The Lost Hero: The Graphic Novel
The Lost Hero: The Graphic Novel
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Just the Series: Heroes of Olympus Graphic Novel Vol. 1   

Series and Publisher: Heroes of Olympus Graphic Novel   

Annotation: Jason, Piper, and Leo, three students from a school for "bad kids," find themselves at Camp Half-Blood, where they learn that they are demigods and begin a quest to free Hera, who has been imprisoned by Mother Earth herself.
 
Reviews: 2
Catalog Number: #5621758
Format: Paperback
Special Formats: Graphic Novel Graphic Novel
Copyright Date: 2014
Edition Date: 2014 Release Date: 10/07/14
Illustrator: Powell, Nate,, Dickey, Chris,
Pages: 1 volume (unpaged)
ISBN: 1-423-16325-7
ISBN 13: 978-1-423-16325-1
Dewey: Fic
LCCN: 2013013559
Dimensions: 23 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
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Color by Orpheus Collar. Lettering by Chris Dickey. Jason, Piper, and Leo leave Camp Half-Blood to rescue Hera from the giants draining her power in order to resurrect Porphyrion, king of the giants. Meanwhile, Jason's lost his memory and calls the gods by their Roman names. The graphic-novel treatment requires a lot of expository dialogue, but Riordan's wry humor shines through, aided by dynamic panel illustrations showing the demigods' comically expressive faces.

School Library Journal (Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 CDT 2014)

Gr 4-8 Riordan's ever-popular mythology series that resonates so strongly with reluctant readers and those who yearn for action-packed adventure now have the option to follow the story in graphic novel format. If the traditional narrative version of The Lost Hero (Disney-Hyperion, 2010) hit the ground running, it is nothing compared to what awaits readers in a sequential art format. It takes fewer than 10 pages for the story to start with a [quite literal] bang, and it relents very infrequently thereafter. Powell does an excellent job of adapting the original story into pictorial format, hitting all of the high points and representing all of the major details in the drawings, so little is lost. For those unfamiliar with Riordan's storytelling, they will receive a healthy introduction to his easy-to-follow story lines that teach with great accuracy the mythologies that students will undoubtedly learn in the classroom but with such fun and ease that it will hardly feel like school. Readers who are new to reading comic books will be no less entertained; there are a few pages here and there that may make following the panels in order a touch challenging, but they will catch on quickly. It goes without saying that this book will fly off the shelves; Riordan, of course, has a ready-made audience, but he always does a good job of welcoming new readers, so this one is a must for both school and public libraries. Trina Bolfing, Westbank Libraries, Austin, TX

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School Library Journal (Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 CDT 2014)
Word Count: 17,793
Reading Level: 3.4
Interest Level: 5-9
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.4 / points: 2.0 / quiz: 169828 / grade: Middle Grades

Jason has a problem. He doesnt remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently shes his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and theyre 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 hes in terrible danger. Now her boyfriend doesnt 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. Whats troubling is the curse everyone keeps talking about, and that a campers gone missing. Weirdest of all, his bunkmates insist they are all--including Leo--related to a god.


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