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The Lost Hero

Rick Riordan

Ages 9–14

Readers rate it 4.1 (1.4K on Hardcover)

576 pages · Released Oct 12, 2010

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What's inside

High confidence

LGBTQ+ themes

Substance use

What it offers

Educational value

A note for parents

The Lost Hero is an engaging fantasy-adventure rooted in Greek and Roman mythology, featuring three young protagonists discovering they are demigods. The story includes moderate action violence (battles with monsters, sword training) but no graphic gore, and explores themes of friendship, courage, and self-discovery. While there are some scary moments and minor crude humor, the book is well-suited to middle-grade readers who enjoy the Percy Jackson series and fantasy adventures with mythological elements.

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From the publisher

Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. 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―exce... Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. 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. Piper has a secret. Her father has been missing for three days, and her vivid nightmares reveal that he’s in terrible danger. 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. What is going on? Leo has a way with tools. His new cabin at Camp Half-Blood is filled with them. Seriously, the place beats Wilderness School hands down, with its weapons training, monsters, and fine-looking girls. What’s troubling is the curse everyone keeps talking about, and that a camper’s gone missing. Weirdest of all, his bunkmates insist they are all―including Leo―related to a god.

Shelved under

  • Serie:The_Heroes_of_Olympus
  • nyt:chapter_books=2010-11-06
  • New York Times bestseller
  • fantasy
  • adventure
  • kids
  • teens
  • children
  • Greek Mythology
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Fiction
  • Gaia (Greek deity)

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