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"Oddonis and his misfit friends don't exactly love competition and they aren't exactly athletes. So they're definitely NOT excited when their middle school gets challenged to a sports competition by the Roman middle school on the other side of Mount Olympus. It's bad enough that the Greek Odds have to compete against their Roman twins, but when Zeus and his Roman counterpart, Jupiter, get a little too involved, the Greek and Roman kidsend up in a competition over who gets to run the WHOLE mountain. Will the Greek Gods and Odds find a way to work together to defeat the Romans, or will they have to leave their hilltop home . . . forever?"--Back cover.

"Sometimes it feels like Oddonis can't do anything right--especially compared to his perfect twin brother, Adonis. But this time, Oddonis really messed up. He accidentally turned his father, the all-powerful king of the Gods, Zeus, into a giant baby! Now Oddonis must assemble a team and journey to the underworld to reverse the curse and rescue Moutn Olympus. Along the way, he'll have to overcome a series of dangerous obstacles--like his obnoxious brother, his own self-doubt, and the horrible farts of his best friend Gaseous! Can Gods as unlikely, unusual, and unheroic as Oddonis and his friends really save the day?"--Back cover.

"Magically transported back to ancient Greece by the goddess Athena, the reader must brave a host of perils to find Zeus, the king of Olympus, in a multiple-plot adventure based on the ancient Greek myths"--Amazon.

Percy, expelled from six schools for being unable to control his temper, learns the truth from his mother that his father is the Greek god Poseidon, and is sent to Camp Half Blood where he is befriended by a satyr and the demigod daughter of Athena who join him in a journey to the Underworld to retrieve Zeus's lightning bolt and prevent a catastrophic war.

"The terrible Titans are merciless giants who rule the earth, led by Cronus, the biggest, baddest Titan of them all. Cronus and his cronies have put the world into chaos-but the Titans' rule is about to be challenged by a group of young Olympians, led by ten-year-old Zeus, as they discover their powers and try to claim their rightful place as rulers in various realms of the universe"--Amazon.

Percy, expelled from six schools for being unable to control his temper, learns the truth from his mother that his father is the Greek god Poseidon, and is sent to Camp Half Blood, a special camp to prepare him to stop a war among the gods.

Describes the mythical stories of the Greek god Zeus.

"Oddonis may be the son of Zeus, but he's a little bit ... odd for a god. And to make matters worse, his twin brother is Adonis, who's literally perfect. Oddonis's future at Mount Olympus Middle isn't looking bright, especially when he make the last-minute decision to run against his own brother for class president. If he wins, maybe he can finally prove to the gods that odd gods are just as good as real gods. But if he loses, Oddonis will never find out that his odd powers actually are"--Back of cover.

Contains two stories by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams including: "Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom" in which ten-year-old Zeus, irritated that he keeps getting struck by lightning, discovers a magical thunderbolt embedded in a stone and embarks on the adventure of a lifetime when he is attacked by the Titans, who have been kidnapping other Olympian children with powers comparable to Zeus's; and "Poseidon and the Sea of Fury" in whichZeus, Hera, and Poseidon continue on their quest to find a magical trident.

Percy, expelled from six schools for being unable to control his temper, learns the truth from his mother that his father is the Greek god Poseidon, and is sent to Camp Half Blood where he is befriended by a satyr and the demigod daughter of Athena who join him in a journey to the Underworld to retrieve Zeus's lightning bolt and prevent a catastrophic war.