(Community Matters) after 3 days w/ Nico (11), Dio (12) and Gabel (10), I had to catch up with popular culture & finished The Lightning Thief last night. Loved it. The Greek gods are real, alive and poised to feud because one has stolen Zeus’ thunderbolt. Percy Jackson, a troubled (mischievous) kid in school learns he’s a half blood – the offspring of a Greek god & a mortal mom. This series is today’s Harry Potter
Mt Olympus has moved to America – over the ages, it’s always been located in the economically & culturally leading part of Western civilization. Mt Olympus is actually reached by going to the 600 floor of the Empire State Building. Hades is in Los Angeles.
Kids today know more about Greek mythology because of these books. Dio & Gabel have chosen Greece for their (& Sonya & Reid’s) vacation because of this. I can’t wait to start The Sea of Monsters – book II in Rick Riordan’s series (a former school teacher in San Antonio who first made up the story to tell his kids)
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