Percy Jackson: The Titan's Curse

Percy Jackson: The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan starts off with Percy (son of Poseidon), Annabeth (daughter of Athena), Thalia (daughter of Zeus), and Grover (a satyr) at a boarding school looking for a pair of half-bloods (half-god, half-human) named Bianca and Nico. They are attacked by a monster called a manticore, who kidnaps Percy, Bianca, and Nico. While fighting the manticore, Annabeth disappears into nothing. They go back to Camp Half-blood and then go on a quest to San Francisco to save Annabeth. While traveling, they encounter many monsters, like a giant metal man that Bianca sacrifices herself to destroy. When they make it to San Francisco, they go to the Garden of Hesperides, where they get past the "hundred-headed" dragon Ladon, and find Artemis (Goddess of the Hunt) holding up the sky, which she had taken from Annabeth. Then there's a fight scene between The General (Atlas) and Artemis, Grover, Annabeth, etc., and, of course, the good guys (Artemis, Grover, Annabeth, Thalia, Percy, Zoe, etc.) win! That's pretty much the end of Percy Jackson: The Titan's Curse.


I think the main theme of this book is Good vs. Evil. One example of this is the ending, when the "evil" guys (The Titans) are fighting against the "good" guys (The Greek Gods.) Here are some sentences from the book, 'The General chuckled. "So much for old friends. And you, Zoe. It's been a long time. How is my little traitor? I will enjoy killing you “‘and,’” So, even the stupidest of heroes can finally figure something out. Yes, I am Atlas, the general of the Titans and terror of the Gods. [Congrats]. I will kill you presently..."' That's why I think the one of the main themes in this book is Good vs. Evil.


I would definitely recommend this book to other 7th graders, but you probably should read the first and second books in this series first. This book is written really well, and it's really easy to understand even though it's about complicated Greek mythology. Other books like it are all the books in its series: Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief, Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters, Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth, and finally, Percy Jackson: The Last Olympian. Those are the many reasons why I would recommend this book to other 7th graders.


I got the picture at http://abook.ws/2010/03/29/rick-riordan-percy-jackson-3-the-titans-curse