The Colossus Rises (Seven Wonders, #1)

by Peter Lerangis

PERCY JACKSON meets ERAGON in the new epic saga from bestseller Peter Lerangis.

"A high-octane mix of modern adventure and ancient secrets... I can't wait to see what's next" Rick Riordan

The day after twelve-year-old Jack McKinley is told he has six months to live, he awakens on a mysterious island, where a secret organization promises to save his life - but with one condition. With his three friends, Jack must lead a mission to retrieve seven lost magical orbs, which, only when combined together, can save their lives. The challenge: the orbs have been missing for a thousand years, lost among the ruins and relics of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. With no one else to turn to and no escape in sight, the four friends have no choice but to undertake the quest. First stop: The Colossus of Rhodes, where they realise that there's way more at stake than just their lives.

• ISBN10: 0606321667
• ISBN13: 9780606321662
• Publish Date: 1 October 2013 (first published 1 February 2013)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 13 September 2023
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Turtleback Books
• Edition: Bound for Schools & Libraries ed.
• Format: Hardcover (Library Binding)
• Pages: 348
• Language: English

Reviews

[Stephanie]

Latin was a very fun language to take in high school. Mostly because when we had our Latin forum, I got to study mythology and take a test on it against hundreds of other people in order to see who was the mythology expert of the district (it wasn’t me). So needless to say, I have a soft spot for Greek mythology. I have also found that my love for Greek mythology has spread to all kind of myths and legends and when it’s implemented into a book, I get very ‘grabby-hands’.

Since Rick Riordan’s success with Percy Jackson, there has been a plethora of myth-related adventures in middle-grade reading material. Lerangis’s Colossus Rises follows along the same vein, except swap Atlantis out for Mount Olympus, and we’ve got yourself a story. In Lerangis’s defense, this is nothing like Percy Jackson and co. And with it having the series name of “Seven Wonders”, Lerangis set me up to have a new series to follow (at least seven books worth!).

Unfortunately, you would have to pay me a lot of money to keep reading the sequels. Shame.

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