These books are technically kept in our teen section, but I'm such a fan that I can't resist posting all this great news about the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan. First, the fifth book in the series: The Last Olympian comes out tomorrow, May 5. And second, the first book in the series, The Lightning Thief is being made into a movie due to be released in 2010. Some big names have already been cast as the gods, including Pierce Brosnan as Chiron, Uma Thurman as Medusa, Sean Bean as Zeus, Kevin McKidd as Poseidon and Melina Kanakaredes as Athena.
Check out the photos of the three main, mortal characters below:
From left: Brandon T. Jackson as Grover, Alexandra Daddario as Annabeth, and Logan Lerman as Percy