Log #1

Book: Percy Jackson and the Olympians----the Sea of Monsters

Author: Rick Riordan

Page: 100 pages

 

As a Greek mythology lover, the books that I can never miss would absolutely be Percy Jackson series written by Rick Riordan. Since I have already finished the first book, I am now reading the second one of the series.

Percy Jackson is a teenager who got in to so many problems in his school life. He never stayed in the same school for over a year. However, this time in his seventh-grade, he almost passed the whole year. Almost. The appearance of the monsters destroyed his normal life again. They showed up suddenly in the gym and started playing dodge ball with the students, dodge balls made with fire. Percy luckily survived the attack with the help of his friend, his only friend in school named Tyson. He was truly grateful for Tyson. Later on, Annabeth, Percy’s best friend in Camp Half-Blood showed up and brought the bad news to him. It was at that time when Percy knew that the border of Camp Half-Blood was in danger. The tree protecting the camp was dying. At the same time, his nightmares about his friend Grover kept making him worry. He should do something. Without hesitation, Percy and his friends took the irregular taxi and headed to the camp. On the taxi driven by three weird ladies, Percy found that Annabeth wasn’t so nice to Tyson. He was furious since Tyson was the one who saved him at the gym. During the long drive to the camp, Percy got some clues of saving the camp.

By the time they got to the camp, monsters had already been around. Percy helped the others to combat. In the battle, Percy was saved again by Tyson. Surprisingly, Percy found out that Tyson was a monster, a baby cyclops. Even worse, around the camp fire at night, Poseidon claimed that Tyson was his son, Percy’s half-brother, which made Percy embarrassed. Percy’s bad luck wasn’t going to stop. His mentor Chiron was fired and the new director was a mean guy named Tantalus. Tantalus was a crazy person who not only decided to hold the chariot game banned long ago again but also took away the chance for Percy to go on a quest. Would Percy sneak out to go on the quest himself even that would break the rules?

To me, the best thing of reading Percy Jackson series is that it combines Greek mythology and adventures. We love adventures since we are not able to go ourselves. What’s more, we can feel the friendship that bond different people. To help his friend, Percy would do everything. That wasn’t something stupid or reckless, to me, this shows royalty, love and even sacrifice. I really like the way the author make the characters alive. They are here, fighting to save the world.