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Richard Russell Riordan Jr. (/ ˈ r aɪ ər d ə n / RY-ər-dən; born June 5, 1964) [1] is an American author, best known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. Riordan's books have been translated into forty-two languages and sold more than thirty million copies in the United States.
He later brings Leo to see Apollo, Meg and Piper in the aftermath of the events in the Labyrinth. In The Tower of Nero, Leo mentions that he's using Festus as his workshop while Leo teaches homeless kids shop skills. Although most of the kids only see Festus as a large vehicle, a few can see through the Mist and see Festus in his true form.
As of December 11, 2019, it has been on the New York Times Children's Series Best Seller List for 665 weeks. Some critics, especially Christian critics, of Riordan have disapproved of the emphasis on pagan gods in his books. Riordan responds to these complaints by reminding his readers that first and foremost, [28]
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan The first book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series swoops young readers into the world of Greek mythology. A 12-year-old with ADHD and dyslexia finds ...
The Lost Hero won the Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2010 award and was a Massachusetts Children's Book Award Honor book for 2014, among other honors. [21] [22] Rick Riordan was named "Author of the Year" for the novel at the 2011 Children's Choice Awards. [23] [24] The book was also recommended by the ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults list of ...
The Lightning Thief is a 2005 American fantasy-adventure novel based on Greek mythology, the first children's novel by Rick Riordan.The opening installment in the series Percy Jackson & the Olympians, the book was recognized among the year's best for children.
Perseus "Percy" Jackson is a fictional character, the title character and narrator of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. He is also one of seven main protagonists of the sequel series The Heroes of Olympus, appearing in every book except The Lost Hero, and appears in the Trials of Apollo series, making him one of the few characters to appear in all three series of the Camp ...
The next big thing in Hollywood was created by a middle school teacher from Texas. To his fans, he’s Uncle Rick. In the crowd of a Los Angeles theater, where Uncle Rick has stopped on his most ...