About Rick Riordan
Rick Riordan is the author of the famous book series Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Kane Chronicles, and Heroes of Olympus, along with numerous other adult books, and 39 Clues: Maze of Bones. He was born in San Antonio, TX, on June 5th. He sent in his first story for publish when he was 13, to be rejected. He has some ADHD, and was a lead singer in a folk rock band. He was also a teacher for quite some time, before becoming a full-time author. He moved to the Bay Area, before going back to Texas. The Lightning Thief, the first story in the Percy Jackson series, started out as a bedtime story for his oldest son. He enjoys Mythology, like Greek, Egyptian, and Norse. One of his adult mysteries has won top 3 national awards, The Edgar, The Anthony, and The Shamus.
Genre
The Son of Neptune is more of a genre blend type of book. I will name off the genres, then tell you why. Myth, Fantasy, Comedy, Action/Adventure. The Son of Neptune is a myth story because it’s mostly about Greek and Roman gods.
“I don’t care what you remember, son of sea god. I can smell Medusa’s blood on you.”
You see in the previous sentence, son of sea god, so that would either be Poseidon (Greek) or Neptune (Roman). It also mentions Medusa, who is the gorgon-that-turns-you-to-rock Medusa. That quote was from Euryale, one of the gorgons, who tried to eat Percy in the beginning of the book.
Percy spit dust out of his mouth. “What the-?”
“Elephant” Hazel explained.
“Yeah, I read the sign. Why do you have an elephant in a bulletproof vest?”
“War games tonight,” Hazel said. “Thats Hannibal. If we didn’t include him, he’d get upset.”
“We can’t have that.”
~Hazel talking to Percy, pg.49.
An elephant with a bulletproof vest with the word Elephant came running through the field. Lots of the pages have some sort of humor on them.
For the Action/Adventure,
"The thing about plummeting downhill at fifty miles an hour on a snack platter, if you realize it’s a bad idea when you’re halfway down, it’s too late."
Percy had to escape gorgons, who are Medusa’s sisters, but don’t turn people to stone. Because Stheno, the smiley one, had a snack platter, Percy fought them and got the snack platter. He had to go down a hill on it to escape them.
“I don’t care what you remember, son of sea god. I can smell Medusa’s blood on you.”
You see in the previous sentence, son of sea god, so that would either be Poseidon (Greek) or Neptune (Roman). It also mentions Medusa, who is the gorgon-that-turns-you-to-rock Medusa. That quote was from Euryale, one of the gorgons, who tried to eat Percy in the beginning of the book.
Percy spit dust out of his mouth. “What the-?”
“Elephant” Hazel explained.
“Yeah, I read the sign. Why do you have an elephant in a bulletproof vest?”
“War games tonight,” Hazel said. “Thats Hannibal. If we didn’t include him, he’d get upset.”
“We can’t have that.”
~Hazel talking to Percy, pg.49.
An elephant with a bulletproof vest with the word Elephant came running through the field. Lots of the pages have some sort of humor on them.
For the Action/Adventure,
"The thing about plummeting downhill at fifty miles an hour on a snack platter, if you realize it’s a bad idea when you’re halfway down, it’s too late."
Percy had to escape gorgons, who are Medusa’s sisters, but don’t turn people to stone. Because Stheno, the smiley one, had a snack platter, Percy fought them and got the snack platter. He had to go down a hill on it to escape them.
Point of View
The Son of Neptune is in 3rd person point of view. 3rd person point of view is when the author uses pronouns like she, he, and character name, like Frank, Percy, or Hazel.
Vocabulary
aurum: (noun) gold
Bellona: (proper noun) Roman goddess of war
denarius: (noun) a Roman coin, usually silver.
graecus: (noun) Greek
korpoi: (noun) wheat, barley, or grain spirits
pilom: (noun) a javelin
spatha: (noun) a sword
pillium: (noun) a Roman cloak
principia: (noun) headquarters for the Romans
triumph: (noun) a celebration for the Romans
Bellona: (proper noun) Roman goddess of war
denarius: (noun) a Roman coin, usually silver.
graecus: (noun) Greek
korpoi: (noun) wheat, barley, or grain spirits
pilom: (noun) a javelin
spatha: (noun) a sword
pillium: (noun) a Roman cloak
principia: (noun) headquarters for the Romans
triumph: (noun) a celebration for the Romans
Audra B.
Thompson
Language arts/Block 1
Quarter 1 Book Project
Thompson
Language arts/Block 1
Quarter 1 Book Project