title: The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3)
author:  Rick Riordan 
description: Grade 6-9&ndash;In this installment, Riordan continues to enliven ancient mythology with wit, contemporary staging, and teenage heroics. Percy Jackson is now 14, a bit older and wiser, yet still entangled with the Fates. Friends, monsters, dysfunctional gods, and the romantic stirrings of all things natural and mythological are encountered. His good friend, if oft-time rival, Annabeth (daughter of Athena) is missing, as is Artemis, goddess of the hunt. Joined by best buddy Grover-the-goat-boy and an argumentative array of accomplices, Percy sets off to fulfill, and hopefully foil, the foreboding prophecy of the Oracle. Plagued by ominous dreams, thwarted by hideous monsters, and challenged by conflicting partnerships, the search party's success hinges on unlikely unity. The droll pitch is teen-perfect, as when Apollo heats up the scene by arriving in his fire-red Maserati, wearing jeans, a sleeveless T-shirt, and loafers. 'Wow,' Thalia muttered, 'Apollo is hot.' 'He's the sun god,' I said. 'That's not what I meant.' Intricate prophecies and relationships are neatly braided into the adventurous plot. Teachers will cheer for Percy Jackson and the Olympians as they inspire students to embrace Greek mythology and score the ultimate Herculean challenge: getting kids to read. All in all, a winner of Olympic proportions and a surefire read-aloud.&ndash;<I>Alison Follos, North Country School, Lake Placid, NY</I> <BR>Copyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
zlib_text: Also by Rick Riordan
  
  Percy Jackson and the Olympians
  Book One: The Lightning Thief
  Book Two: The Sea of Monsters
  Book Three: The Titan’s Curse
  Book Four: The Battle of the Labyrinth
  Book Five: The Last Olympian
  The Demigod Files
  Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods, illustrated by John Rocco Percy Jackson’s Greek
  Heroes, illustrated by John Rocco The Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel
  The Sea of Monsters: The Graphic Novel
  The Titan’s Curse: The Graphic Novel
  
  The Kane Chronicles
  Book One: The Red Pyramid
  Book Two: The Throne of Fire
  Book Three: The Serpent’s Shadow
  The Red Pyramid: The Graphic Novel
  The Throne of Fire: The Graphic Novel
  
  The Heroes of Olympus
  Book One: The Lost Hero
  Book Two: The Son of Neptune
  Book Three: The Mark of Athena
  Book Four: The House of Hades
  Book Five: The Blood of Olympus
  The Demigod Diaries
  The Lost Hero: The Graphic Novel
  Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard
  Book One: The Sword of Summer
  
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