Mythical stories
In a mythical setting
Style: Outstanding
Attitude: Objectionable → Unobjectionable
Set slightly into the future when a decaying Britain is controlled by large criminal clans.
Powerfully written story based on Icelandic sagas. Disturbing vision of a future very pagan Britain ruled by brutality and where strength and cunning prevail. Christianity is reduced to an undistinguished sect.
Mythical, Fantasy, Gritty
Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters
Style: Average
Attitude: Some Care Needed → Fairly Positive
Percy Jackson finds himself on a quest to rescue his satyr friend Grover, at the same time finding the Golden Fleece which alone can save the poisoned tree that protects Camp Half-Blood.
Based on the idea that the Greek gods are real and take root wherever civilisation is strongest, at present in the USA. Single-parent families as a commonplace. Rites-of-passage style story involving finding inner strengths and powers, overcoming magical and monstrous adversaries, and knowing when to trust people.
Fantasy, Adventure, Mythical, Friendship
Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse
Style: Average
Style: Good
Attitude: Positive
A story within a story: Bun, now 12 years old, tells a story of his blindness two years before, and of how a sword he found in a hole under their field led him to King Arthur's resting place and helped him recover his sight.
Arthurian, Friendship, Mythical, Coping with