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I second this--they are great books! One other thing to mention, since the
characters are teenagers in this series they do talk sometimes about their
boyfriend/girlfriend relationships. Nothing bad, but they talk about liking
each other and finding each other attractive and some of the books include
some mild-ish PDA as well.

On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 10:38 AM Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hello Carrie!
>
> Heroes of Olympus series is FABULOUS!!!  They are generally intended for
> 5-8, but a kiddo who loves to read and is younger could tackle them.  The
> sentence structure is not difficult, but some of the vocabulary can be, due
> to the subject: mythology.  However, Riordan is a master at making
> mythologies very accessible, and highly entertaining, to the masses.  There
> is nothing too "much" in content, maybe a few mild curse words, and of
> course the word "Hell" is mentioned, but that is the myth version, not the
> "four-letter-word" version.  There is violence, but not just for violence
> sake, and way less than most video games.  School Library Journal says it
> is 5th grade to 9th grade.  Booklist goes down to 4th.
>
> I hope that helps!  If you haven't read them, I encourage you to do so.
> They are very, very good!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Kristi
>
> P.S.-The audiobook versions are really good too!
>
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 10:13 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am a 1st-3rd grade librarian.
>> My students are asking for The Heroes of Olympus books. I do plan on
>> reading the series over the summer, but would love to hear some of your
>> opinions and thoughts as if these books are appropriate for 3rd graders,
>> please and thank you!
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Carrie Cross
>> Library Media Specialist
>> Elementary West
>>
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>
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> Kristi L.S. Pierce
> Certified Library Media Spec.
> Certified Educational Technology Spec.
> Marion Junior High School
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> Marion, IL  62959
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