Series: Percy Jackson and The Olympians

    From Greek mythology fanatics to adventure lovers and bookworms in general will love this five part journey.  This masterpiece has been illustrated by Rick Riordan.  Riordan has painted an adventure of an eleven year old boy who has battled ADHD and dyslexia through out his life.  Riordan has also intertwined a bit of romance and when it gets rough, just a spice of humor to get you smiling.

    Percy starts off at school where he has troubles with bullies and his disabilities.  He doesn't do well and gets in trouble all 24/7. He only has his disabled friend, Grover, and his Latin teacher, Mr. Brunner.

    This masterpiece has Percy go through thick and thin with friends like Annabeth Chase, Grover Underwood, Nico di Angelo, Thalia Grace, and Tyson.  They all are involved with this mysterious prophecy about Percy.

Movie: West Side Story





 This is an older movie, and a musical, but a very good one. It's a take on Romeo and Juliet, but set in New York City, and instead of two fueding families, there are two fueding gangs- the Jets and the Sharks. Maria, who is the Shark's leader's sister, falls in love with Tony, a member of the Jets, and this causes all sorts of problems. It has several good musical numbers as well. My personal favorites are "Tonight" (Quintet) and "Something's Coming". The movie gets a little weird at parts, like when the Jets are singing "Gee, Officer Krupke", but it's also pretty funny.

The Jets. Their leader, Riff, is in the yellow jacket.

The Sharks. Their leader, Bernardo, is in the red.

The ending of the movie turns out a little bit differently than Romeo and Juliet, but it still mainly follows the same plot line. One warning, though. The beginning of the movie is just a picture of the cover art of the movie and it plays music and stays on that for about five minutes. But you can fast-forward through that. :-)