Percy Jackson

Author:  Rick Riordan

Rating:  4

Summary:  Percy Jackson is an ordinary kid, until one day he finds out that he's the son of a greek god.  He's the son of Poseidon, and he was prophesied about.  His destiny is to die.  But not quite yet, it's not for another five years until he has to face his destiny, and until then, he saves the world a million times.

           Violence and gore:   Almost every single fantasy book will have a violence and gore parent alert on it, because there's swords a lot of the time, and people are stabbed.  Percy kills several monsters, but that's it.  A girl dies inside of a robot, and another girl is stabbed.

           Greek gods:  Yes, there are greek gods.  In the very beginning of the series they clearly state, that these gods, is not the God, they are gods.  In my opinion, I think if your child is aware that this world is purely fictional- based off of legends from a thousand years ago, then it's fine.  But that's just my opinion.

           Morals:  From Percy, and his friends, I learned about bravery, friendship, and love.  I learned about the weaknesses we humans have, and that we need to know them, so that we can do our best to fix them.

Note: This series is a huge saga that spans over five series- Percy Jackson, The Kane Chronicles, Heroes of Olympus, Trials of Apollo, and Magnus Chase. They all deal with some ancient gods- norse gods, greek gods, egyptian gods, and roman gods. They also all have violence and gore, just like in Percy Jackson, and in Magnus Chase the 'd' word is said occasionally. Also, in Heroes of Olympus and Trials of Apollo there is a gay character and relationship. In The KAne Chronicles, the powers that the children have are referred to as magic, and they're not called demigods, they're called wizards.

Boys, 9-12 years old, fantasy