The Blood of Olympus

By Rick Riordan

Hey fellow book lovers! Welcome to my final installment in my Percy Jackson Book reviews! I am so excited to tell you all about this book, so buckle up, bookworms!

In the Blood of Olympus, Percy and Annabeth recently escaped Tartarus ( Greek Hell) and are scarred physically and mentally. Unsure if they will ever recover, they forge on, stronger and more battle-hardened than ever. But with this new darkness hanging a veil over them, will they ever escape the Tartarus that lives in their minds?

Nico, son of Hades, is on his quest. A fellow survivor of Tartarus, he has learned to Harness his inner demons. Though he is still weak, he agrees to help in a truly dangerous mission. Take the Athena Parthenos back to Camp Half-Blood to stop an impending war between the Greeks and the Romans as history repeats itself. With the help of a Roman Traitor Reyna Ramirez Arellano and Satyr Gleeson Hedge, he must take the Parthenos across continents in a race to stop death.

Jason grace former praetor of Rome, a traitor now is threatened by the ghosts of his past. He is torn between his Roman heritage and his love of the Greeks as he begins to understand the true meaning of love and loyalty, friendship and hate, the past, present, and future, in this final thrilling conclusion to Rick Riordan’s series Heroes of Olympus.

I loved this series and how in each book it tried to tackle problems in a humorous, and sarcastic way that keeps you hooked and laughing till the end! It has been amazing to read this series and be able to share with you all how great I believe these books are. Keep on reading on, Bookworms!

Ahmed Aziz’s Epic Year

By Nina Hamza

Hey, bookworms! Have you ever met somebody who loves words but not books? To us, they are human paradoxes! But the more we think about it the more it makes sense. I loved this book because at first, there was no clear meaning, but the deeper you delve into it, you finally see. Nina Hamza hoped to show how fractured things can become between people who once seemed as close as family. Mrs. Hamza hoped to expose the other aspect of our perfect society, and how even the closest of places have secrets.

Ahmed is quite sure this is one of the worst years of his life so far. Not only is his dad in ICU(Intensive Care Units), he and his family are moving to Minnesota. Being forced to move from his happy home of Hawaii, he moves to Minnesota. Once there, he meets family he never knew existed and begins to feel like home- until a bully ruins everything. Jack Hanson. When Jack begins his reign of terror, Add that to having to READ in Language arts and his dad in the hospital? Does no one care?

I was a little disappointed at the beginning when Mrs. Hamza seemed to paint Jack as a heartless villain. But as you go farther through the book, you finally discover Jack. I think that Nina Hamza is trying to paint a picture. No one is one thing. we all have secrets, reasons that make us who we are. We are products of our circumstances and our choices. Everyone is more than one thing. We are multilayered. But when one seems to be dealt all the bad hands in the luck of life, it shapes you, and you become the villain of another’s story.

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library

By Chris Grabentein

How many of us bookworms hate those book-haters at our school’s, and workplaces? Try to talk to them about books, and they have no clue! “Why read books when there are movies?”, they say. Well, this is a book about a boy like that, who learns the power of books!

Kyle Keeley is the average middle school boy. He dislikes reading, gets B’s and C’s and loves games! But when famous game-maker Luigi Lemoncello opens the brand new library in their town of Alexandriaville, Ohio, Kyle cannot wait! When he wins a coveted spot among the lucky twelve first allowed in the library lock in, The twelve lucky kids have a blast! But when morning comes and the doors to the library are still locked It will take all these kids wit and smarts to break out of this high-tech library!

In this favorite by Chris Grabenstein, we learn of the value of friendship, teamwork, but most of all……..BOOKS!