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Camp Half-Blood Chronicles
''Camp Half-Blood Chronicles'' is a media franchise created by author Rick Riordan, encompassing three five-part novel series, two short-story collections, two myth anthology books, a stand-alone short story, three crossover short stories, an essay collection, multiple guides, nine graphic novels, two films, a live action tv series, a video game, a musical, and other media. Set in the modern world, it focuses on groups of demigod teenagers, and features many characters from Greek and Roman mythology. The first series, '' Percy Jackson & the Olympians'', follows the adventures of a boy named Percy Jackson at a summer camp for Greek demigods. The second series, '' The Heroes of Olympus'', introduces several more lead characters and a second camp for Roman demigods named Camp Jupiter in San Francisco. The third series, '' The Trials of Apollo'', follows the now-mortal god Apollo on a quest to free the Oracles and defeat three Roman emperors to reclaim his godhood, with appearance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andre Norton
Andre Alice Norton (born Alice Mary Norton, February 17, 1912 – March 17, 2005) was an American writer of science fiction and fantasy, who also wrote works of historical and contemporary fiction. She wrote primarily under the pen name Andre Norton, but also under Andrew North and Allen Weston. She was the first woman to be Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy, to be SFWA Grand Master, and to be inducted by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. Biography and career Biography Alice Mary Norton was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1912. Her parents were Adalbert Freely Norton, who owned a rug company, and Bertha Stemm Norton. Alice began writing at Collinwood High School in Cleveland, under the tutelage of Sylvia Cochrane. She was the editor of a literary page in the school's paper, ''The Collinwood Spotlight'', for which she wrote short stories. During this time, she wrote her first book, ''Ralestone Luck'', which was eventually published as her second novel in 1938. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trials Of Apollo
''The Trials of Apollo'' is a pentalogy of fantasy adventure and mythological fiction novels written by American author Rick Riordan that collectively form a sequel to the '' Heroes of Olympus'' series. It is set in the same world as Riordan's'' Percy Jackson'' and '' Heroes of Olympus'' series and references characters and happenings from earlier stories. A supplementary book, ''Camp Jupiter Classified'', has also been released in addition to the main series. The first book in the series, '' The Hidden Oracle'', was released on May 3, 2016. The second book, '' The Dark Prophecy'', was released on May 2, 2017. The third book, '' The Burning Maze'', was released on May 1, 2018 The fourth book, ''The Tyrant's Tomb'', was released on September 24, 2019. The fifth book in the series, ''The Tower of Nero'', was released on October 6, 2020. Synopsis The series follows the god Apollo, who has been turned into a mortal named Lester Papadopoulos as punishment from his father and king ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea Of Monsters
''Yellow Submarine'' is the tenth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released in January 1969. It is the soundtrack to the animated film of the same name, which premiered in London in July 1968. The album contains six songs by the Beatles, including four new songs and the previously released " Yellow Submarine" and "All You Need Is Love". The remainder of the album is a re-recording of selections from the film's orchestral soundtrack by the band's producer, George Martin. The project was regarded as a contractual obligation by the Beatles, who were asked to supply four new songs for the film. Some were written and recorded specifically for the soundtrack, while others were unreleased tracks from other projects. The album was recorded before – and issued two months after – the band's self-titled double LP (also known as the "White Album") and was not viewed by the band as a significant release. An EP containing only the new songs had been considered, and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lightning Thief
''The Lightning Thief'' is a 2005 American fantasy-adventure novel based on Greek mythology, the first children's novel by Rick Riordan. The opening installment in the series ''Percy Jackson & the Olympians'', the book was recognized among the year's best for children. Riordan followed the novel with various books and spin-off series, spawning the ''Camp Half-Blood Chronicles'' media franchise. A film adaptation of the book was theatrically released in the United States on February 12, 2010. The Disney+ series ''Percy Jackson and the Olympians'' adapted ''The Lightning Thief'' in its first season, which ran from December 19, 2023 to January 30, 2024. Plot Percy Jackson is a 12-year-old boy with dyslexia and ADHD living in New York City. While on a school trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of the chaperones, Mrs. Dodds, turns into a Fury and attacks him. Percy's favorite teacher, Mr. Brunner, later revealed as Chiron, lends Percy a magical sword-pen to defeat her. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crown Of Ptolemy
The Crown of Ptolemy is the third and last book in the '' Percy Jackson and the Olympians'' and ''The Kane Chronicles'' crossover series. It was released in the back of the paperback version of '' The House of Hades'' on March 31, 2015, and later as an ebook and audiobook. The ebook edition was released May 12, 2015. Development On January 15, 2015, Rick Riordan announced a third crossover story titled ''The Crown of Ptolemy'' on his Twitter account. His announcement included the fact that the short story would be first published in the paperback version of '' The House of Hades'' on March 31, 2015, along with a short story titled ''Percy Jackson and the Sword of Hades'', which had previously appeared in '' The Demigod Files''. On March 3, 2015, he previewed the cover on Hypable, along with the information that the story would be for Percy Jackson's point of view. On April 27, he announced that the story would be released again on May 12 as an ebook or audiobook and would contai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Staff Of Serapis
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun '' the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Son Of Sobek
The Son of Sobek is a 2013 fantasy short story written by Rick Riordan, first released in the paperback version of ''The Serpent's Shadow (Riordan novel), The Serpent's Shadow'' on May 7, 2013 and as a single e-book on June 18, 2013. On April 5, 2016, it was released as the first of three short stories in a hardcover novel entitled ''Demigods and Magicians: Percy and Annabeth Meet the Kanes''. Plot After hearing reports about magical disturbances in the Long Island area, as mentioned in The Serpent's Shadow (Riordan novel), The Serpent's Shadow, Carter Kane goes to investigate. He is unexpectedly swallowed by an enormous crocodile in the marshes at the edge of Moriches Bay on Long Island's south shore while exploring, but is saved by a strange older teenager who forces the monster to regurgitate him. The teenager turns out to be Percy Jackson. After a brief disagreement that leave both confused about the other's origins, Percy and Carter decide to team up to deal with the monste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Demigod Diaries
''The Demigod Diaries'' is a collection of short stories relating to ''The Heroes of Olympus'' book series. Summary ''The Demigod Diaries'' contains four new stories, illustrations of Annabeth Chase, Percy Jackson, Jason Grace, Piper McLean, Leo Valdez, Luke Castellan and first ever seen pictures of Thalia Grace and Hal, a character that is introduced in the first story, puzzles, and a quiz. The four stories include: * Thalia's, Luke's, and Annabeth's adventures before the ''Percy Jackson and the Olympians'' series began; * A first-person narrative from Percy's viewpoint as he and Annabeth complete a task given by Hermes regarding his staff which happens a month after the end of '' The Last Olympian'' and before Percy went missing in ''The Lost Hero''; * A story involving Jason, Leo, and Piper during their time spent at Camp Half-Blood between '' The Lost Hero'' and '' The Mark of Athena''. It also includes a short story by Riordan's son, Haley Riordan, revolving around on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Demigod Files
''The Demigod Files'' is a collection of short stories by Rick Riordan published on February 10, 2009. It is a supplementary book to series ''''. It mainly contains three short stories, titled "Percy Jackson and the Stolen Chariot", "Percy Jackson and the Bronze Dragon", and "Percy Jackson and the Sword of Hades". It is set between the fourth and fifth novels, '' The Battle of the Labyrinth'' and '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sun And The Star
''The Sun and the Star'' is a 2023 American fantasy-adventure middle-grade fiction novel based on Greek-Roman classical mythology co-written by authors Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro. It is a spin-off to the 2020 novel ''The Tower of Nero'' in ''The Trials of Apollo'' series. The story follows the adolescent demigods; boyfriends Nico di Angelo and Will Solace, the sons of Hades and Apollo, respectively, on their quest into Tartarus to rescue their old friend Bob, who is, in fact, the Titan Iapetus. ''The Sun and the Star'' was published by Disney-Hyperion in the United States and by Puffin Books in the United Kingdom and was released on May 2, 2023. It immediately became the number one bestseller on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list for Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover Books, continued to remain the number one bestseller on the list for an initial period of six weeks, became the number one bestseller on the list again for another period of eight weeks, and continued ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tower Of Nero
''The Tower of Nero'' is an American fantasy novel based on Greek and Roman mythology written by American author Rick Riordan. It was first published on October 6, 2020, and is the fifth and final book in ''The Trials of Apollo'' series, the second spin-off of the ''Percy Jackson & the Olympians'' series, as well as the final book in the mainline Camp Half-Blood Chronicles. In the book, Apollo (in his human form, Lester Papodopolous) and his demigod master, Meg, fight to free the last oracle. They must face their final enemies, Meg's abusive stepfather Nero and Apollo's longtime nemesis Python. The book begins with the revelation of the triumvirate Holdings, a powerful and malevolent entity led by Nero. The group threatens to unleash chaos and destruction upon the world by releasing the ancient and deadly Python. The story is told in the first-person point of view. The novel was published in hardcover, audiobook, ebook, and, large-print editions and the cover was illustrate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tyrant's Tomb
''The Tyrant's Tomb'' is an American fantasy novel based on Greek and Roman mythology written by American author Rick Riordan. It was first published on September 24, 2019, and is the fourth book in ''The Trials of Apollo'' series, the second spin-off of the '' Percy Jackson & the Olympians'' series. The story follows the Greek God Apollo travelling to Camp Jupiter, where he must learn what it is to be a hero or die trying. The book follows Apollo on his path to restoring five ancient oracles and regaining his godly powers The novel was published in hardcover, audiobook, ebook, and, large-print editions and the cover was illustrated by John Rocco. Plot summary The story starts off with Apollo and Meg taking Jason's body to Camp Jupiter in the San Francisco Bay Area. On their way, they are attacked by an eurynomos, but a girl with pink hair arrives with dryads and a faun and kills the eurynomous. She introduces herself as Lavinia and says she will take them to Camp Jupite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
