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I am reading the book //The Lost Hero//. It is about three kids who are trying to save the world from the evil that is overthrowing it. I have a lot of ground to cover in the book so the summary may be a little vague and confusing. The book started out at wilderness training camp. A place where juvenile delinquents go to turn their lives around. Pepper, Jason, and Leo are the main characters learn who they really are when a storm spirit from the old Greek myths attacks them. They fend it off with the help of their teacher and two other heroes. The heroes took them to a camp for half bloods where they learn that they are kids of Gods. After being claimed and learning Jason is the son of Zeus the God of the sky and thunder, that Piper is a daughter of the goddess of love Aphrodite and Leo is a son of the God of fire and forges Hephaestus.

They learn that the Earth is in great danger and they are the only ones who can save it they head out to find the goddess Hera who was imprisoned and whose absence is tearing the gods apart. They set off to follow the storm spirit because they knew they would find Hera where it went. Also, they would find the being who is trying to rise and destroy the world. There bronze dragon that was flying them to their destination crash landed in Detroit where they where attacked by Cyclops and nearly eaten. After defeating the Cyclops they fix the dragon and leave. They head to Chicago. So far it is a good book.

In this book there are multiple main characters. Their names are Jason, Pepper and Leo. Jason was dropped off in wilderness camp with no memory of his past life. He is trying to find his memory as much as he is trying to save the world. Pepper is the daughter of a movie star and wished to just be normal and not have to deal with all the things her dad does. Leo is an orphan whose mom died and has been hiding his potential ever since his mom’s death. He is able to control fire and his mom died as a result of that. All three have an interesting story behind them and all have problems they want to get rid of.

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The three kids are now in Chicago. Their progress is slow though because Piper was hurt during the battle with the Cyclops. They went into Chicago’s sewers and are following the direction of the breeze. Which is their only lead on where they think the storm spirits are after losing them at the beginning of the sewers. Deciding they all need rest they stop to cook some food and sleep. Jason takes watch after Leo and Piper fall asleep. He is left to ponder many things, but the main one he wondered was whether he will fail the quest and his friends.

After waking up they venture farther into the sewers. At the end of the sewer they find elevator doors. The doors have an M on them and a sign that tells them it’s a store. They can’t find out what freak would open a store at the end of a sewer in Chicago, but they go in any way. In it they find a gold cage with a mini hurricane in it and come to the conclusion that the owner captured the storm spirits in them. They are a little confused and caught by surprise. They are still trying to learn about the store.

Leo’s fire powers are no longer a secret and the trio is now much better off. They have a powerful person in the group and can easily fight now. Both Piper and Jason are still hurt. Jason’s head was hurt and Pipers ankle was twisted badly. Piper has trouble walking still but Jason is ok to fight. Now all three all puzzled by the store they entered.

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The three heroes are still in the store. After finding their old teacher from wilderness school in one of the cages they are surprised by a woman. She asks them their names and when Jason tells her his name she acts strange. For a second her face glows with anger and then returns to normal. Piper begins to have second thoughts on staying in the store. She can’t leave though because Jason and Leo are hooked on shopping. The woman began to show them her inventory.

She showed them a potion that cures all diseases. At first Piper wasn’t interested in anything and her friends seemed hypnotized. Then she realized that it may be able to cure Jason’s memory loss. Piper asked the lady if it could do that. She said it may be able to. She began thinking about purchasing it. The women kept persuading her and every time she did so Piper doubted her thoughts about not getting something from a store in the sewers even more. Piper then realized what was happening. The lady was charmspeaking her. A power some Aphrodite kids have. She tried to resist it and snap her friends out of the trance but the lady’s charmspeak was far more powerful then hers. She was in trouble and had no help.

Jason before he was hypnotized was wondering about something the goddess Hera said to him in a dream. She had said that Jason must be careful in Chicago. She said his most dangerous mortal enemy resided there. Now that Jason is in a trance though he can’t try and find out how to stop this lady who he suspected from the start from getting Piper who was the only one who resisted the charmspeak. Though their last chance Piper is not doing well. Her confidence is shrinking and she must keep snapping herself out of the trance. Leo was in the trance from the start and didn’t do much.

The lost Hero 2-17-11 304-313  Piper has found out the lady’s identity and is frightened her. The lady is a friend of Jason from the old myths (not the one in the book) and is one of the most evil villains in the myths. They where haggling on the cage with their old teacher in it and the princes told a story which revealed her identity. Piper tried again to snap Jason and Leo out of the trance. This time it had worked because now she was sincere knowing who the person is and how dangerous she was. Piper noticed the effected and started to tear the lady down mentally. She recalled her murderous spirit in the old myth and Piper’s constant reminding her of this was tearing the lady apart.

The lady has now become angry and is causing trouble. She convinced Leo and Jason to fight each other. She says a fountain she has will bring them back to life if they die. They are about to fight and Piper cant help. Seeing the women’s true power scared her again. The confidence that let her get them out of the lady’s grasp is gone. She knows the fountain wont bring them back to life and is helpless.

Leo and Jason are about to kill each other and have no control. The thought of Jason’s name is half the reason why she’s angry. Jason cheated her in the old myths. Piper has no confidence. With Leo and Jason about to fight she probably wont ret it back. Piper’s tricks to mess the witch up have backfired. Now they are completely trapped.

The lost Hero 2 -24-11 313-329  After Piper snapped Jason and Leo out of the spell the witch was holding them in they fought her. After defeating the witch they moved on with the storm spirits and their old teacher in tow. Now they are following a trail to a wind God’s lair. Here they hope to find the person or monster that is controlling the storm spirits. If they find that person they can stop the disaster to come. They know that the thing doing it is a giant, but other than that they have no idea what they’re up against. Tired from the battle Leo and Piper fell asleep and Jason has the reigns.

In his dream Leo sees his dad. At first Leo is mad at his dad for showing after all that he’d been through and not helping them at all. Then after talking to his dad he calmed down. His dad said he’d been watching him all his life. Leo notices how much his dad is like him between always playing with his little machines, And fiddiling with things when he’s nervous. After this they move on to more urgent matters like why Zeus ordered Olympus to fall silent. Neither can shed any light on the situation.

Piper is exaughsted from the battle and so is Leo. Leo, before he falls asleep reveals that the feeling s he felt when him and Jason where going to fight weren’t fake. He does always get a little aggravated about Jason getting all the fame. After falling asleep and finding his dad Leo feels better he knows that someone is watcing over him. That if he gets into trouble or needs some advice all he has to do is call on him.

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Leo got out of his dream with new knowledge about the situation. Also, he got a warning that all things don’t last forever. He did not know what that meant, but he had to leave. Festus began to fall again, but this time Leo couldn’t get to the drive disc in the head. So he had to try to control the fall and land in a mansion. The mansion had defenses out of star wars and they had lasers shooting at them. The lasers destroyed their dragon and left them stranded in a killer mansion’s yard. They all decided to go into the mansion. Leo deactivated five traps on the way in. The whole mansion was made of gold and was huge. Inside they met an old man and his son. They were attacked, quickly showed they meant no harm. They learned that the old man was another person from myths that should be. They are getting a bit scared of the situation because this is what a prophecy had said. Leo is sad about Festus being destroyed. He was the last one in the group without a serious problem. Now without him the group is falling apart. They have freed their coach tough which would be good if he didn’t still think he was under attack. They have a long list of obstructions in their path and it is growing. 3-10-11   Pgs 357-391 The man they are talking to did not let them leave peacefully. He gave them a choice of being turned to gold or to get killed in battle. He caught them by surprise and turned Piper and Leo into gold. Jason before being turned to gold said he’d fight. The man’s son and him fought. Jason knocked him down and told the man he should help him up. The man forgot about his golden touch and turned his son to gold. Jason beat the man and turned everyone in his collection back to normal. They rode the storm spirits as far away as they could and wound up in a cave in a mountain, Piper got hypothermia from the rain. When they were talking they were attacked by a wolf man. Leo held them back with fire. When the flames died they were sure they would die. Then they were saved by hunters of Artemis. With them Jason found his long lost sister. Piper is out of action again and frustrated. She hated having to be protected all the time. She wondered why she is always getting hurt. Jason found his sister with the hunters. She told him about his childhood and what happened with there mom. Jason got a lot of info to take in at one time. Leo seems okay after Festus died.