From: kiramoody at comcast.net <kiramoody>
Date: Sun, 07 May 2006 02:29:01 +0000

Those are some of my favorites as well. My current greek god favorite however is The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. In this book Percy has ADHD and dyslexia. He soon discovers, however, that his father is a greek god. When he discovers who his father is, however, Zeu's master lightning bolt gets taken and he gets accused of taking it. Now to save his own skin, he has to find Zeus's lightning bolt and prevent a war breaking out between the gods.

I like this book, because you don't have to be a greek god expert to enjoy the book and the main character, Percy is easy to relate to.
-------------- Original message -------------- From: "Almagor, Lelac" <LAlmagor at cathedral.org>

> Monica, I'm not a great reader of fantasy, so I don't know if these novels are
> really more of what your girls have been enjoying. But my own favorite takes on
> the Greek gods are probably Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis and Mary Renault's
> historical-fantastical novels, of which The King Must Die is one of my top ten
> of all time. I forget what grade you teach, but all are probably readable by a
> very precocious fifth or sixth grader. The King Must Die has naughty bits.
>
> Ms. Lelac Almagor
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