The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan is the second book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. I loved the first book in the series, The Lightning Thief, and was very excited about reading the second book. I fell in love with Percy and his friends.
Percy is a seventh grader who happens to be in Special Education. He also happens to be a demigod, his father is Poseidon and his mother is a mere mortal. Percy's school year has been relatively calm, no monsters or major catastrophes. That is until a simple dodgeball game turns into a death match with Percy and his friends against an ugly gang of monsters.
Annabeth, Percy's friend, arrives to inform Percy that Camp Half-Blood, the only safe place for demigods, is slowly being poisoned and will be destroyed if a cure is not found. Percy and his friends must travel into the sea of monsters to save his safe haven.
I enjoyed this book a great deal, but not as much as the first one. I continue to recommend this series to all teachers in middle school and high school. It would be a great companion book for those who teach Greek and Roman Mythology.
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