The Lost Hero

 

The Lost Hero is the first book to a prequel series that takes place directly after The Last Olympian ends. Throughout the book it switches off between three characters. Jason, Piper, and Leo. Three kids who were sent by their parents to The Wilderness School "Where The Kids Are The Animals". But there is one problem. Jason doesn't know who he is, where he came from, and why he is there. Throughout the book they go on a quest to save the world and return Jason's memory.

What I Liked About The Book:

Throughout the book it is fast moving, and never boring. Also, I really love how Greek mythology is involved so heavily. I also love the style of writing that Rick Riordan has.

What I Didn't Liked About The Book:

There was only one thing I didn't especially enjoy. In the beginning of most chapters, you are inside the characters dreams. At first it was really cool, but as it was repeated it occasionally got boring.                                           

Gregor

When Gregor (12) and boots (3) fall through a grate in there laundry, their lives will change forever. After falling and falling they land in "The underworld", a place of no sunlight and people with very pale skin. There are many spinners (spiders), gnawers (rats) crawlers (coackroaches) all over the place. And the rats are the bad guys. Gregor soon learned that he is the "warrior in an old prophecy, and must go and fight off gnawers.

What I liked:

It was an easy read, and always filled with imagination and action. The character of Boots was really great, and  it was fun to hear her talk throughout the book.

What I didn't like:

It is very cliche nd i felt like I could predict everything that happened in it. It was Suzanne Collins first novel, and I hear the others in this series are better, but it wasn't very difficult to read.

Shadows in Flight

It's a new life for Bean and his three children in space. they are in isolation from the rest of the human race. not like any humans would know who they are, anyway. While they have only aged 6 years, the human race has aged 421 years. The only reason they are in space is the hope of the people on Earth to find a cure for Anton's Key. But as so much time passed, nobody on Earth is even working on the matter. Did I mention how brilliant the kids are? The Giant (Bean) is so weak that he spends all doing work from a room, because of his size. His daughter, Bella (nicknamed Carlotta) maintains the ship, Andrew (Ender) works on research for Anton's Key, and Cinncanatus (Sargeant) does...well I don't know what he does. Together they work on the ship and...bond?...I guess.

What I liked:

I liked the personalities of the kids, but I also like seeing Bean as a father figure. From every other book, he is the kid getting his hands dirty, and messing around. But he passed that baton on to his kids.

What I didn't like:

I didn't like how different it was. There was no war strategy, no politics, no nothin'! I understand they aren't on Earth, but those aspects was what I liked most.

Shadow of The Giant

Throughout this novel, chaos strikes everywhere. Petra and Bean go try to find their "babies" who were taken to other families. I put quotes around babies because these are more than just regular children at that age. From the results of Bean getting genetically modified as a baby, he will never physically stop growing. The down side to this is that as he gets to be HUGE the Earth's gravity will pull so much force on him that he will die at a very young age, but since he never stops growing, his brain continues to get larger and larger making him smarter than anyone else. Back to the "babies", Bean and Petra tracked down all of the babies who were lost and given to other parents. After determining which one of the babies had Anton's Key passed down genetically, Bean and Petra had to make a tough decision. Take Bean and the other Anton's Key babies to space at near light speed in hope of finding a cure, or stay on Earth and die at the age of 20. They decide to go to space, and because of how fast they are going, Earth is aging 85 times faster than they are.

What I like:

I liked the emotions flowing throughout the whole book. There were many places in the story that had me wondering what was going to happen. I also like the ending. Yes, it made me cry but it was the most intense ending to a book I have ever read,