From: Almagor, Lelac <LAlmagor>
Date: Sun, 7 May 2006 13:46:47 -0400

This description reminds me a little of Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys, a reworking of stories of the African trickster god Anansi, among lots of other legends. It's a very sweet book and was actually recommended and lent to me by one of my fifth graders, although it is definitely not a fifth-grade-appropriate read.


Ms. Lelac Almagor Grade Five English Writing Center National Cathedral School for Girls lalmagor at cathedral.org 202-537-2312 http://www.ncsforgirls.org/lalmagor/

>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.
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