The Lightning Thief: Reading Skills 2

    The Lightning Thief is a great book that you could make a lot of connections with, especially with Greek mythology. A text to world connection that I could make with this book was how Rick Riordan, the author, brought up all the Greek Gods and parts of their ancestry. I thought it was interesting how he incorporated ancient history into a novel like this (the picture below is the Parthenon, a temple built by the Greeks) . A text to text connection that could be made from this book was to another novel called The City of Thieves. These books are similar because they both are about a group of kids that are on a journey risking their lives. The City of Thieves is set during the time of World War II and the two main protagonists, Lev and Kolya, had to find a dozen eggs for their command general, otherwise they would be killed. Similarly, Percy, Annabeth, and Grover, the main protagonists of The Lightning Thief, have to find a lightning sword otherwise they would be killed. Both of their paths were deadly and both groups of kids came face to face with death multiple times. A text to self connection that I could make to The Lightning Thief, was that Percy and his group had to travel all over the country. My family and I also love to travel and have been to some of the places that Percy had been too, such as New York City and Las Vegas.