Wednesday, November 7, 2012

The Lost Hero






 
Hello bloggers. So, now I want to tell you about one of my favorite book. I love reading, especially fantasy book like Harry Potter, The Twilight Saga, Percy Jackson and The olympians, etc. From all the books that I have read, I want to share one of my favorite book. The title is 'The Lost Hero'. The Lost Hero is included in 'The Heroes of Olympus' book series by Rick Riordan.

 The story begun with Jason Grace, a teenage boy that woke up realizing that he remembered nothing from his life even his name. He sat next to Piper McLean, who appeared to be his girlfriend and leo valdez, his bestfirend. they were on a trip to Grand Canyon along with their classmates. In Grand Canyon, a sudden storm came along with  the strom spirit. Their supervising teacher, Coach Gleeson Hedge, revealed himself to be a satyr, and helped fight the storm spirits. Jason surprised himself by using a sword disguised as a coin to fight off the spirits. During the battle Coach Hedge was captured while defending them. At the end of the battle, a flying chariot pulled by two pegasi lands next to them carrying two people; Annabeth and a boy named Butch. Annabeth was disappointed because she had a vision of Hera telling her that she would find a clue to her missing boyfriend, Percy Jackson, at the Grand Canyon. She was told to look for the "boy with the missing shoe" and she found Jason.


Annabeth brought the three of them to the Camp Half-Blood where all the demigods (children of half god half mortal) could live safely and in peace. it appeared that Jason Grace was the son of Zeus and brother of Thalia Grace. Pipper McLean was the daughter of Aphrodite and Leo Valdez was the son of Hephaestus. After a few hours in the camp, three of them received an urgent quest to save Hera, the queen of the gods. Before the start of their journey Piper had a dream where one of Gaea's sons, Enceladus, told Piper that she should bring Jason and Leo to him in return for her father who is being held hostage.

And so they started their first breathtaking quest and adventure, riding a mechanical bronze dragon. At the end, Jason got half of his memory back that he was belonged to the Roman not Greek where he was then. He was switched to Percy Jackson, Annabeth's boyfriend. Soon they would continue their adventure to rescue Percy.

These are the main characters of The Lost Hero


Jason Grace, a demigod son of Zeus. Jason suffers amnesia at the beginning of the book and is inclined to call the gods by their Roman names. He owns a coin that turns into a spear or a sword depending upon heads or tails, however it is destroyed during their quest. It is revealed that he is Thalia Grace's younger brother, as they have the same mother and though both also having the same father, Thalia was specifically born under the Greek aspect of Zeus while Jason was fathered by the Roman counterpart Jupiter. Thus, making Thalia a Greek demigod and Jason a Roman demigod. When Jason was two years old, he was taken from his mother and sister by Hera, and Thalia ran away from home shortly after that. It is also made known that he came from a Roman version of Camp-Half Blood before he lost his memory. He harbors feelings for Piper, but hides them, thinking that he was romantically involved with someone before, but can't remember because of his stolen memories.

Piper McLean is demigod daughter of Aphrodite and Tristan McLean, a Cherokee movie star. At the beginning of the book, Piper claims to be Jason's girlfriend, but finds out that it was all the Mist's doing. She still shows strong feelings for him but keeps worrying that he was in a relationship in his past life. She does not show her feelings towards him, however. She has a dagger named Katoptris, previously wielded by Helen of Troy, that can show more than the holder's reflection. She also has the gift of charmspeak, the ability to persuade anybody to do anything. Few children of Aphrodite have had this ability, and none are living in her time that can match her in power. She acts a little tomboyish, despite being a daughter of Aphrodite. She is 15 years old. Her eyes change color from green to brown to blue. She has choppy, uneven brown hair.



Leo Valdez is a demigod son of Hephaestus and Esperanza Valdez. Leo claims to be Jason's best friend at the beginning of the book, and although that was a trick of the Mist, he and Jason do become good friends as they get to know each other on their quest. He has a magical tool belt that will produce any tool he requests, though should be able to find in an average mechanical shop. Leo repaired the bronze dragon Festus. He can also create fire from nothingness, a rare ability sometimes given to Hephaestus's children.

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