“The Last Olympian”

I have a brand new copy of this latest (and last—5th) installment of the “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series by Rick Riordan. It’s a hardcover format. I thought it would be fun to give it away to any COHS student out there who is a Percy Jackson fan and may not have a copy. If any COHS student writes about why s/he likes the Percy Jackson series as a comment on this blog, I’ll give him or her the book. If more than one answers, I’ll choose my favorite answer.

I loved ‘The Last Olympian” as much as the rest of the Percy Jackson series. It’s action-pack from the first scene. Though this completes the series, this is an indication that we will see another series on heroes as the oracle gives this prophecy:

Seven half-bloods shall answer the call.

To storm or fire, the world must fall.

An oath to keep with a final breath,

And foes bear arms to the Doors of Death.

About Victoria Waddle

Victoria Waddle is a Pushcart Prize-nominated writer and has been included in Best Short Stories from The Saturday Evening Post Great American Fiction Contest. Her books include a collection of feminist short fiction, Acts of Contrition, and a chapbook on grief, The Mortality of Dogs and Humans. Her YA novel about a polygamist cult, Keep Sweet, launches in June 2025. Formerly the managing editor of the journal Inlandia: A Literary Journey and a teacher librarian, she contributes to the Southern California News Group column Literary Journeys. She discusses both writing and library book censorship on her Substack, “Be a Cactus.” Join her there for thoughts on defiant readers and writers as well as for weekly library censorship news.

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