The Last Olympian

by

Rick Riordan

This final book of the Percy Jackson series doesn’t disappoint Rick Riordan fans. Awaiting help from Kronos, Typhon and their army of monsters, Morpheus puts New York City to sleep. Meanwhile Percy, Annabeth, and many of their demigod friends get ready to do battle. A huge cast of characters and get ready to do battle. A huge cast of characters and plenty of excitement and action make this final book hard to put down.

� In the late 1800’s twin sisters Persephone (Persy) and Penelope (Pen) experience all the excitement of their debut season in Victorian London society with balls and visits to Kensington Palace until their governess (and magic teacher) is kidnapped. Relying on some magic teacher) is kidnapped. Relying on some of their magic skills, the two girls set out to discover the truth about her disappearance. Mystery, romance, and magic add to the intrigue.

� Thomas led the Gladers out of danger in The Maze

Runner, but soon learns that safety is still a long way off. To reach a safe haven, they have to pass another trial, crossing an expanse of scorched earth while being pursued by the Cranks. Constantly on while being pursued by the Cranks. Constantly on the move and threatened, the Gladers struggle to overcome their enemies. Mysterious and surprising, this sequel keeps the reader wondering what will happen next.

� Peak Marcello says, “It could have been worse. My parents could have named me Glacier or Abyss, or Crampton,” referring to the fact that both of his parents are mountain climbers. Peak also loves the sport and perfects his climbing skills by scaling skyscrapers. When he is caught also loves the sport and perfects his climbing skills by scaling skyscrapers. When he is caught climbing the Woolworth Building, he gets probation but has to leave New York to join his mountaineer father in Tibet. Peak’s father’s goal is to have Peak become the youngest person to climb Mt. Everest Readers will anxiously await the outcome of this high-altitude adventure.

� Raised in inner-city Detroit by a mother with a third grade education, Ben Carson lacked motivation. But Sonya Carson convinced her son that he could make something of his life, even though everything around him said even though everything around him said otherwise. The inspiring biography of a surgeon who overcame many obstacles to become chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital.

� The Society dictates and controls everything in Cassisa’s life: what she wears, what she eats, when she will die, and even who she will marry. When Cassia learns the name of her life mate (or Match), a glitch occurs and another face also Match), a glitch occurs and another face also appears. This is the face of Ky, an Aberration who is not allowed to match. This story contains excitement and adventure and truly keeps the reader wondering.

� Popular young adult author Walter Dean Myers teamed up with a teenage fan to write the story of a soccer player in trouble with the law. Kevin, the 13-year-old son of a police officer killed on duty –was arrested after crashing his friend’s father’s car. Gerald Brown, a good-hearted sergeant, agrees to look into the case, finding in Kevin ‘a young man stumbling toward an uncertain future young man stumbling toward an uncertain future with a boldness that sometimes wasn’t even clear to him.’ Kick features convincing characters who are struggling to succeed – a great read!

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� Reese, who is serving time at a juvenile detention center, gets a lesson in making it through hard times from an unlikely friend with a harrowing past. Looking ahead to a better life Reese realizes, “I know I’ve got to start with Reese realizes, “I know I’ve got to start with me.“ Can he get a second chance?

� Daniel True, known as Michelin Man or Mitch, is a reporter on his school’s newspaper. Unfortunately for Mitch, Coach McNutly plans to ride his star player to a college coaching job and expects Mitch to be their best cheerleader. While covering a practice, Mitch notices a senior transfer student who is clearly the best athlete on the team but is only on second string and is on the team but is only on second string and is not allowed to be interviewed. Mitch knows the coach is hiding something and is determined to get to the bottom of it. Deuker has crafted another entertaining and readable football story.

� In this first book in the Kane Chronicles series, well-known Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane brings his children, Sadie and Carter, together and performs a “research” experiment that unleashes the Egyptian God Set. When Set banishes their father, Sadie and Cade embark on a dangerous journey across the globe – a quest that brings them ever closer to the truth about their family, and ever closer to the truth about their family, and their links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.