![]() The series draws on Greek mythology, adapting its events and characters into the modern day. The wit, rousing swordplay and breakneck pace will once again keep kids hooked. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan was published in 2008 and is the fourth installment of the children’s fantasy adventure series Percy Jackson and the Olympians. When the heroes find Hephaestus, for instance, he’s repairing a Toyota, wearing overalls with his name embroidered over the chest pocket. One of Riordan’s strengths is the wry interplay between the real and the surreal. ![]() Percy, nearly 15, has girl trouble, having become something of a chick magnet. Grover’s own quest to find the lost god Pan, meanwhile, provides a subtle environmental message. Along the way they encounter a lifetime supply of nightmare-inducing, richly imagined monsters. When the heroes learn that Luke can breach Camp Half-Blood’s security through an exit from Daedalus’s Labyrinth, they enter the maze in search of the inventor and a way to stop the invasion. ![]() Opening with a line for the ages-“The last thing I wanted to do on my summer break was blow up another school”-this penultimate series installment finds Percy, Annabeth and the satyr Grover furiously working to prevent former camp counselor Luke from resurrecting the Titan lord Kronos, whose goal is to overthrow the gods. Percy Jackson’s fourth summer at Camp Half-Blood is much like his previous three-high-octane clashes with dark forces, laced with hip humor and drama. ![]()
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