Referência em literatura infantojuvenil nos eua, o autor bestseller rick riordan alcançou prestígio internacional com a série percy jackson e os olimpianos , (percy jackson & the olympians) premiada pela yalsa e pela american library association ultrapassando a marca de 30 milhoes de livros vendidos
As crônicas dos kane entrou imediatamente após o lançamento para a lista de best-sellers do new york times
Ex-professor do ensino médio e agora escritor em tempo integral, riordan diz que utiliza bastante da experiência em sala de aula para dar vida a suas tramas e personagens, bem como para cumprir a frequente rotina de palestras dirigidas ao público jovem
Este kit imperdível traz 5 clássicos versao pocket (em inglês) deste grande autor
Sao eles: - the lightning thief - the sea of monsters - the titan's curse - the battle of the labyrinth - the last olympian the lightning thief after learning that the father he never knew is poseidon, god of the sea, percy jackson is transferred from boarding school to camp half-blood, a summer camp for demigods, and becomes involved in a quest to prevent a catastrophic war between the gods
The sea of monsters after a summer spent trying to prevent a catastrophic war among the greek gods, percy jackson finds his seventh-grade school year unnervingly quiet
His biggest problem is dealing with his new friend, tyson-a six-foot-three, mentally challenged homeless kid who follows percy everywhere, making it hard for percy to have any 'normal' friends
But things don't stay quiet for long
Percy soon discovers there is trouble at camp half-blood: the magical borders which protect half-blood hill have been poisoned by a mysterious enemy, and the only safe haven for demigods is on the verge of being overrun by mythological monsters
To save the camp, percy needs the help of his best friend, grover, who has been taken prisoner by the cyclops polyphemus on an island somewhere in the sea of monsters, the dangerous waters greek heroes have sailed for millennia-only today, the sea of monsters goes by a new name - the bermuda triangle
Now percy and his friends -grover, annabeth, and tyson- must retrieve the golden fleece from the island of the cyclopes by the end of the summer or camp half-blood will be destroyed
But first, percy will learn a stunning new secret about his family- - one that makes him question whether being claimed as poseidon's son is an honor or simply a cruel joke
The titan's curse when the goddess artemis goes missing, she is believed to have been kidnapped
And now it's up to percy and his friends to find out what happened
Who is powerful enough to kidnap a goddess? they must find artemis before the winter solstice, when her influence on the olympian council could swing an important vote on the war with the titans
Not only that, but first percy will have to solve the mystery of a rare monster that artemis was hunting when she disappeared - a monster rumored to be so powerful it could destroy olympus forever
The battle of the labyrinth percy jackson isn't expecting freshman orientation to be any fun, but when a mysterious mortal acquaintance appears, pursued by demon cheerleaders, things quickly go from bad to worse
Time is running out for percy
War between the gods and the titans is drawing near
Even camp half-blood isn't safe, as kronos's army prepares to invade its once impenetrable borders
To stop them, percy and his friends must set out on a quest through the labyrinth -- a sprawling underground world with surprises and danger at every turn
Along the way percy will confront powerful enemies, find out the truth about the lost god pan, and face the titan lord kronos's most terrible secret
The final war begins
With the battle of the labyrinth
The last olympian all year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the titans, knowing the odds are against them
Kronos is stronger than ever, and with every god and half-blood he recruits, his power only grow