The first book that I ever read was called Percy Jackson: The Lightening Thief. This book was, and still is, one of the only books that I will read from beginning to end. Percy Jackson and I had similar features from the way the author had described him. We both had long swoopy hair and blue/green eyes, the only differences are that Percy had ADHD and dyslexia. I could relate to this book throughout my middle/high school career.
I found the book Percy Jackson The Lightening Thief in middle school during our book fair. The cover intrigued me into buying it and see what it was about because I had no clue. I remember getting excited that it was about Greek mythology because I never knew that it existed, and I wanted to know more about it. The way James Patterson, the author, started it had me hooked. The first chapter Percy was just minding his business on a school field trip and then all the sudden his teacher transforms into a demon like creature and tries to hurt him and asks him where the lightening bolt of Zeus was. Up until this point Percy had no idea that any of that existed.
Once Percy learned everything about himself he started to use that in his everyday life. He knows that he can read Greek better than English, he knows that his ADHD and dyslexia are common throughout his everyday life. He adapted from what he was
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All I did was look up different types of gods and goddess’s and research them. I even took quizzes to see which Greek god I was most like. I started to read the rest of the series and I loved each book. I imagined myself along side Percy and his friends when they were on their quests/missions. I eventually read a book that was about Egyptian mythology and my same thought process was happening as I read that book. The two children of Egyptian gods and goddess’s trying to fight against all evil. My childhood consisted of all types of