Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters

     One book I read over the course of the year was Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters written by Rick Riordan. This book is the second book in a series of five. The genre of the book is fantasy and Greek Mythology. The genre is fantasy because there are monsters and magic. The genre is Greek Mythology because it involves all the Gods like Zeus, Athena, and Poseidon. The story starts off with Percy and his friend Tyson going to their last day of school. In the gym, they are playing dodgeball. All of a sudden the other team turns into huge monsters and throw giant flaming dodgeballs. Percy's friend Annabeth comes in and saves them from the monsters. Annabeth calls in these weird three woman with only one eye in a taxi. They drive them to camp half-blood, where the camp's borders have fallen. Monster's are invading the camp, which normally shouldn't happen. The new camp counselor chooses Clarisse to go on the quest to get the golden fleece to save the camp. Percy really wanted to go on the quest. At night Percy, Annabeth and Tyson sneak out of the camp and ride dolphins into the ocean, where they come to a cruise ship. They ended up having to leave the ship because it was full of monsters. When they get back to land, they are getting attacked by more monsters. But then Clarisse shows up with her ship and saves them. They steer the ship into the sea of monsters, where they have to go to get to the island where the fleece is. As they try to go through the area where the huge serpents live, they get attacked by them. The ship blows up and somehow Percy and Annabeth survive. They drift over to an island where they get attacked by a woman with magic and turns Percy into a hamster. They leave the island and get on a ship, and go over to the island where the fleece is located. They ended up meeting Clarisse and Tyson there. The walk into the cave only to approach the huge cyclops, Polyphemus. Do they come out alive and get the fleece? Do a huge crowd of ponies attack? Find out by reading Percy Jackson!

     I have read many books during seventh grade, but Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters, was my favorite. I would rate it a 5 out of 5 stars. I would recommend this book to children boy's and girl's ages 9-14. I would also recommend this book to readers who like action-packed books. Reading this book always kept me on the edge of my seat, urging to know what would happen next. In conclusion, Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters is a great book and I definitely recommend reading it.