Title: Camp Half-Blood Confidential: Your Real Guide to the Demigod Training Camp
Series: Camp Half-Blood Chronicles | Percy Jackson and the Olympians | Heroes of Olympus
Author: Rick Riordan
Genre: Middle Grade, Greek mythology
Publication date: May 2017
Published by: Disney Hyperion
Source: Purchased hardcover
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Synopsis: In response to an awful camp orientation video created by the god Apollo, Percy Jackson and other residents of Camp Half-Blood answer such questions as “What is this place?” and “Do I get to keep the T-shirt?” Newbies can check out the section on the Divine Cabins, read up on Magical Landmarks, and consult the chapter of Training Arenas. But Camp Half-Blood Confidential explores much more than just the buildings and grounds. It includes info that can only be learned from those who live there.
For instance, campers do not always co-exist in peace and harmony. The camp is not run with superior efficiency. Prophecies do not flow forth with great regularity. Sprinkled throughout are stories from heroes who have called Camp Half-Blood home or just passed through on their way to places unknown. Chiron himself introduces the book with a brief history of training based on his millennia of experience. And, of course, there are divine words of wisdom from the god Apollo himself, because . . . well, because the demigod authors would prefer not to be struck down, thank you very much.
You hold in your hands the definitive guide to life here at our beloved Greek demigod training facility. It's written for demigods by demigods, which means you get the inside, behind-the-scenes scoop on just about everything.
This was a fun book! And it was funny because before this book, Apollo had done an orientation video for new campers to watch, and apparently, it was quite... something 😂
So that atrocious video (don’t tell Apollo I said that 😅) is what inspired this book. Lol. Luckily for us, we got some excerpts of that video throughout this book! 😆 And it was truly as ridiculous as the campers said 😂
Speaking of campers, I like that we got to see a lot of familiar faces, but we also saw some newer characters. We also learned about some famous demigods, which was quite interesting. But this was really fun! It is literally what it said it is: orientation to camp. Lol. And there were a lot of short stories to go along with the orientation. I ended up finishing this faster than I thought I would because I was just having such a fun time with it! But also, it’s a quick read, so that was nice too. I definitely recommend this to anyone who loves the Percy Jackson world! It was a nice supplement!
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