Riordan, Rick. The Lost Hero, Book One of the Heroes of Olympus Series. Disney, Hyperion Books. New York, NY, 2010.Annotation:
The first book in the Heroes of Olympus Series.
Jason Grace wakes on a school bus to find he has amnesia. Attacked by storm spirits, Jason is defended by his best friends Leo and Piper. Rescued and given safe haven at Camp Half Blood, Jason struggles to remember who he is and why he has no memories, and yet everything seems so familiar.
Jason, Leo, and Piper are sent on a quest to rescue Hera from one of the greatest threats to face the demi-gods in eons.
Book Talk:
Jason awakes in a school bus full of kids from the Wilderness School, headed on a field trip to the Grand Canyon. He is sitting next to his girl friend, Piper, and his best friend, Leo. There's one tiny problem: he doesn't remember any of them.
Attacked by storm spirits on the sky walk over the Grand Canyon, Jason struggles to remember the names of things that seem so familiar to him, and yet he just can't understand why they seem familiar.
Rescued and taken to Camp Half Blood, Jason is shocked to hear the words "You're supposed to be dead!" as his greeting from the Camp Director.
Struggling to recall who he is, and why everything seems so familiar and yet strangely different, Jason is sent on a Quest with Leo and Piper to rescue Hera before the Solstice. Reassured by the Oracle that he is one of the champions who will fulfill the prophecy, he takes off with his friends on a broken, flying mechanical dragon in order to query the winds and find Hera before time runs out.
Will Jason remember who he is? Will this memory be the end of Camp Half Blood?
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Reviewer's Note:
Excellent Read! I wasn't expecting this book to be as good as the original Olympian Series with Percy Jackson. I was happily surprised. Every Rick Riordan fan will enjoy the book. The old characters from the Olympians make appearances, but they are not the main characters. The characters in this book stand alone on their own merit. Looking forward to the next book in the series!
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