantic contest for his own survival and a hunt for the Golden Fleece. Now in trade paperback and NOOK Book.