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    Poseidon and the Sea of Fury
    Poseidon and the Sea of Fury
    Poseidon and the Sea of Fury
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    Poseidon and the Sea of Fury

    By Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams and Craig Phillips

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    A young Poseidon must triumph over aquatic terrors in this Heroes in Training adventure.

    The merciless Cronus and his Titan buddies are in hot pursuit of Zeus, Hera, and Poseidon, who plan to travel across the treacherous boiling sea in order to save a fellow Olympian. They have a boat, but they also have a problem: Poseidon can’t swim and is terrified of the water (well, really of the creatures that lurk in its depths). The group faces danger after danger as they battle singing sirens, a fishy and ferocious Titan named Oceanus, and people-eating monsters sent by Cronus himself. Can Poseidon overcome his fears and help his fellow heroes escape Cronus and his cronies?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAladdin
    Release dateDec 4, 2012
    ISBN9781442452664
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    Joan Holub

    Joan Holub has authored and/or illustrated over 140 children’s books, including the Goddess Girls series, the Heroes in Training series, the New York Times bestselling picture book Mighty Dads (illustrated by James Dean), and Little Red Writing (illustrated by Melissa Sweet). She lives in North Carolina and is online at JoanHolub.com.

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      Great follow-up to the first book. I enjoyed this one much more. The kids’ personalities are shaping up and we have a trio on quest now making for better dynamics. Their quest for this book is to find the trident, unfortunately none of them knows what a trident is but Hera is sure it will be her magic weapon. As their magic stone heads them towards the boiling sea Poseidon is hilarious. You see the future (unbeknownst to him) King of the seas is afraid of the water, thinks it will melt him, can’t swim, gets sea sick and is generally miserable on the water. Little by little as the quest does take them out upon the ocean Poseidon does learn some truths bout himself and his whiny, scaredy character receives some much needed self-confidence. Again, this book is not true to Greek Mythology, many liberties have been taken but a basic storyline is in place that hopefully young readers will remember as they get older and venture further out into more closely tied mythology. In this volume we meet the Sirens luring sailors to their deaths, the Titan Oceanus, creatures of the sea that want to help Poseidon, the Androphagoi. It is while fighting Oceanus that they uncover their 4th member who was a prisoner of Oceanus, Hades. Hera set off on her own mission this volume and we haven’t seen her since so as we enter the third volume we have the three boys, Zeus, Prometheus and Hades in search for the Helm of Darkness. When and where will Hera return? An action-packed volume for the younger reader that introduces them to Ancient Greek myths.

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    Poseidon and the Sea of Fury - Joan Holub

    CHAPTER ONE

    Under Attack!

    A SPEAR WHIZZED BY TEN-YEAR-OLD Zeus’s ear. He ducked his head but didn’t stop running. Neither did his two companions, Hera and Poseidon. They were right behind him.

    Halt in your tracks or you’re dead meat, Snackboy! a cruel voice boomed.

    He’d know that voice anywhere. It was Lion Tattoo. That was what Zeus had nicknamed him, anyway. He was the leader of the three half-giants who were after Zeus. They were soldiers in King Cronus’s army and stood as tall as trees.

    Just three days before, they’d snatched Zeus from his cave in Crete and brought him here to Greece. He’d already escaped them—twice. But he might not be so lucky a third time.

    "When we catch you, we will eat you!" hollered a second voice. Blackbeard’s. Another of the half-giants.

    Then the third one—Zeus had dubbed him Double Chin—added his two cents. Yeah! And we’ll chomp your friends for dessert! Ha-ha-ha! He followed this up with a loud burp.

    A shiver ran down Zeus’s spine. They were probably bluffing, though. Their orders were more likely to take him, Hera, and Poseidon back to King Cronus. So that the king could swallow them whole!

    They approached a ditch. Zeus jumped in and hunkered down, waiting for Hera and Poseidon to catch up. Within seconds Hera dropped in to crouch beside him.

    We’ll never reach the sea at this rate. Somebody else is going to find that trident thingie before we do. Do something, Thunderboy! she hissed.

    Zeus liked the nickname she’d given him. But she sure did know how to make it sound like an insult sometimes.

    Don’t be so impatient. We’ll get there, he told her. We’re on a quest, remember? You can’t expect it to be fast or easy.

    An oracle named Pythia had sent them on this quest to search for a magical trident. Which was going to be a challenge, since none of them knew what a trident was. But they did know their destination—the sea.

    Just then Poseidon dove between them, thumping their shoulders as he fell.

    Ow! Zeus and Hera complained at the same time.

    Half-giant soldiers? This is all we need, Poseidon complained back. My feet are killing me.

    Zeus’s were too. No wonder. In the past two days they’d journeyed over hills, across valleys, and through forests.

    Hera rolled her eyes at Poseidon. Wuss.

    "I am not a wuss! he objected. I’m an Olympian."

    Well, then act like one, Hera snapped.

    What makes you the boss of how Olympians act? Poseidon snapped back.

    I’m an Olympian too, remember? said Hera. "You don’t hear me whining."

    Would you two stop arguing for half a second? Zeus pleaded. Those soldiers are going to hear you. Hera and Poseidon had been fighting almost the entire trip!

    I don’t hear anything, Poseidon whispered a few minutes later. Think we lost them?

    Hera peeked out of the ditch. The coast looks clear. So what now? They both looked at Zeus.

    Zeus lifted the amulet that was strung on a leather cord around his neck. He’d found it at the temple in Delphi. He studied the amulet, a chip of rock about the size of his fist.

    Which way? he asked it.

    The strange black symbols on the chip’s smooth, gray surface began to move around. Acting like a compass, they formed an arrow pointing east.

    That way, Zeus told the others. Hopping out of the ditch, he was off again. Hera and Poseidon followed.

    But no sooner had all three left their hidey-hole than another spear whizzed over their heads. Yeeoch! It came so close it nearly parted Zeus’s dark hair.

    "Fee, fi, fo,

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