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Hello everone, welcome to Vision Australia's first ever library booktalk for young adults. My name is Caren and I work for the Vision Australia library
and with me is Sarah who is the children's and youth librarian at Vision
Australia Library as well. For those of you who may not be familiar with what a
book talk is I'll just give a quick rundown. It is basically a review of a
book that a reader has read and would like to recommend or not recommend to
other avid readers out there. Today we will be discussing the book Percy
Jackson and the lightning thief by Rick Riordan. I picked this book
particularly because I liked it and I've been following this series for a number
of years now. So without further ado we will get on with it. So Rick Riordan brings
Greek mythology alive in the opening book of a long but fantastic series
based on Greek gods monsters myths and legends. Read by the fabulous Peter
Brooks we are introduced to Percy Jackson a seemingly ordinary preteen who
is faced with the daily struggles of school. Diagnosed with dyslexia and
attention deficit disorder Percy considers himself as a troubled as a bad
kid with a knack for attracting trouble. Little does Percy know that his dyslexia
and attention deficit disorder as well as his ability to attract trouble is a
sign of his demigod status or that he is a particularly powerful one. In the
opening chapters of the book Percy does not yet know who his father is and
blames his absent father for the current situation in which he and his mother
find themselves. Percy however is given little time to concern himself with his
absent father before he is plunged into adventure involving creatures from Greek
mythology and legend. Blamed for stealing Zeus's master lightning bolt
Percy is forced to prove his innocence to the king of the Greek gods
by finding the real thief and returning Zeus is master bolt to him before the
gods could break into war and destroy humans. As a result this book is
therefore about identity and discovering identity, as throughout his adventures
Percy is forced not only to find out more about himself and the world in which
he finds himself, but by also being forced to make hard decisions such as
staying within the walls of his camp or going out to quest and find Zeus's
master bolt, Percy finds out more about himself
He also learns what it is like being a demigod, and a hero and what it is like belonging to two worlds, the
mortal world and the world of the gods. Another theme that is evident throughout
this book is versions of reality. In this book there are two versions of
reality. The world of the gods and the mortal world or the world as we know it.
Our hero Percy finds himself straddling both worlds and has to learn how to look
at the world from both versions of reality. In one version of reality
ordinary humans choose to interpret interpret Zeus's lightning strike on a
bus as an explosion caused by an electrical failure. In the version of
reality Percy sees he witnesses Zeus striking down a bus with one of his
lightning bolts. In this book Percy is then forced to accept that reality is
simply the way in which people choose to interpret a situation. Another theme that
plays a large part in the series as a whole as well as in this book is the
issue of isolation. In the opening chapters of the book
Percy's feels isolated because of his learning disabilities, dyslexia and
attention deficit disorder. When you've been kicked out of five schools already
because he isn't perceived to be normal our hero is a lonely
guy who gets easily angered and upset even after discovering his special
powers and abilities as well as camp full of kids just like him
Percy's sense of isolation doesn't truly go away because who and what his dad is.
But Percy's not the only one in the book who experiences isolation and loneliness.
The god Hades Lord of the underworld is forced to live in isolation and
loneliness having been excluded by his brothers from Mount Olympus. The
half-blood Luke son of Hermes resents his father for not being around and for
not showing an interest in him. These situations of isolation and loneliness
from these different characters is what drives most of the anger and violence
from the book. In the book I should say. Contrasting the anger and violence, Percy
experiences in the Lightning Thief is his love for his mother. It is this love
for his mother and her unwavering support and unconditional love for Percy
that drives him on his quest. It is also this love that enables Percy to resist
the temptation to acquire keep and use powerful magical objects that are
presented to him throughout the book. Our hero's actions throughout the book as
well as his ability to resist the temptations that are thrown his way
indicates that he does not, that he understands that love is not only more
important but it but that it is also more powerful than any weapons used or
prized by the gods. I therefore recommend this book to anyone who is into Greek
mythology not only is an action-packed and full of adventure but Rick Riordan
has managed to weave a history lesson artfully into a book full of myths and
legend. He has also made Greek mythology more relevant with a modern twist. This
book lasts for nine hours and is recommended to young readers age 10 plus
It is also available on the library's online catalog
and it is one of the books in the Premier's Reading Challenge list. Thank
you for listening to this young adult book talk we hope to see you again next
time when we upload another book. It will
occur every month at this moment. If you like if you have read this book or would
like to recommend other books please leave comments below and we hope to see
you soon. Thank you
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