Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters — Rick Riordan
I’m literally twelve.
The Odyssey's monsters are so good they still power the best kids' books, and this one knows it.
You want the fun-first on-ramp: the Odyssey's greatest hits in a kid's voice. Honestly? "I'm literally twelve."
What it keeps and what it changes
Keeps: the set pieces: the Sea of Monsters, Circe’s island, the Sirens, Polyphemus, Scylla & Charybdis.
Changes: the frame to a modern demigod adventure with jokes, heart, and a low barrier to entry.
Keeps the set pieces: the Sea of Monsters (the Bermuda Triangle, which turns out to be the waters Odysseus sailed), Circe's island, the Sirens, Polyphemus, Scylla & Charybdis. Changes the frame to a modern demigod adventure with jokes, heart, and a low barrier to entry.
Whose story is it?
Percy’s. Odysseus’s beats, worn by a wisecracking twelve-year-old.
How much time does it ask?
≈7 hr read / ≈7 hr audiobook.
Polyphemus in the Sea of Monsters, narrated in deadpan middle-schooler.
Where to find it
Other ways to get it: Ebook — Kobo ↗ · Kindle — Amazon ↗ · Audiobook — Libro.fm ↗
Borrow it free: Borrow on Libby ↗ · Find at your library — WorldCat ↗
Pairs well with: EPIC: The Musical, if you want a chaser in another medium.
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More ways home: The Emily Wilson Translation (2017) · The Robert Fagles Translation (1996) · The Robert Fitzgerald Translation (1961)