Carte - Demigods and Monsters: Your Favorite Authors on Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series - Rick Riordan

Expanded and updated to include The Last Olympian, this celebration of the #1 New York Times-bestselling Percy Jackson series features essays by several YA authors on the Greek gods, demigods, monsters, and prophecy appearing throughout the books. Includes an Introduction by Riordan and a glossary of ancient Greek myth. \nWhich Greek god makes the best parent? \nWould you want to be one of Artemis' Hunters? \nWhy do so many monsters go into retail? \nSpend a little more time in Percy Jackson's world--a place where the gods bike among us, monsters man snack bars, and each of us has the potential to become a hero. \n \nFind out: \n \n - Why Dionysus might actually be the best director Camp Half-Blood could have \n \n - How to recognize a monster when you see one \n \n - Why even if we aren't facing manticores and minotaurs, reading myth can still help us deal with the scary things in our own lives \n \nPlus, consult our glossary of people, places, and things from Greek myth: how Medusa got her snake hair extensions, why Chiron isn't into partying and paintball like the rest of his centaur family, and the whole story on Percy's mythical namesake.\n