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Hardback160 pages
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www.rickriordan.com/Publisher
Puffin Books an imprint of Penguin Books LtdPublication date
4th March 2010ISBN
9780141331577Children's Author 'Like-for-Like' recommendations
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Percy Jackson: The Ultimate Guide
Rick Riordan
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For fans of Percy Jackson, the chances are you’ll know that he didn't want to be a half-blood and never asked to be the son of a Greek God. Percy Jackson was just a normal kid, going to school, skateboarding, the usual. Until he accidentally vaporised his Maths teacher. That’s when things really started going wrong. Since then he’s had some pretty hair-raising adventures – battling rancid-smelling minotaurs, foul-mouthed gods and deciding the fate of the entire world on his sixteenth birthday.
Now, for the first time, you can discover everything there is to know about Percy Jackson’s world in this ultimate guide to monsters, Greek gods, weapons, Camp Half-Blood and much more . . . For those who have yet to experience Percy Jackson - and want to be in the know before the film comes out - but don’t have time to read the books then this Ultimate Guide will keep you on the straight and narrow.
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Percy Jackson: The Ultimate Guide by Rick RiordanLook, I didn't want to be a half-blood. I never asked to be the son of a Greek God. Percy Jackson was just a normal kid, going to school, skateboarding, the usual. Until he accidentally vaporized his maths teacher. That's when things really started going wrong. Percy's had some pretty hair-raising adventures - battling rancid-smelling minotaurs, foul-mouthed gods and deciding the fate of the entire world on his sixteenth birthday. Now, for the first time, you can discover everything there is to know about Percy Jackson in this ultimate guide to monsters, Greek gods, weapons, Camp Half-Blood and much more...
About The Author
Rick Riordan is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series for children and the multi-award-winning Tres Navarre mystery series for adults.
For fifteen years, Rick taught English and history at public and private middle schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Texas. In 2002, Saint Mary’s Hall honored him with the school’s first Master Teacher Award.
His adult fiction has won the top three national awards in the mystery genre – the Edgar, the Anthony and the Shamus. His short fiction has appeared in Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine.
His Percy Jackson series features a twelve-year-old dyslexic boy who discovers he is the modern-day son of a Greek god. The Lightning Thief was a New York Times Notable Book for 2005. Film rights have been purchased by Twentieth Century Fox and a feature film is in development. The Sea of Monsters was a Child Magazine Best Book for Children for 2006 and a Publishers Weekly and BookSense national bestseller. The third title, The Titan’s Curse, made the series a #1 New York Times bestseller, and the most recent title, The Battle of the Labyrinth, had a first printing of one million copies.
Rick Riordan now writes full-time. He lives in San Antonio with his wife and two sons.
To find out more about Percy Jackson - visit www.percyjackson.co.uk
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