The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan

In the story the Lost Hero a young, about fifteen year old, boy named Jason appears out of no where and is suddenly sucked into a Wilderness school, for misbehaved children, field trip to the Grand Canyon. Jason is confused and soon realizes he can't remember anything since his arrival on this mysterious trip, however he is comforted by two people, Leo, who claims to be his best friend, and Piper, who claims to be Jason's girlfriend. Jason's world is suddenly spiraling out of control and tries to explain how they can't be his friends if he has no memory of them, however despite his efforts Piper and Leo insist that they are his friends and they've spent the last year together at the Wilderness school. Jason is not positive as to what he should do, so he reluctantly follows his new found friends and goes along with the field trip. At first things seem to be going well, however things soon go wrong when a flash storm hits the Grand Canyon and Jason along with Leo, Piper, and their gym teacher,Coach Hedge are trapped outside and separated from the rest of group. But this is not the worst of it all, for soon a group of vicious venti or storm spirits attack and nearly kill Jason and his friends. However, when Jason reaches for a gold coin in his pocket it suddenly turns into a shining gold sword and slays the storm spirits. All but one named Dylan who furiously attacks Jason and sends the others flying. To Jason's surprise, in a desperate attempt to save his friends, he summons a bolt of lightning and scares away Dylan, who sadly manages to take away Jason's coach, Coach Hedge, who turned out to be a half man half goat satyr. After defeating their enemies, Jason and his friends are acquainted by a young girl, on a flying chariot, named Annabeth who tells them to come with her immediately to a place called Camp Half-Blood a secret camp for demigods, who are half human and half god. After being at camp for a few days Jason and his friends learn who their godly parents are, Leo who is the son of Hephaestus, Piper who is the daughter of Aphrodite, and Jason who is the son of Zeus, king of the gods. While at camp Jason also learns that Hera, the queen of the gods, has been captured and is being used to summon a great monster and he also learns of a prophecy that he must fulfill with, his friends and a helpful bronze dragon named Festus, to save Hera and the world.

I feel bad for Jason up until about 5 days ago he had no idea who he was, and now he has fought evil wind demons, nearly been killed only about a dozen times, has been sucked into a friendship he doesn't even remember, and know he is suppose to follow a prophecy, lead a band of seven demigods who want to kill each other, and save the world. Talk about having a bad week. However, it does seem that some of his memories are returning and that he seems to be adapting to his new life pretty quickly, but I wonder what this strange feeling that Jason keeps describing about how he feels he should not be at Camp Half-Blood and that's it's dangerous for him there is? And what does Chiron mean when he says that Jason should be dead? In the end there are to many questions left to answer, I can only hope that Jason can overcome his enemies and learns the truth about himself.

Overall I find that the Lost Hero is a great story full of fear, suspense, and laughs, and trust me when I say that once you finish the story you'll only want more. This is yet another outstanding novel full of lessons, excitement, and joy that I will never forget.