

His new cabin at Camp Half-Blood is filled with them. What is going on? Leo has a way with tools. Now her boyfriend doesn't recognize her, and when a freak storm and strange creatures attack during a school field trip, she, Jason, and Leo are whisked away to someplace called Camp Half-Blood. Her father has been missing for three days, and her vivid nightmares reveal that he's in terrible danger. Apparently she's his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they're all students in the Wilderness School, a boarding school for "bad kids." What he did to end up here, Jason has no idea-except that everything seems very wrong. He doesn't remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Perfect for middle grade readers but can be enjoyed by older readers, too.Memorable characters, witty dialogue, and non-stop action have made this series popular across the globe.Told from the points of view of a diverse cast of demigods.A spin-off of the blockbuster Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, but stands on its own.Riordan extends the franchise in a logical direction while maximizing the elements that made the first series so popular: irreverent heroes, plenty of tension-filled moments fighting monsters, and authentic classical mythology mixed in with modern life.- Horn Book

Rick Riordan, the best-selling author of the Percy Jackson series, pumps up the action and suspense in The Lost Hero, the first book in The Heroes of Olympus series.
