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The Labyrinth Of Greek Myth
Imagine that you just found out that your camp was about to be ambushed by a group of monsters and demigods. What would you do? In the book, Percy fought against the Titan army for his friends and family. He was brave enough to go down into the Labyrinth with Annabeth, Grover, and Tyson, and stop the Titan army. Percy also has visions when he sleeps, like he dreams of Daedalus, the creator of the labyrinth, and also Luke, leader of the Titan army. I highly recommend this book to any readers that wish to go on an amazing adventure, and learn more about Greek Mythology. In my opinion, this book was filled with excitement, adventure, and it made the reader want to shout “Watch out for that monster!” This book was overall one of my favorite books

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