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The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2) |  | Author: Rick Riordan
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MPN: 9781423103349
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Percy Jacksons seventh-grade year has been surprisingly quiet. Not a single monster has set foot on his New York prep-school campus. Butwhen an innocent game of dodgeball among Percy and his classmates turnsinto a death match against an ugly gang of cannibal giants, things get. . . well, ugly. And the unexpected arrival of Percys friend Annabethbrings more bad news: the magical borders that protect Camp Half-Bloodhave been poisoned by a mysterious enemy, and unless a cure is found,the only safe haven for demigods will be destroyed. In this fresh, funny, and hugely anticipated follow up to The Lightning Thief,Percy and his friends must journey into the Sea of Monsters to savetheir beloved camp. But first, Percy will discover a stunning newsecret about his family -- one that makes him question whether beingclaimed as Poseidons son is an honor or simply a cruel joke. Distributor: Spring Arbor/Ingram Author: Rick Riordan Format: 304 pages, paperback Ages: 9-12 ISBN: 9781423103349
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 Cornwall, Ny sixth Grader March 10, 2007
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
Cornwall, New York Sixth Grader 3/7/07
I am a sixth grader. I think The Sea of Monsters is a great book. Percy Jackson returns in this story with new monsters, new surprises and a new camp director?! This exciting sequel to the Lightning Thief is with a plot and flow equivalent to that of the first. Who knew what could happen when a normal game of dodge ball turns into a struggle to survive? Percy is soon warned that Camp Half Blood is no longer safe for demigods. A crushing and devastating blow for Percy, who himself is a half blood. Someone has poisoned Thalia's tree and Chiron is the prime suspect. A quest must be taken up to retrieve the Golden Fleece!
Much to Percy's dismay he is not given the quest! Although he and Annabeth are forbidden to go this quest, they still go out into the mortal world to find the Fleece. Percy has been contacted in his dreams also by a person who is important to him. According to this person the Fleece is in the Sea of Monster. Unfortunately, that person is in the peril of death. He must now bring back the Fleece and save that person. Challenges await them though, so incredibly evil and ruthless...
Rick Riordan does a great job with this book. I like how the flow of the story fits in with the action theme. Riordan also pleases me with a splash of humor in this book. He also creates such great details on his characters that they come to life for me. Also, the spunk of Percy and his friends adds spark to the story. The creativity of the mixing of the Greek religion and modern day society produces an interesting blend. Whoever thought that Greeks were boring obviously never read this book. His creativity really makes this book shine. A two thumbs up book for any reader. I especially recommend this book for bookworms and fantasy readers, this book will really satisfy you.
Can Percy save the Golden Fleece and his friend? Will peace be restored to Camp Half Blood? Will Chiron be proved innocent?
EG
Lightning DOES strike twice June 26, 2006
Amanda Richards (Georgetown, Guyana)
30 out of 34 found this review helpful
Rick Riordan comes through again, and this follow up to The Lightning Thief is just as entertaining, informative and action-packed as the first book. This time Percy (son of Poseidon) is at school in New York when things start to go downhill fast, beginning with some bad dreams about his friend Grover the satyr, followed by an attack by cannibalistic dodge ball players.
When Annabeth (daughter of Athena) arrives on the scene with more bad news, Percy has to embark on another quest, this time unsanctioned, to save Camp Half-Blood, which is vulnerable to attack since its defenses have been breached. He also has to save Grover, who's found himself in an inter-species entanglement in which he doesn't quite see eyes to eye with his suitor.
Accompanying them is Percy's class mate Tyson, a street kid who counts Percy as his only friend, but who is much, much more than he seems. The three travel to the treacherous Sea of Monsters in the face of insurmountable odds to capture the Golden Fleece, which hopefully can counteract the poison and restore the magical protection of the Camp.
Steeped in Greek mythology, yet written for young readers, this one is highly recommended for developing the imagination with its combination of thrilling adventure and legend.
Amanda Richards, June 25, 2006
Even better (funnier, more action-packed) than Book 1 May 19, 2006
bensmomma (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
31 out of 41 found this review helpful
"Sea of Monsters" is a sequel to Riordan's "Lightning Thief." Percy Jackson (you may or may not know from Lightning Thief) is the son of the Greek God Poseidon and a modern American woman, living in 21st-century New York. In Book Two, he returns to Camp Half-Blood (a secret camp for the children of gods and mortals, most of whom have secret powers), to learn that the Camp's protective veil has been broken by monsters and evil beings bent on destroying the half-blood kids. To save the camp, he and his friends the wise and brave Annabelle (daughter of Athena), Grover (his nerdly centaur sidekick), and a new character Tyson (who turns out to be a cyclops in need of a haircut), must seek out the Golden Fleece.
Which turns out to be in....Florida, I believe!
This summary illustrates the way in which Riordan ramps up two aspects of the earlier book: its humor, and its superficial similarities to the Harry Potter books. Riordan has a real sense of humor and an ear for witty kid-like dialogue (I loved the bits where Grover is captured by a larger Cyclops and talks his way out of marrying the big brute). A Voldemort-like character also takes shape in this 2nd volume - but he has not the physical strength to come back in full form yet, and will require the treachery of some of the half-bloods (presumably continued in future volumes) to come back to full power.
As in the first volume, readers will uncover a lot of entertaining bits of Greek mythology, embedded in the book like nuts in a brownie. Another delicious volume.
the gods must be crazy... July 27, 2006
Karusichan (Lansing, MI. USA.)
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
The gods of old keep having kids. Hephaestus, Ares, Apollo, Hermes, Dionysus, Athena, Aphrodite, Hera, Artemis (who, technically is a virgin and doesn`t have any kids), Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon all have children roaming the earth, stirring up the order of things and trying to keep humans from destroying themselves. These demigods, or half bloods, congregate in a camp in New York called Half-Blood Hill, where the activities are run by Chiron (the trainer of Hercules) and Mr. D, the infamous Dionysus, who is serving a sentence of sobriety for chasing after the wrong wood nymph.
The thing is that three of these gods should not be siring any more children. Since the debacle of World War II Hades, Zeus, and Poseidon have sworn an oath on the river Styx that they would not father any more children, seeing as how their children are infinitely more powerful than the other gods. All but one has broken this oath, and one of the offspring to be born from Poseidon's dalliance is Percy Jackson (Perseus).
Percy, known to many reader's from the first book "The Lightning Thief" is adjusting to the fact that he is the son of Poseidon, the Sea God. His Mother has sent him to a progressive school for troubled kids, Meriweather College Prep. Here he has befriended the school's charity case for the year, an overgrown teenager who happens to be homeless, named Tyson. Tyson has gotten Percy into many scrapes this year because of his sensitivity, his brute force, and his ability to break down into convulsive sobbing. Everything is going fine until a game of dodge ball one gym class turns into a fight for their lives as Percy and Tyson realize they are up against a race of cannibals called the Laistrygonians, and they are saved by none other than Annabeth, daughter of Athena and friend of Percy's from Half-Blood Hill. She takes them to the camp where all Hades has broken loose.
For one thing the protective barrier of the camp is weakening thanks to a the Pine tree of Thalia. Thalia is the daughter of Zeus, a half blood who some years before had been changed into the tree to protect the others from certain demise. Now the tree has been poisoned and the activities director, Chiron, has been fired because of this. In his place is a starving man named Tantalus who sees Percy as nothing more than a puffed up brat. Even when Percy reveals that he has been having dreams of his satyr friend Grover and how his quest has led him into a perilous place, the Sea of Monsters, Tantalus does nothing to help Percy save him. In fact when it is revealed that the legendary Golden Fleece is on the same island as Grover Tantalus assigns Clarisse to quest for it before Percy. It is believed that the retrieval of the Golden Fleece will save the camp, but Percy is more concerned that his friend Grover may end up as a meal for the cyclops, Polyphemus, and wants to rescue him. Together with Annabeth, Tyson, and some aid of the gods the three set off into the unknown, and learn a few new secrets along the way.
This is a fantastic sequel to "The Lightning Thief". Percy Jackson is simply the fantasy character to watch in the next few years. This book has everything in it one can wish for. The characters are deep and flawed, the quest is compelling, the drama oozes on every page. I found that this was a compulsively readable book, one that I had a difficult time putting down in the three days it took me to read it. I marveled at the introduction of Tyson, because he is such a sweet and sympathetic character, and the connection between him and Percy is just a great touch. The mythos surrounding Thalia heats up in this book too, and I am aghast at the role she will seem to play in the following books. Even the emergence of Luke as a villain is perfect, as he is the ideal character to have as a rival, and Kronos is a nemesis to be feared in the future. My biggest gripe is that the cliffhangers, the introductions of new characters (and the implications of said characters and prophecies surrounding them) will make it very difficult for me to wait for the next book to be published... this is, for all accounts, my "Harry Potter" series that I would wait in line at midnight for. I am on pins and needles to see what Riordan dreams up next for Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
 Cornwall NY, Sixth Grader March 8, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I am a sixth grader. The Sea of Monsters is a story about Percy Jackson, a demigod, or `half-blood' in the story, and is the second in the saga called Percy Jackson and the Olympians. The first book is called The Lightning Thief. The book is by Rick Riordan.
Anyway, in Percy's world, he was just a regular New Yorker kid until he discovered that his entire world was controlled by the Greek Gods. Zeus controls the air, Poseidon the sea and Hades the Underworld. After being attacked by countless monsters, Percy is whisked away to Camp Half-Blood, where all demigods can be safe. They are not safe elsewhere because they all carry a certain scent that monsters can detect.
At the camp, Percy begins to understand everything. His original teacher turns out to be Chiron, teacher of heroes. His old best friend, Grover, is actually a satyr. He discovers a new friend, Annabeth, a daughter of Athena, and meets the bully, Clarisse. And did I mention that his dad is...uh, spoiler.
Anyway, Percy embarks on a quest to save the camp, crazy adventures ensue and in the end, he does. The Sea of Monsters, on the other hand has an ending that could mean helping Percy or hurting him. But for now, I can't tell you anything about that!
The story focuses on Percy again. In his seventh-grade year, no monsters have attacked him and life is good in his new school. He also makes a new friend, Tyson. Tyson is a humungous kid but is a big softie. Suddenly, some new kids turn into giants and try to kill Percy. With the help of a surprise visit from his friend Annabeth, Percy defeats the giants and runs out of a burning hole in the wall of the school.
Unfortunately, Annabeth brought grave news. The magical borders that protect Camp Half-Blood from monsters have broken. And Percy keeps having dreams about his friend Grover being chased by a monster, and he was in a wedding dress for some reason. Apparently, the thing chasing him likes sheep. Now Percy and Annabeth, along with Tyson (I would tell you why but it would spoil some of the early surprises of the book) set off to get what they need to save the camp (which I don't want to tell you) and to save Grover (from a monster I shouldn't explain.)
The Sea of Monsters is not quite as good as its predecessor, but still packs all the excitement, laughter and fun of the original. The first few chapters alone are packed with enough detail that it could likely span that of the amount in a Harry Potter book! In the beginning we see everything from a satyr in a wedding dress and evil cannibal giants to a taxi made of smoke and evil robotic bulls! The next chapters also are amazing: we've got a son of Poseidon, we've got demon pigeons, Hermes the god and a water version of a Pegasus that Tyson names Rainbow! By the end we have attacking centaurs, living trees, the island of the Sirens and a giant Cyclops. In conclusion to that, the book's strongest point is that there are no boring chapters. Every one packs the same amount of humor and excitement.
I actually cannot think of anything bad about the book. Occasionally, it may have parts of the story or chapters that, although quite good and interesting, have no effect on the plot whatsoever, for example, going to C.C.'s Spa & Resort. While there is a charming section about Percy turning into a guinea pig, it really doesn't matter. The second chariot race? It was exciting and all, but besides revealing a hidden purpose of a device, it really didn't matter. And even the first chariot race with the demon pigeons didn't really do much.
Overall, however, The Sea of Monsters excels because it is literally impossible to put the book down. No matter how hard you try, you find that you must keep reading. And new characters like Tantalus and Tyson make the story even better. All of this is ignoring the fact that it is hilarious. It takes place from Percy's perspective, and thus, just like you and I, his thoughts are sometimes funny. Plus he always blurts out stuff he doesn't mean to say, causing his enemies to get very mad at him. It doesn't sound funny, but trust me, it is.
The Sea of Monsters also references many old tales you may have heard. It even has a name used by Odysseus in the Odyssey: Nobody! There are familiar stories for those who already know about Greek mythology as well. It also contains almost every Greek god, monster and creature to ever appear! From Cyclopes to Dead Confederates...wait, uh, forget that last part. Undead, I mean.
In conclusion, The Sea of Monsters is a fresh, funny, and awesome adventure from Rick Riordan. The book also has Literature Circle questions at the end for teachers to use. If you like interesting and funny books, consider The Sea of Monsters your boat to Olympus. I apologize for that corny joke.
"Ha ha!"
-Steve
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