<div dir="ltr">I agree with what has been said about this series. I have read all of these books and absolutely love them. If you don't have them already, you should also look into the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, which comes before Heroes of Olympus.<div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sofía Huitrón</font></b></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">LRC Director, Grove Junior High School</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">847-472-3022 / <a href="mailto:huitron.sofia@ccsd59.org" target="_blank">huitron.sofia@ccsd59.org</a></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://grove.ccsd59.org/about/learning-resource-center/" target="_blank">LRC website</a> / <a href="http://www.ccsd59.org" target="_blank">www.ccsd59.org</a></font></div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><i><font color="#0b5394">"We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future." - Franklin D. Roosevelt</font></i></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 10:42 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:islma@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">islma@list.railslibraries.info</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 10:38 AM Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <<a href="mailto:islma@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">islma@list.railslibraries.<wbr>info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello Carrie!<div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>I hope that helps! If you haven't read them, I encourage you to do so. They are very, very good!</div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div><br></div><div>Kristi</div><div><br></div><div>P.S.-The audiobook versions are really good too!</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 10:13 AM, Email list for the Illinois School Library Media Association <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:islma@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">islma@list.railslibraries.<wbr>info</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div><font size="2">My students are asking for <span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:Roboto,arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The Heroes of Olympus books. I do plan on reading the series over the summer, but would love
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