Weekend Pick for September 20, 2024
 Jenny Cameron Paulsen | Our September contributor is a thirty-year teaching veteran Jenny Cameron Paulsen, who educates middle schoolers in American History and English in Cedar Falls, Iowa. She has served as an ALAN state representative and member of the Amelia Walden Award committee. In 2023, she served as the Iowa History Teacher of the Year. |
If you’re a fan of Percy Jackson, this book is a delightful diversion for the weekend. It’s fun, breezy, and lighthearted. The stakes for the quest are low: Percy must get recommendation letters from three gods to get into new Rome University. The world won’t end if they fail, but Percy might not get into his preferred college, and that can feel like the end of the world to a senior. The friendships with Annabeth and Grover remain strong and healthy. It’s nice to see Percy‘s mom in a happy relationship. The writing is witty. I quite enjoyed this long-awaited, humorous return to Percy Jackson’s world. It’s a refreshing break from the doom and gloom of save-the-world quest stories. Clocking in at just 268 pages, it’s a quick reading snack. If you find yourself hungry for more, you’re in luck, because the second book in the three book series comes out September 28.
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