The Last Olympian (Book 5)

The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Five) (Hardcover)
Rick Riordan 지음 / Hyperion Books / 2009년 5월

*  This is my son’s review for ’The Last Olympian/Book 5.’

(1) About this book.
     Rick Riordan, 381 pages, Fantasy fiction

(2) When and where the story takes place. Also choose one important character from this book.
     This story takes place in Manhattan, New York. Luke is a very important character in this story. He is a son of Hermes. He used to be good but turned evil, and then turned back good. He has a sword called Backbiter. He is the best swordsman in Camp Half Blood.

(3) Briefly summarize the main events of the story.
     In the beginning of the story, Mt. Saint Helens erupts and then Typhon comes out and starts making his man toward Manhattan. Then Percy, Blackjack and Charles invade the Princes' Andromeda. Then Percy has a battle with Kronos and loses but then Charles blows up the ship. Everyone died except Percy. Then Percy tells everyone about the situation and then they go to Manhattan. When they go to Manhattan, the gods are holding of Typhon as much as they can. But then Poseidon comes in with Cyclopes and kills Typhon. In the throne room, Percy and Ananbeth fight Luke in his kronos farm and then Luke does suicide and saves Olympus. In the end, the Great Prophecie becomes true and there is a new one.

(4) On a scale of one to five, how would I compare this book to others I have read?
     It’s ’4.’ I would recommend this book because it has very fun characters like Cyclopes. 

The Lightning Thief (Book 1)

Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One the Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One) (Paperback) ㅣ Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Paperback, 미국판) 1
Rick Riordan 지음 / Miramax / 2006년 3월

* This is my son’s review for ’The Lightning Thief/Book 1.’

(1) About this book.
     Rick Riordan, 375 pages, Fantasy fiction

(2) When and where the story takes place. Also choose one important character from this book.
     This story takes place in a place called Camp Half-Blood. Luke is a very important character. He is a son of Hermes. He is a master swords man. He is friends with Percy Jackson. He is one of the three.

(3) Briefly summarize the main events of the story.
     In the beginning, Percy Jackson gets kicked out of another boarding school. Then, his best friend Grover comes to his hime in the middle of the night. In the middle, Percy's mom gets killed by a Minotaur and Grover takes Percy to Camp Half Blood. There, a girl from the Ares cabin tries to dunk Percy's head in the toilet but suddenly the toilets start spraying toilet water on Clarisse. Then, Annabeth, Percy, and Grover get sent on a mission to retrive Zeus's thunderbolt and Hades Helm. Then Percy battles and wins Ares in mortal combat. In the end, Hades returns Percy's mom and Zeus does not kill Percy.

(4) On a scale of one to five, how would I compare this book to others I have read?
     It's ’5.’ I would recommend this book because it has Hades, Zeus, Poseidon, and all those gods.

The Time Paradox (Book 6)

Artemis Fowl the Time Paradox (Artemis Fowl, Book 6) (Paperback) ㅣ Artemis Fowl 6
Colfer, Eoin / Disney Pr / 2009년 8월

* This is my son’s review for ’Artemis Fowl #6: The Time Paradox.’

(1) About this book.
     Eoin Colfer, 391 pages, Science fiction

(2) When and where the story takes place. Also choose one important character from this book.
     This story takes place somewhere in the middle of Ireland. Artemis Fowl is a very important character because he is the main character. He is half human, half magical being. Although he is very nice, he has commited some crime and is an international criminal. He loves to play pranks on other people that are rather dangerous. He has a rather strong sense of what is right and what is wrong. For some reasons, he is in love with a fairy who is currently a captain in the LEPrecon unit.

(3) Briefly summarize the main events of the story.
     In the beginning of the story, Artemis Fowl is teaching his two younger twin how to properly summon a waiter at a French restaurant. But then, Artemis’s mother gets a fatal sickness called spelltropy. Desperately, Artemis goes looking for Holly and No1. In the middle, No1 teleports Holly a Artemis 8 years in the past. Artemis finds out that they must find a silky sifaka lemur and take it back to the present. So Holly and Artemis go to the Extintionist arena and rescue the lemur and drain its brainfluid, the cure for spelltropy. In the end, Holly and Artemis go back to the present and heal Artemis’s mother.

(4) On a scale of one to five, how would I compare this book to others I have read?
     It’s ’5.’ I would recommend this book because it attracts readers everywhere.

Eagle Strike (Book 6)

Eagle Strike (Paperback) - Alex Rider ㅣ Alex Rider Adventures 1
앤쏘니 호로비츠 지음 / Puffin / 2006년 2월

* This is my son’s review for ’Alex Rider #6: Eagle Strike.’ 

(1) About this book.
     Anthony Horowitz, 322 pages, Science fiction

(2) When and where the story takes place. Also choose one important character from this book.
     This story takes place in London. Sir Damian Cray is a very important character because he is the most popular man on Earth. He is actually a madman benton destruction. He looks like the head of a rock band. He killed Yassen Gregovitch. He hates Alex Rider because he has caused a huge amount of annoyents.

(3) Briefly summarize the main events of the story.
     In the beginning of the story, Alex goes to Damian Cray’s Gameslater (TM) releace. There, Alex gets to be the volunteer that gets to play. In the middle, Alex apies on Damian Cray and discovered that Damian Cray is planning to kill thousands of children by Eagle Strike. Then, Alex gets captured and he was taken to a miniture form of the Game Slayer (TM) world. In the end, Alex escapes the Game Slayer (TM) world and killed Damian Cray with his girl friend, Sabina.

(4) On a scale of one to five, how would I compare this book to others I have read?
     Perfect !! It’s ’5.’ I would recommend this book because it is filled with war. 

Point Blank (Book 5)

Point Blank (Paperback) ㅣ Alex Rider Adventures 2
앤쏘니 호로비츠 지음 / Puffin / 2006년 2월

* This is my son’s review for ’Alex Rider #5: Point Blank.’ 

(1) About this book.
     Anthony Horowitz, 274 pages, Science fiction

(2) When and where the story takes place. Also choose one important character from this book.
     This story takes place in Britain. Wolf is a very important character because he is Alex’s code brother. He is not actually a wolf. He looks like a full grown man with a gun. Wolf is not his actual name. It is just his code name.

(3) Briefly summarize the main events of the story.
     In the beginning of the story, Alex is asked by M1b-13 to go to a school called, Point Blank. In the middle of the story, he gets sent to Point Blank and meets the director, and the six kids. The kids were acting strangely weird. Then he teams up with another kid called, James, and plans to show board down. But then he gets captured and done by the director. Then he escapes on a snowboard but get hit by a train. However, he revives in a private hospital. In the end, Alex goes back to his house and to his best friend, Jack Starbright.

(4) On a scale of one to five, how would I compare this book to others I have read?
     It’s ’4.’ I would recommend this book if you want to see what real torture is like.