![]() Apollo and Meg recruit Percy Jackson to help them travel to Camp Half-Blood, where Apollo hopes to find help, but when they reach the camp, they learn about new threats against all the demigods. He's rescued by Meg McCaffrey, a new demigod who claims Apollo's service in his quest to redeem himself. The story opens as Apollo falls to Earth and lands in a dumpster where he is attacked by a pair of street toughs. The first-person narration is full of comments about the indignity of his new appearance and limited abilities, which adds to the humor of his often dark adventures. ![]() Not only is Apollo now human but he's also a 16-year-old boy with acne and flab. Apollo has had his godly powers taken away by Zeus as a punishment for events in the previous series. Gr 5 Up-Riordan's many fans will be thrilled with this return to the world of Percy Jackson and friends. 12-17) COPYRIGHT(1) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. A clash of mythic intrigues and centuries of pop culture to thrill die-hard and new fans alike. Nonetheless, the wearying negotiation of inner and outer self will ring true for (im)mortals of any age as Apollo desperately works to save himself and everyone else. Egocentric to the point of rollicking self-deprecation as he tries to reconcile millennia of personal history as an immortal with his sudden fragile finitude, his voice overpowers any sense of his new 16-year-old white, acned form, and he continuously disrupts the narrative to remind readers of his dissatisfying appearance. In his narration, Apollo alternately waxes poetic about his godly virtues (including his open bisexuality) and gripes about his current awkwardness and servitude to the enigmatic Meg. The now-mortal Apollo seeks help from Camp Half-Blood and its resident heroes only to find that there's been a plague of disappearances among the demigods, the camp has been cut off from the Oracle of Delphi and its quest-granting prophecies, and a sinister conspiracy is working tirelessly to destroy everything the former sun god holds dear. Punished by his father, Zeus, sun god Apollo falls from grace-literally-first landing painfully in a dumpster and then, humiliatingly, into the service of a streetwise, 12-year-old, presumably white demigod named Meg McCaffrey. With more Mel Brooks-ian flare than a fourth wall could hope to contain, Riordan presents another expansion to his modern pantheon. Percy Jackson fans will eagerly take to this new series, and Daymond’s entertaining narration only adds to the fun. ![]() Narrator Daymond’s narration is delightful: lively and comical, he perfectly captures the lovably conceited and pompous Apollo, who is constantly being brought down a peg in his humiliating human state, and creates memorable voices for a myriad of creatures, including gurgly, raspy plague ghouls, an authoritative centaur, and a grain spirit in the form of a wailing baby. He is forced to serve a 12-year-old demigod girl who just recently discovered her powers, faces danger from an ongoing series of mythological creatures trying to kill him, and attempts to solve the mystery of why the Oracle of Delphi has gone silent. JIn this book, the first in Riordan’s Trials of Apollo series (a spin-off of his bestselling Percy Jackson series), the god Apollo is punished by Zeus and sent to Earth in the form of a gawky teenage boy. Anonymous - It is coming out in May cam't wait!!!!!!!!! The demigods and magicians book has a sneak peek at this book it is totally interesting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Apollo meets a demigod and meets Percy Jackson and has to go to Camp Half-Blood to be safe from Apollo hating gods, mortals, demigods, and monsters.
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