You’ve all heard me ramble on about my love of mythology (especially Greek mythology) – - most recently in our review of the first book in the Heroes in Training series (Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom), also by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams. I would recommend it to girls 7 years and older. I loved loved loved this book and I want to read the other books in the series. I would have liked it if there were pictures of Medusa before she got her snake hair and I wish there was more information about what happens after Medusa got turned into stone. I liked that Poseidon wanted to name his trident after gum – that was funny. That was a really cool class project! There were lots of funny parts like that one.
I liked the part of where they were doing the project and Athena kept hurting the person that she was doing experiments with. Some of us get along and sometimes one girl can be mean (but only sometimes). The girls in the book reminded me of me and my friends. I liked that the pages were short and it was a fast and easy read for me. My daughter (9) and I read and reviewed this book and this is what we have to say. If you know of a child that wants to read Percy, but may be a little too young I would recommend giving this one a try. Overall, this is a great chapter books series that I've seen a lot of children at the library really enjoy. There are also some fun and interesting scenes like how they have a class project where they control Greek heroes attempting to keep them alive. It does however, have some emphasis on great themes like friendship. The complexity would not be appropriate in this series. It's not 100 percent accurate in terms of the myths, but this series was created to generate some interest around Greek mythology for younger readers. Because of the target audience, I found this book to be fast paced and fun. Athena also interacts with some of the gods that are in training like Poseidon. And while it seems to have no purpose, readers find out the origin of her feelings towards the end of the book. The plot itself revolves around Athena meeting the other goddess characters including Aphrodite, Artemis, Persephone, and Pandora. Each book of the series focuses on one specific goddess and this is about Athena.Īthena the Brain opens with Athena learning that her father is Zeus and that he wants her to attend Mount Olympus Academy. This is such a great start to a series that I would recommend for younger kids who are interested in reading Percy Jackson, but may not be ready for such advanced text.
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