The Trials of Apollo Series Kids’ Books 1–3

The Trials of Apollo Book 1: The Hidden Oracle

How do you punish an immortal? By making him human. After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disoriented, he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy. Now, without his godly powers, the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus’s favor. But Apollo has many enemies-gods, monsters, and mortals who would love to see the former Olympian permanently destroyed. Apollo needs help, and he can think of only one place to go — an enclave of modern demigods known as Camp Half-Blood.

• Author: Rick Riordan
• Release date: 05/03/2016
• Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
• Page count: 384 pages
• Age range: 10–13 years
• Format: hardcover
• Dimensions: 8.6” x 6” x 1.1”

The Trials of Apollo Book Two: The Dark Prophecy

Zeus has punished his son Apollo — god of the sun, music, archery, poetry, and more — by casting him down to earth in the form of a gawky, acne-covered sixteen-year-old mortal named Lester. The only way Apollo can reclaim his rightful place on Mount Olympus is by restoring several Oracles that have gone dark. What is affecting the Oracles, and how can Apollo/Lester do anything about them without his powers? After experiencing a series of dangerous and humiliating trials at Camp Half-Blood, Lester must now leave the relative safety of the demigod training ground and embark on a hair-raising journey across North America. Somewhere in the American Midwest, he and his companions must find the most dangerous Oracle from ancient times: a haunted cave that may hold answers for Apollo in his quest to become a god again — if it doesn’t kill him or drive him insane first. Standing in Apollo’s way is the second member of the evil Triumvirate, a Roman emperor whose love of bloodshed and spectacle makes even Nero look tame. To survive the encounter, Apollo will need the help of the son of Hephaestus Leo Valdez, the now-mortal sorceress Calypso, the bronze dragon Festus, and other unexpected allies — some familiar, some new — from the world of demigods.

• Author: Rick Riordan
• Release date: 05/02/2017
• Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
• Page count: 432 pages
• Age range: 10–13 years
• Format: hardcover
• Dimensions: 8.5” x 6” x 1.4”

The Trials of Apollo Book Three: The Burning Maze

The formerly glorious god Apollo, cast down to earth in punishment by Zeus, is now an awkward mortal teenager named Lester Papadopoulos. In order to regain his place on Mount Olympus, Lester must restore five Oracles that have gone dark. But he has to achieve this impossible task without having any godly powers and while being duty-bound to a confounding young daughter of Demeter named Meg. With the help of some demigod friends, Lester managed to survive his first two trials, one at Camp Half-Blood, and one in Indianapolis, where Meg received the Dark Prophecy. The words she uttered while seated on the Throne of Memory revealed that an evil triumvirate of Roman emperors plans to attack Camp Jupiter. While Leo flies ahead on Festus to warn the Roman camp, Lester and Meg must go through the Labyrinth to find the third emperor — and an Oracle who speaks in word puzzles — somewhere in the American Southwest. They will have a satyr companion, and Meg knows just who to call upon.

• Author: Rick Riordan
• Release date: 05/01/2018
• Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
• Page count: 448 pages
• Age range: 10–13 years
• Format: hardcover
• Dimensions: 8.6” x 6” x 1.5”

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