The+Battle+of+the+Labyrinth

"One of Riordan's strengths is the wry interplay between the real and the surreal" and "The wit rousing sword play and neck breaking pace will once again keep kids hooked" declares Publishers weekly. The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan definitely deserves these compliments as it is a great book for the age group of 10 years old and above.

Percy Jackson is now 14 years old. He is soon turning 15. When he was 12 years old he heard a prophecy. The prophecy said that a child of Zeus, Poseidon, or of Hades would make a choice that would either raise Olympus up, or tear it down. This will happen when that child is 16 years old. So in one year either Percy (son of Poseidon), Thalia (daughter of Zeus), or Nico (son of Hades) will make that incredible world changing choice.

This book is a non stop action packed book. The exposition starts of with Percy at 9th grade orientation and thee cheerleaders who are actually vampire type creatures attack him and and end up starting a fire in the band room of his new school. The rising action includes Percy getting attacked by giant scorpians. The climax is Percy finding deadleus and finding out that he is actually a shape shifter. the falling action includes Mt. St. Helens blowing up. The resolution consisted of a battle of Percy and Kronos. And then Deadleus destroying the labyrinth.

This book has won the 2008 Mark Twain Award, 2011 Wyoming Soaring Eagle book award, and the 2011 Milner Award. If you read this book and you like it you can read some of his other books, such as the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, or the Heroes of Olympia series. You can find all of these books at www.rickriordan.com

To conclude you should definitely read the book "The Battle of the Labyrinth" so that you can also enjoy the adventure, suspense, and battles. If you read like this book then you should also read the rest of the "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series