He and his companions seek the ancient oracles - restoring them is the only way for Apollo to reclaim his place on Mount Olympus - but this is easier said than done. The god Apollo, cast down to earth and trapped in the form of a gawky teenage boy as punishment, must set off on the second of his harrowing (and hilarious) trials. THE DARK PROPHECY PAPERBACK SERIESMore more larger than life adventure, Derek Landy’s Demon Road series is more gruesome, but just as addictive and entertaining. Readers who haven’t read the Percy Jackson books, which are referenced throughout this series, really should. It makes for irresistible reading, and Riordan really is ‘storyteller of the gods’. Once again, Riordan mixes adventure and mythology, delivering it all via his sharp, sassy teen characters. Cruising into Indiana aboard their flying metal dragon, he and his divine friends Leo and Calypso immediately run into trouble in the form of non-human adversaries, and from then on the action is fast, furious and often very funny. Not only has he various heroic quests to fulfil, none of them easy, he has all the indignities of adolescence to cope with too no wonder the book opens with his exclamation, ‘Gods, I hate my life!’. As punishment for misdemeanours, he’s been sent to Earth by Zeus to live as a mortal teenager. It’s not easy being immortal in Rick Riordan’s Greek-myth inspired sagas, and Apollo has every right to feel fed up in this one. May 2017 Book of the Month | In a nutshell: epic adventure, story-telling genius Livestreamed School Event with Michael Morpurgo.Dyslexia Week - what is it and how can you support your dyslexic readers?.Spooky, Funny and Scary Reads for Halloween!.35 Books Celebrating our Love of Poetry this National Poetry Day.LoveReading4Kids Poetry Prize 2022: The Winners are Announced!.A love letter to Syria - Zoulfa Katouh shares the story behind her breathtaking debut.Witchy words and potent potion poems - writing activities inspired by witches.Celebrating 35 Years of Winnie & Wilbur!.All Stories announce their second cohort of mentees in their initiative for underrepresented writers.Anxiety & Wellbeing - 80 Books to Help Children Nurture Good Mental Health.Billy and Fatcat - a blast of picture book brilliance from Nadia Shireen.13 totally rad books for kids who love Stranger Things.
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