Rick Riordan To Post Internet Reading Next Month!

Rick Riordan posted today that he will post a reading of The Last Olympian next month. Stay Tuned!

Things That Will And Might Happen in Percy 5!

From Various Sorces:

Secrets
What's for sure known is that:

-We will meet Luke's mother in this book
-We meet the goddess, Hestia.
-The first draft is already done, revisions are being made.
-Rick Riordan stated that he does not believe in killing the main character, so there is a strong suspicion that Percy Jackson will not die.

Theories on what might happen in The Last Olympian:

-Nico will tell Percy his plan to stop Kronos, which may involve dispossessing Luke.

-Thalia will make a reappearance.

-Annabeth may get captured again, causing another rescue mission revolving around her.

-Percy might meet the immortal Pegasus.

-The final battle over Western Civilization will begin.

-Charles Beckendorf and Silena Beauregard will have bigger roles as they might take part in the final battle.

-The story might take place in late July and early August since that's around the time Percy turns sixteen and therefore has to make a decision as to who will rule and who will be sent to Tartarus.

-Hades will be back.

-Nico's origins will be explained.

-Demeter will make an appearance since all the gods/goddesses have now been introduced except her, possibly with daughter Persephone.

-There will be another quest.

-Percy's prophecy will be told.

-Thalia might not be a Hunter by the end of the story either to death or confession of love to Luke.

-There might be an epilogue about what happened to the half-bloods who survive.

-Some Greek figure or monster, such as Typhon will be apart of the story.

-Annabeth's dad and family make reappear again.

-Athena will possibly help guide Percy.

-Aphrodite will be back again, possibly to lend a hand in finally getting Percy and Annabeth together.

-Juniper will make a reappearance.

-Rachel Elizabeth Dare will show up again since she was a big help in The Battle of the Labyrinth.

-Clarisse will be back.

-Luke's mother may know something that might help stop Kronos.

-Percy and friends will make another trip to the Underworld and Olympus.

-The Hunters will return.

-Percy will have to do the last two labours of Hercules.

-The cryptic messages that Pan gave to Percy, Annabeth, Grover, Rachel, and Tyson will be given full meaning.

-The number 3 will be some sort of sign. There were three quests, three sons and daughters of Kronos, and now there are only three powerful half-blood children still alive, surprisingly each is a child of the Big Three (Percy with Poseidon, Thalia with Zeus, and Nico with Hades, since Bianca died).

-More Titans will make appearances.

-Atlas might return.

-Hestia might appear - the goddess who gave up her Olympian seat to Dionysus (Mr. D.) and left behind the hearth in the throne room.

-Another friend of Percy's might die.

-Sally Jackson and Paul Blofis might get married, and the wedding is attacked by monsters.

-Mrs. O'Leary might be seen again.

-Briares the Hundred-Handed One will be back to help in the Titan/Olympian War.

-Annabeth might be given more powers, since Percy and Grover received new ones in the Battle of the Labyrinth.

-Zoe Nightshade might play some role, possibly in one of Percy's dreams or a guide now that she's a constellation.

-Nereus, the sea god who knows all, could be back to give Percy new information.

-Percy and friends will possibly visit the Land of the Amazons.

-Percy, Thalia or Nico will die.

-The sand dollar that Percy got for his 15th birthday will somehow come in handy in the Titans vs. Gods war.

-Percy defeats Kronos and is offered immortality as a reward.

-We will see Gaia fight for the Titans [as in on the Titan's side in the war].

-Percy may be forced to sacrifice his old pal from book three, Bessie the cow serpent, the Ophiotaurus. If whoever sacrifices him gets the power to overthrow the gods, then it could give him the power to take down Kronos.

-Clarisse will die in battle in order to save Percy, because she realises the importance of his life. Then before she is dead her dad may change her spirit into an everlasting fire or something.

-Ares will reverse the curse on Percy's sword: "It will fail when you need it most". He will do this because Percy will need his sword to defeat Kronos, and if his sword will fail, Ares will fall.

-I think that Annabeth and Percy will hook up.

-Some campers will go on a quest to find Nike, the goddess of victory.

-Percy will finally confess to Annabeth how he loves her or the other way around.

-Percy Jackson will die saving his freinds and the world in the act.

-A new half-blood will come to Camp Half-Blood and become Percy's love interest.

-Clarisse will marry Chris if she survives.

-Kronos will be about to kill Percy, then Chiron will sacrifice himself to save Percy's life.

-When Thalia comes back she will confess to liking Percy and Luke.

-When Hestia makes her appearance, there may be some conversation involving or a confrontation with Hera.

-Since Hestia is the goddess of domesticity and family and households, and Hera made her "perfect
family" statement in the Battle of the Labyrinth, the two sisters may have some rivalry going on.

-Hestia will protect Annabeth from her younger sister Hera.

-Luke's mom, Ms. Castellan, is either a postal worker, thief, traveling business woman, or a spy,
seeing that she was involved with Hermes, god of messengers, thieves, and travellers.

-Rachel will be in the book and she will kiss Percy but he will say that he doesn't have the same
feels for her.

-Percy will lose control and turn into some terrible monster.

-One of Percy's closest friends will die.

-Aphrodite will fake Annabeth's [what?] to make Percy life more 'tragic'.

-Percy and Annabeth will kiss.

-Annabeth will ignore Percy because her mom said so.

-Thaila will make an appearance.

-Babycakes (from Sea of Monsters) will make an appearance.

-We will see another mythical creature like a griffin.

-Percy will defeat Kronos and rob him of his powers.

-Argus's background will be revealed. In Greek mythology, Argus was a giant with a hundred eyes that guarded one of Zeus's mortal lovers.

-Luke will some how overcome Kronos and commit suicide killing both of them for the gods, also
leaving Annabeth wide open.

-Grover will replace Pan as the wild god.

-There will be a black cat in Book 5.

-Maybe all the gods will pressure him [who? Luke?], so that he feels uncomfortable, so it is
definite that he will support the Greek gods (not the Titan's) then maybe all the gods, even the
ones who used to hate him, will love him [or is this on about Percy?].

-Percy breaks Annabeth's heart (he likes Thalia because of the "wild god" part of him), Annabeth dies, he goes on a quest to the Underworld, and Annabeth has to decide whether she wants to go with Percy (to the living world and risk getting hurt by him again) or stay dead.

-Chiron fades in battle.

-Hera ruins Paul and Sally's wedding.

-Annabeth has to chose between Luke or Percy.

-Percy or Annabeth will get a golden apple from the garden of Hesperides and decide whether they want to become immortal or not.

-The son of Nemesis (I forget his name) will withdraw his vow to serve Kronos.

Back From Book Hibernation!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I've had a lot of school projects lately, and have been reading away. While I haven't posted, I've finished Time Paradox, KK2, and Inkdeath. I working on starting the Pendragon series by D.J. MacHale. I heard it's a pretty good read, with the latest book releasing on May 20th.

Yes, I heard that Obama won the election. I find it appalling that the republicans have the nerve to release promos saying that Obama is untested. Even if McCain won, he has never been president of anything before either, so you can say that McCain is untested too. Really, I'm glad that Obama won, because I think it's time for a change. One teacher I saw posted a sign that says: "Tired Of The Same? Vote Democrat!"

A good movie release too check out would be Twilight, which releases November 21st. It is strongly recommended for PG-13 viewers. It's the movie that came out of the Twilight Saga, by Stephenie Meyer. A book I may have been taking about, Breaking Dawn, is the fouth and final book in the saga.

Have a safe week, and happy reading!

-Jake

Palin Raps! (Staring Amy Pohler)

This has absolutely nothing to do with books.

If You Didn't watch SNL this past weekend, here is one of my favorites!

(Note To Students In School: Watching this video during your school time will interfere with your learning, so please do not watch this video.)

Lightining Thief Movie

In One Of The Very First Posts Here On Books, I told you about The Lighning Thief Movie. Well, I found a few things on it!:

Fake Cast:
Percy: Josh Hutcherson
Annabeth: Annasophia Robb
Thalia: Ellen Page
luke: Jeremy Sumpter
grover: Nick Jonas
chiron: Gerald Butler
Mr.D: Hugh Laurie
Poseidon and Percy's Mother: Jessica Alba and Cash Warren
Hermes: Lance Armstrong
Annabeths Dad: David Beckham
Zeus: Jack Johnson
Athena: Becki Newton
Zoe: Emily Osment
Artemis: Sammi Hanratty (she is supposed to be in her little girl disguise)
Aphrodite: Taylor Swift

Also I found some videos:

The real opening credits for the Percy Jackson Movie!- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ9h1t0_ZJI&feature=related

The Real Cast For The Movie!- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pwRlovx1TY&feature=related

Things That Are

The New Book By Andrew Clements!

Meeting Ridley & Dave!

I got to go to the Science Fair Tour yesterday! Also very exciting, I got to meet Ridley Pearson himself! If you haven't heard, his family recently moved to China. I asked him why. He said that he wanted to raise both his daughters outside the country. He said that his adopted daughter(I don't know which one.)originally came from China. So he wants to show her her original culture.

Along with with that, Mr. Barry conducted an "explosive" Science experiment involving Diet Coke and Mentos. They both also stated that the same thing happens in Science Fair, but it's much more deadly.

They both took turns reading the except from the book. Then it was time for some questions.

The First: What Is The Main Plot for PETER AND THE SWORD OF MERCY?

The Answer: Paul Harris was right, four is the new three. PETER AND THE SWORD OF MERCY is the sequel to THE SECRET OF RUNDOON. It takes place 20 years after THE SECRET OF RUNDOON. And they stated that almost everything, and everybody has changed.

I asked: What is the main plot for KINGDOM KEEPERS III?

The Answer: Ridley started talking about how he got the idea for THE KINGDOM KEEPERS. He talked about riding the ride, It's A Small World at 2:30 in the morning, and swearing he saw one of the dolls move. He also stated,"KINGDOM KEEPERS takes place in the Magic Kingdom, KINGDOM KEEPERS II takes place in the Animal Kingdom, and KINGDOM KEEPERS III will take place at Epcot, and we're going to lose alot of characters that you didn't expect to lose."

Many more questions were asked, and answered. Then came book signing time, and all I had for book signing was a copy of Peter And The Starcatchers, until my mom said,

Jake, Look!

On the shelf was a copy of Steel Trap, on sale for 50 cents. So I got them both signed!

I got a little picture with Dave And Ridley, and it's kind of messed up, because the battery died right in the middle of it. And Ridley said, "It's Science!"

The Demigod Files!

Click Here about what to expect in The Demigod Files!

Can Blogging Save The World?

I found this interesting article in NewsWeek. What Do You Think Of It?

SCIENCE FAIR!

Here's a promo for SCIENCE FAIR! The tour comes to St. Louis this Friday! I'm hoping to go! I let you know how it goes!

THE DEMIGOD FILES!

Rick Riordan. com released the following information yesterday: The Demigod Files, a Percy Jackson survival guide with short stories, character interviews, maps and other fun tips for young demigods, will be released in the US on February 10.

Percy: Children Or Teens?

This Question came up in my Language Art classes in college today. Pretty Much Every Book Organization recommends it for children ages 10 and up, and half of classes agree with that. But the rest of them say that threre is alot of violence in them, and should only be read by teens 14 and up. I'm stuck here. Help Me Out! My aunt is taking to me as I'm typing this, and I'm confused and about ready to lose it!

BREAKING NEWS!: The Inheiritaince Clyce expanded to 4 Books!

Click Here!

Brisingr!

Click here!

The Newest Charlie Bone Book!

The enchanter Count Harken is back to take his revenge on the Red King's heirs, starting with Charlie Bone's family! Charlie's ancestor has been kidnapped and imprisoned in the dark, forbidding land of Badlock, and it's up to Charlie to save him. Traveling through a painting to the terrifying countryside, Charlie and his best friend's dog, Runner Bean, take up the quest. But when Runner Bean gets trapped, Charlie needs the help of his friends. Can they get past an army of trolls, rescue Runner Bean and Charlie's ancestor, and get out before it's too late?
Can Charlie outwit Court Harken and his sinister troops, or will the prisoners be doomed to being held captive in Badlock forever?

The 100th Post!

(This is the historic 100th Post for BOOKS, the blog dedicated to everything book related.)

Do you think J.K. Rowling should write an 8th Book In the Harry Potter Series?


Here's also some Detail for The Sorcerers Stone 10th Anniversary Edition, out on Tuesday!

The Cycle Is Complete

Brisingr was released today. It's the final book in the trilogy. How do you feel about the series ending?

The 98th Post!

US Young Bond coverart will get a new look in spring 2009. Click here for the story!

Hurricane Ike Postpones Wrestlemania 25!

WrestleMania XXV ticket sales postponed to Oct. 11
WWE.COM-As seen on WWE.com, Unforgiven and Raw this week, tickets for WrestleMania XXV were originally scheduled to go on sale Sept. 20. However, out of concern for the residents of the Gulf Coast of Texas as it pertains to Hurricane Ike, and the recent disaster area declaration made by Texas Governor Rick Perry, WWE has chosen to postpone ticket sales for WrestleMania XXV until Oct. 11, at 10 a.m. CT.

We thank the WWE Universe for their understanding, and send our thoughts out to those affected by the hurricane.

More Of 39, KK2, and Ember!

I pulled a book off the shelf last night at Target that I've been talking about for the past few weeks. The Maze Of Bones, by Rick Riordan.



It overall was a good read, even if I read up to Chapter 5! I'm hoping to get a copy of the book tonight!

I also snuck a peek at KK2. I didn't get to read any of it, but it looks like a long read(371 pages text)!

I finshed The Diamond Of Darkhold last night. It was a good read. The middle was kind of spooky, it felt like Kane could have showed up!
Ok, he might have(hee hee)

The 39 Clues Book Three Title Anouncement!

The newly designed 39 Clues site released this info on Book Three:

-The 39 Clues Book 3: The Sword Thief is by kid favorite Peter Lerangis and hits stores on March 3, 2009.

Here are some some stories from the 39 Clues website about the fire at their former home:

Click here and here!

E- Mail from Tunnels Website

The fowling email showed up in my inbox this morning. It might answer some of your questions regarding Tunnels and other books in that series:

A few answers for your questions….



Deeper will be released in the US Spring 09.

It will be at the Scholastic Book Fairs.

FreeFall will be out in the US Summer/Fall 2010, but in the UK Spring 09.

We’re not sure yet that there will be a fourth instalment, but we also like the colour blue and thanks for your title suggestion.

So far there are only 3 books planned, but we’ll see – I guess it depends where the adventure in FreeFall leads and seeing as it hasn’t even been written yet – who knows!!



Of course you can post this info on your blog.

Look Who My Aunt Ran Into!

With the title of Percy five now announced, what do you think will happen?

Book Five Info

Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date: May 05, 2009
Age Range: 9 to 12
385 pages
Series: Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series, #5

PERCY 5 TITLE ANOUNCED AND PUBDATE ANOUNCED THIS MORNING!; Other Book News from USA TODAY

Yes Percy 5 has been titled: The Last Olympian. NO cover has been released yet. This is just a teaser cover. For The USA TODAY along with other book news, click here!
For Rick's actual announcement, click here! The US pub.date and possibly the UK pub.date is scheduled to be May 5.

The Price: $19.99!

Rick's Interview

Rick Riordan is interviewed by The New York Times

Waiting........

Famous me, I e-mailed the authors of Tunnels, Rordrick Gordon and Brian Willams. I'm waiting for a response. But, I learned that Deeper will be re-titled Dirt for US fans only. What do you think about that? I added a pole on the sidebar so you can cast your vote. Right now it's schuled to end March 21, but until I get the date, it's uncertain...

Wait, Check this out: Maybe I got some wrong info!

Pubisher Date: March 01, 2009
704 Pages

Top Secret By Royal Command UK Cover Art!

For UK fans, from Young Bond.com, the cover art for By Royal Command, which releases tomorrow! For fans, good luck getting a camping spot! GO! GO! GO!

Tunnles And Deeper

Here some info on my latest read, and it's sequel coming soon:

Fourteen-Year-Old Will and his dad are obsessed with archaeological digging. And one day, Will's dad stumbles on his biggest discovery yet, an secret underground colony. But being underground can be dangerous. And Will learns that when tragedy strikes.

His Dad just suddenly vanishes. And Will, and his good friend Chester, begin there quest to find him in a dark, dangerous, abandoned tunnel in his hometown in modern-day London. But they have no idea what to expect...


The Tunnels adventure is far from over for Will Burrows.

In his quest to find his father, Will is plunged even deeper underground. And as if things weren't bad enough already in the heat and darkness, he stumbles across a Styx plot with terrible implications for the world above.

And a sister who isn’t finished yet ...

For an extract, click here

(Note: The Deeper summary and cover are from Chicken House UK. Deeper was released May 22 in the UK, and will be released in US around spring 2009. It's expected to be at least 659 pages long.)

School Is Back!

To me, there are many usual things about this post, preticulay the location I'm posting from. No, I'm not posting this from my home coumputer. I'm posting this at a public library, and all these people are looking at me werid, esspically the guy next to me. Relax, he's 12.

So let me just finish this quick: School is back. Darn.

Okay maybe a little more than that. I'm recoving more from my surgery, even to where I can walk sriaght again. That's good.

Done(hee hee)

SCIENCE FAIR!

Let me just say, it's glad to be blogging again.

I found some info on Dave Barry's and Ridley Person's lastet non- Neverland novel: SCIENCE FAIR!

Grdankl the Strong, president of Kprshtskan, is plotting to take over the American government. His plan is to infiltrate the science fair at Hubble Middle School, located in a Maryland suburb just outside Washington. The rich kids at Hubble cheat by buying their projects every year, and Grdankl's cronies should have no problem selling them his government-corrupting software. But this year, Toby Harbinger, a regular kid with Discount Warehouse shoes, is determined to win the $5,000 prize-even if he has to go up against terrorists to do it. With the help of his best friends, Tamara and Micah, Toby takes on Assistant Principal Paul Parmit, aka "The Armpit", a laser-eyed stuffed owl, and two eBay buyers named Darth and the Wookiee who seem to think that the Harrison-Ford-signed BlasTech DL-44 blaster Toby sold them is a counterfeit. What transpires is a hilarious adventure filled with mystery, suspense, and levitating frogs.

Publisher: Disney Press
Pub. Date: October 14, 2008
ISBN-13: 9781423113249
Sales Rank: 384,216
384 PAGES

In some other goood news I got The Time Paradox yesterday. YAY!!!

In A Recovery Period......

Jacob underwent his surgery with flying colors. He should be blogging by Monday.

- Family And Friends of Jacob Politte

The Guide

Fans of the #1 New York Times bestselling Twilight Saga will treasure this definitive official guide!

This must-have hardcover edition -- the only official guide -- is the definitive encyclopedic reference to the Twilight Saga and provides readers with everything they need to further explore the unforgettable world Stephenie Meyer created in Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn. With exclusive new material, character profiles, genealogical charts, maps, extensive cross-references, and much more, this comprehensive handbook is essential for every Twilight Saga fan.

Ridley's Stuff

Ridley Pearson has released a promo for KK2. Watch It!

Also, Ridley has a Blogger too, make that two Bloggers

http://www.ridleypearson.com/blog_kids.html

http://shanghai-family.blogspot.com/

It's Almost Here................

My Surgery takes place in only a few hours.

For those of you who didn't know, I will have to have surgery tomorrow morning to remove a hernia in the groin that I was born with. I will be kind of motionless for the next week or so, so don't expect me to blog much. I'll try to cover the release of THE DIAMOND OF DARKHOLD and KK2: DISNEY AT DAWN!

Take Care,

Jacob

Book Inter.....!, OH NO!

Bill Cinton, in a book interview? OH MY GOD!!!

My Nieghbor Falling

This is sort ah like books, but it's still funny. The kid neighbor tried to make this commerical to put on my blog, but he messed up. Check it out below!:

One Freaky Video

This is not about books.

As most of you know, wrestler Owen Hart died on May 23, 1999, in Kansas City, Missouri. He fell 50 feet when a rope he was flying on a rope broke.

On May 19, 2008, Monday Night Raw returned to the arena where Owen died.

If you don't believe in ghosts, watch this video.

The Clip

I watched a clip about this upcoming movie.

The Diamond Of Darkhold

In the fourth and final book of Ember, THE DIAMOND OF DARKHOLD, Lina and Doon once again confront a desperate situation. It’s winter. Cold, hunger, and illness have descended on the village of Sparks. When a roamer comes to town—a rather strange roamer—Doon makes a remarkable discovery. To him, it seems the summons to a quest. Lina isn’t so sure. But they go, and what they find changes their world.

Coming August 26!

Inkdeath: October 07, 2008

The Adderhead—his immortality bound in a book by Meggie's father, Mo—has ordered his henchmen to plunder the villages. The peasants' only defense is a band of outlaws led by the Bluejay—Mo's fictitious double, whose identity he has reluctantly adopted. But the Book of Immortality is unraveling, and the Adderhead again fears the White Women of Death. To bring the renegade Bluejay back to repair the book, the Adderhead kidnaps all the children in the kingdom, dooming them to slavery in his silver mines unless Mo surrenders. First Dustfinger, now Mo: Can anyone save this cursed story?

TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT!!!

My 1st Chapter of Percy 5

It's nearly a year before the final Percy Jackson book comes out. Below is a teaser first chapter, written by me. Enjoy!


One
My Heart(and Grades) Go Up In Flames

For the first time in my life, I found myself whimpering in fear of a authority figure I shouldn't be afraid of: my principal, Mr. James Marshall. Normally, I would just settle it the old fashion way: Stand up and fight back(literally), but a few kids I new, a couple of those were the Goode High cheerleaders(no, not the blood sucking ones), told me that the principal kept an axe in his office, hidden somewhere in his desk. They were the popular kids, they would always play mind games with me. But the expression on there face told me they were dead serious.

So you might be asking, what did I do this time? Well, that's where the personal war between my grandfather Kronos and I really set off.

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Yesterday, My friend Rachel Elizabeth Dare, who happened to go to go to Goode High, and I were talking about Greek myths and monsters by our lockers. Nothing wrong with that right?

Wrong.

All of a sudden Rachel just passed out in front of me. I stood over her, trying to wake her up. Our lockers at Goode were near windows, and were talking 110 degree weather. A heat advisory had been in effect for nearly two weeks. Zeus was getting extremely tense with the most important battle in Greek history just two months away.

Honestly, I couldn't blame him. I'd freak out if my civilization was going to be in one of the biggest Greek War in history. And if you had a future convict for a nephew, and that it all rested in his hands.

Anyway, some kid thought that I had knocked Rachel out cold. I told him that if I had punched her, she'd have a bruise on her face. He pointed at her face, and to my horror, I looked down, and there was a large bruise, bleeding precariously.

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Rachel had been transported to a local hospital via ambulance. But the good news is that Rachel was going to be okay, and that my record of getting kicked out of school stayed intact. I had been permanently suspended from Goode, regardless of Paul's protest's.

Paul was my mom's fiance. He had finally proposed to her around mid-April and they were getting married next month, in July. He was the English teacher at Goode. I had grown to like him, and In think he's going make a great step dad. If I even make it that long.

I just couldn't stop thinking about all the headline news: LOCAL KID INJURES GIRL; CHARGES PRESSED . But still, how could that of happened? I didn't even touch her.

The principals secretary said loudly and rudely, "PERCY! GET IN THE OFFICE!"

For all of you who don't know, my name is Percy Jackson. I will be sixteen this August. About three or four years ago, my mom and a where attacked by a Greek minotaur on a Long Island road. I had a friend named Grover who has just appeared out of the blue. Just a few hours after that, I learned the most shocking secret in my family.

I was a half-blood, son or daughter of a Greek God. My real dad is Poseidon, God of the Sea. Yes, I've met him about three times before. He gave me a sand dollar for my fifteenth birthday. I still don't know what to do with it.

I slowly approached the office, everything was calm. Mr. Marshall sounded so quiet, it was like he wasn't even there. Turns out that he wasn't. Not in his human form anyway.

I walked into the office and I didn't see anything. Then I turned to my left.

With his fangs(fangs?), Mr. Marshall lunged at my chest.

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Not another empousai, I thought as Mr. Marshall lunged at me. But then I looked at his head, and I knew that this guy was no not Kelli or Tammi's dad, cousin, or brother. This wasn't even a empousai.

No, this was a minotaur(but with fangs?). But I knew who this was when I looked at the horn missing from his head.

This was the minotaur I had fought on that Long Island road, at age twelve.

My trusty sword, Riptide, was at home after a little incident at Paul's house. That's a different story.

As Mr. Marshall lunged at me, I prepared for my death. But in mid-air he just.... fell. An arrow had been shot trough his stomach. And when I looked who shot him down, I was stunned.

It was my nemesis, Luke.

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Normally, I would have stabbed him with Riptide, but I was too stunned too do anything but to say "KRONOS!".

"Percy, it's me, Luke."

"LIAR!"

"I'm-"

"LIAR!"

"I'M LUKE!"

That was enough to somewhat make a believer out of me.

I said sacarsactly, "Okay Luke, why the heck did you just save my hind?"

He sighed. "Kronos used me. Led me to belive that he was the only way to go. When he took my body last summer, I thought that all was lost."

I was sure this was Luke. The Luke I had met before he'd tried to kill me. "Go on."

"Afterward's, I managed to get Kronos out. But there's still a problem."

"What?"

"Annabeth needs to die."

I wanted to say, I don't care if Olympus is destoyed. I won't let Annabeth die. Because, deep down, I really cared about her, even if she just thought of us as friends. But instead, I simply said, "Why?"

Luke had the saddest look on his face. "Kronos has taken over her body."

A Teacher's Rating: BY Ann Ryan

The Battle of the Labyrinth
By: Rick Riordan

Rating: 5

The Except

I read the first two chapters(first 20 pages) of The 39 Clues: The Maze Of Bones. A great read. Check it out here!

One False Note Cover

A Great Sequel?

Do you think that The Battle of The Labyrinth was a great sequel to The Titan's Curse?

Lost & Found!

Andrew Clements has a new book out. It's called Lost & Found. It's about two twins and what happens to one of them when they are sick and have to stay home from school.

Enter The Paradox!

Click here to go to the new new Artemis Fowl website and read the first chapter of The Time Paradox!

ALOT OF SIGNINGS!

To the left is a photo of author Charlie Higson signing UK editions of Hurricane Gold. It's from nearly a year ago, but it fits in with this post.

During the summer, fall, and winter of 2008, alot of authors will release their newest books.For example, Eoin Colfer's latest book, The Time Paradox, the latest installment in the Artemis Fowl series, releases today.

Charlie Higson himself is beginning to sign UK editions of By Royal Command, which releases September 4 in the UK.

Rick Riordan may be done with signing for now, but he'll to start signing again in September for The Maze Of Bones.

Gordon Korman is working on both the second title in The 39 Clues series, and his new novel, The June Three, which comes in Fall 2008.

Stephenie Meyer fans are anticipating Breaking Dawn, the last book in the Twlight Saga, which hits shevles in 17 days!

So start check author websites for tour dates because you might meet one!

Blue Balliett's Books

Click here to find out about Blue Balliett's world of Art & Mystery.