The fourth and quite possibly most dangerous novel in the series yet. The Battle of the Labyrinth takes Percy from another new school, which he may or may not have played a part in blowing up, to the labyrinth underground. Cronus is summoning an army and his eyes are set on destroying Olympus but in his way is Camp halfblood and the heroes of Olympus. Seeking to find a way to swiftly move his army across the country Cronus has sent scouts into the labyrinth to find a way through or to find it’s creator Daedalus. As the minor gods determine their allegiance Percy, Annabeth, Grover, and Tyson must quest to find Daedalus and win him over to the Olympians cause. This book sets up the series finale in which Cronus will rise to either destroy Olympus or fail in his conquest.
Battle of the Labyrinth is a great inclusion to the series with plenty of action and adventure. Quick paced, this is a great book for boys and reluctant readers. Grades 5-8.
Happy Halloween! Ghosts Caught on Film delivers exactly what the title promises. Dr. Willin has collected photos from around the world of the unexplained apparitions. Each photo is accompanied by an explanation of what is going on in the photo as well as expert photo analysis to determine its validity.
Another hero, another quest. The Titan’s Curse opens at boarding school where Grover has found a set (brother and sister) of half blood’s and in typical fashion a chase ensues. The monster that was after the siblings was a manticore which is man with lion feature, a scorpion tail, and bat wings (picture included), horrible, I know. After it seems like Percy, Thalia, Anabeth, and Grover have met their match the Hunters led by the god Artemis swoop in to save the day. The ward off the manticore
but not before he takes Anabeth. Artemis vows to pursue the beast and demands the Hunters go to Camp Half Blood. Eventually word reaches the camp that Artemis has been taken also. Percy, Thalia, Grover and two Hunters are now charged with quest of finding Artemis, Anabeth, and figuring out what the horrible monster that could bring about the end of Olympus actually is.
The problem with the radio is that they play crap. No, not all of it but have you ever really listened to an hour of radio where you liked all the songs? If you said yes, you’re a liar or just very easy to please. If only there was a way to tell the radio what you liked to hear and based on that the radio choose songs you may like…if only. WAIT! That’s where 
Detective Musubi Susono is investigating a series of disturbing child kidnappings. While at the crime scene Musubi’s partner is abducted. Instead of being able to look further into the case she is dismissed from police duty. The kidnapping has been committed by a terrorist group called “the Order”. The Order is trying to blend humans with technology to become one with the Netsphere. As Musubi peruses the Order she falls victim her self.
Chris Hart has made a career out of drawing instruction books. His latest, Drawing Vampires, follows the things-that-go-bump-in-the-night craze that has seemed to capture the attention of marketers more than the youth but whatev. Anyone learning to draw knows that you must start with the basics and that is exactly where this books begins. The first chapter begins with heads, then moves to full bodys poses, and goes to lady vampires. From there the book covers other vampires, ghosts, ghouls, and creatures.
Warren Miller has been the name in big mountain skiing documentaries, well in any skiing documentaries for that matter. Follow his camera crews as they record some of the most insane skiers and boarders the world over. Starting in Alaska and touring some of the most famous and less known peaks, Miller’s skiers hit the slopes with style and a sort of free fall that can only be described as controlled chaos.
Again it’s the funniest, smartest, most poingant shows that get canceled. Judd Aptow’s second ill-fated television series follows the freshman year of Steven and his friends in the same style as Freaks and Geeks. What would have happened to Aptow’s carreer if these series had gotten the full run they deserved? Would there be The 40 Year Old Virgin or Knocked Up? Eh, who can say.
In the second book in the series Percy Jackson discovers he has a half brother only this brother is nothing yours. Tyson is a cyclops, but only a baby one. Upon Percy’s return to camp he discovers that Thalia’s tree has been poisoned and Grover has been taken prisoner. It is decided that a quest to cure the tree must be launched but this time Percy is not the one chosen. Ignoring the order to stay at the camp, Percy, Anabeth, and Tyson take off for the Sea of Monsters (which you get to by going to Florida and taking a left). Once there they must retrieve the one item that can save the camp and Grover. This will be the most dangerous quest yet.
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