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The Demigod Files (Percy Jackson & the Olympians) Paperback – January 1, 2009

by Rick Riordan (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 7,378 ratings
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In these top-secret files, Rick Riordan, Camp Half-Blood's senior scribe, gives you an inside look at the world of demigods that NO regular human child is allowed to see.

These highly classified archives include three of Percy Jackson's most perilous adventures, a Spotter's Guide to Monsters, a Who's Who in Greek Mythology, Percy's Summer Camp report and much more.

So, if you're armed with this book, you'll have everything ou need to know to keep you alive in your training, your own adventures have just begun...
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    January 1, 2009
  7. ISBN-10
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  8. ISBN-13
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Demigod Diaries Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief: Graphic Novel The Lighting Thief Illustrated Edition Percy Jackson's Greek Gods Camp Half Blood Confidential
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Also by #1 New York Times best-selling author Rick Riordan, author of The Percy Jackson series: The worlds of Percy Jackson and The Heroes of Olympus meet in four original short stories featuring the beloved characters from the best-selling series, with bonus art, character interviews and profiles, puzzles, and more. You've read the best- selling book. Now submerge yourself in the thrilling, stunning, and action-packed graphic novel. This deluxe gift edition of the internationally best-selling first book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, lavishly illustrated by series artist John Rocco, is a must-have for Riordan fans. Who could tell the origin stories of the gods of Olympus better than a modern-day demigod? Percy Jackson provides an insider's view with plenty of 'tude in this illustrated collection. In this entertaining guidebook, a companion to Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson, Heroes of Olympus, and Trials of Apollo series, Percy and his demigod friends offer newbies an insider's look at Camp Half-Blood, bug juice and all.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ PENGUIN UK; Media tie-in edition (January 1, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 170 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0141331461
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0141331461
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9 - 12 years, from customers
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.76 x 5.08 x 0.44 inches
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Rick Riordan is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, the Kane Chronicles, and the Heroes of Olympus. He is also the author of the multi-award-winning Tres Navarre mystery series for adults.

For fifteen years, Rick taught English and history at public and private middle schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Texas. In 2002, Saint Mary's Hall honored him with the school's first Master Teacher Award.

While teaching full time, Riordan began writing mystery novels for grownups. His Tres Navarre series went on to win the top three national awards in the mystery genre - the Edgar, the Anthony and the Shamus. Riordan turned to children's fiction when he started The Lightning Thief as a bedtime story for his oldest son.

Today over 35 million copies of his Percy Jackson, Kane Chronicles, and Heroes of Olympus books are in print in the United States, and rights have been sold into more than 35 countries. Rick is also the author of The 39 Clues: The Maze of Bones, another #1 New York Times bestseller.

Rick Riordan now writes full-time. He lives in Boston with his wife and two sons.

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Amanda Ibi
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Read
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2024
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It's a good book for my child.
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R. Kennedy
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice deal
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2024
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Great condition and price
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Ricky Terrones
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Filler
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2024
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Really enjoyed these side quests by Percy. Loved him getting with his old friends and taking down monsters. Looking forward to continuing the storyline by Rick Riordan.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good stories, value can be an issue
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2009
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Prologue and Disclaimer: Having read books 1-4 of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, with the final book 5 ( The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Book 5) , which I just received and am reading now, YAY!) on order, and being a completist at heart (yes, I also bought the Tales of Beetle the bard (both versions!  The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Collector's Edition (Offered Exclusively by Amazon)  and  The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Standard Edition ) and the Artemis Fowl Files  Artemis Fowl Files, The , I knew that I had to get this companion book for the Percy Jackson series as well. And since I also bought the other short story books, I knew going in that I'd be paying a premium for a hardcover book with less than 200 pages. But hey, it costs about as much as a ticket for a 2 hour movie, and lasted at least that long, so I'm not complaining!

So, the book comes with 3 short stories, a few 2-3 page "interviews", 8 color portraits of characters from the book, a crossword puzzle and a wordsearch puzzle, plus about one-third of chapter 1 of book 5.

Timelinewise, all 3 short stories occur between books 4 and 5, based on the age and knowledge of the characters involved.
The first story involves Clarissa and Percy (a unique pairing, compared with the other books). I liked the dynamic between the two, but wasn't crazy about the way Clarissa seemed so depending on Percy, instead of being able to carry her own weight more.
The second story was with Beckendorf (of Camp Haephestus) and Percy, later joined by Annabeth and Selina of Camp Aphrodite. Without going into too much detail, I wasn't crazy about the plausiblity of this story. I know, it's a fantasy book about greek gods, but the story had one of the characters reattach a mechanical head that was chewed off, back onto it's body, without tools, and get the robot working again, all in about an hour and a half.
The third short story was the best of the bunch, and seemed almost like a missing chapter of book 4, since the repercussions of that story may affect book 5 (I haven't finished book 5 yet, so I don't know if it will). The story revolves around Percy, Thalia, and Nico, so if you know about those characters, you definitely know the significance of those three to the storyline.

The interviews, color portraits, and puzzles were filler material, interesting to those who look for that stuff.

The excerpt of book 5, namely, the part of Chapter 1, was short but tantalizingly informative. A budding potential romance, a prelude to war, and a bag of greek fire, what more can you wish for?

I still have to say something about the price point for this book. The MSRP of this is a bit steep, even for a hardcover, when you compare it to the other companion/short story books (namely the Tales of Beetle the Bard and Artemis Fowl Files as comparison).

Overall, 4 out of 5 stars. I recommend buying it if you are a completist and need to read it before reading book 5 (like me).

UPDATE: 05/11/09
I've since read book 5 ( The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Book 5) ), and can unfortunately confirm that the final book makes no reference to the 3 short stories in this book. It's as if these short stories never existed. A shame, really, makes me have to think of the short stories as "what if" scenarios, as opposed to including them into the whole Percy Jackson timeline.
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Beth Harrold
5.0 out of 5 stars YAY
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2023
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This book gives a beautiful feel of the originals while not being a big loser so yeah get this book now coward
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Leza
5.0 out of 5 stars Gift
Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2023
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This was a gift for my nephew. Arrived in great condition.
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S.R.K
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Book
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2023
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Good book in general. I like the short stories inside and the interviews with the characters. Would recommend to Percy Jackson fans.
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Steven M. Brown
3.0 out of 5 stars While the three short stories are entertaining the product is not worth the price.
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2019
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The three short storieswe're interesting but less than a chapters worth of material. There were a few notes also less than chapter worth of material that was interviews with a couple characters. In all honesty if it wasn't for the fact that years ago when I read the series a couple times it always annoyed me that I didn't know the short stories that was referenced in a few places in the series and sequence series I wouldn't have bought this. This is something strictly for those who are collecting all of Rick Riordan's works.

I also think that the stories do feel sort of out of place because they do not really refer to the rest of the series the flow is not quite as smooth as the Main works from the author.

Each of the stories does have the feeling of a Percy Jackson book where he is thrown into an adventure and has to overcome a situation. It really was I think just a way to hold off readers back in the day while they waited for the fifth book to come out. I think that the price range for this book should be around $5 instead of twice that much. There is a crossword puzzle and a work van in the back of the book that can be printed out perhaps.

I do enjoy the series as a whole and finally was able to scratch the itch to read the stories hear that was referenced in the next book and a few times in the later series.
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Laura Hielito
5.0 out of 5 stars Muy bonito
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful companion book
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Reviewed in Brazil on December 27, 2019
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Leitura de desenvolvimento da língua inglesa, vocabulário e sentido narrativo para o meu filho
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Nora
5.0 out of 5 stars Gods, just amazing!!!
Reviewed in Germany on July 3, 2019
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This is such a great extra book. A lot of insights of Camp Halfblood and three, once more amazing stories which fill in some gaps you might have when you read all the books. Fun little interviews, a map of CH, Percy's inner circle (explained by Percy himself = amazing), weapon guide, who's who and much more.
Gives the reader even more connection to the characters than he already has.
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