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Heroes In Training - Zeus And The Thunderbolt Of Doom (2000)

by Joan Holub(Favorite Author)

3.78 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

series

Heroes in Training

review 1: the book was horrible. I have read real greek mythology and the only thing near perfect was that zeus was hidden by his mother rhea. yet the book messes that up by adding a bee. I have read the other books and that is also incorrect. Apollo and Ares are the children of Zeus, not his siblings. The original Olympians also did not go on a quest type thing other than the quest into tartaraus (I may have spelled it wrong) to free the elder cyclops and the hektoncheires (again, spelled it wrong :( ). The olympians also got their weapons from the cyclopes, not from random places in the world. and Kronos/Chronos's army consists of only titans, no chronies. I do understand that this book was made to entertain readers, but I did not enjoy it as a greek mythology child-expert. btw, t... morehe olympians are supposed to be immortal.
review 2: From the team behind the Goddess Girls series, here comes a new series aimed directly at boys. It's nice to see them creating a similar world for the boys.Zeus is clueless about his identity and his adventures are just getting started. There's plenty of material drawn from Greek mythology, which is of course good, but it's done using contemporary language, especially in dialog, which should help interest young readers. I'm looking forward to more.Good midway reader for those new to traditional chapter books and those with a burgeoning interest in mythology. less

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