The Hidden Oracle (Trials of Apollo #1)

The Hidden Oracle (Trials of Apollo #1)

By Rick Riordan

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How do you punish an immortal?

By making him human.

After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disoriented, he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy. Now, without his godly powers, the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus's favor.

But Apollo has many enemies-gods, monsters, and mortals who would love to see the former Olympian permanently destroyed. Apollo needs help, and he can think of only one place to go . . . an enclave of modern demigods known as Camp Half-Blood.
Also included, a bonus short story: "Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo"
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN-13: 9780606406055
ISBN-10: 0606406050
Published on 10/24/2017
Binding: Library Binding
Number of pages: 416

Book Reviews (4)

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gold3nglare gold3nglare

Apollo has been banished to Earth by Zeus because he has been blamed for his son's actions. Which weren't too bad if you ask me. All Octavian did was manipulate the minds of others, lie to his campers, take over a camp, go mad with power, use al the camp's savings to buy weapons, sent assassins' after the people trying to stop the war, attacked camp half-blood, and turned into a fiery comet screaming like a little girl. Wait... that is pretty bad. Which is why Zeus zapped Apollo and sent him down to earth, face first into a dumpster. Apollo is now 16-year-old, flab and acne encrusted Lester Papadopoulos. With the help of Meg and Percy Jackson, he makes it to Camp Half-Blood where he must help the mortal do tasks, be trained, and write haikus. He must complete a series of trials in order to regain he spot on Mount Olympus, and become a god again. I give it three stars, because from what I can understand, the trial of this book was stopping the crazed emperor, Nero, from burning down a forest that was home to nymphs and giant ants. That didn't even make up much of the book, and it only took 30 pages at most. The book is like 400 or 500 pages long. I am looking forward to reading the other books in the series though. I give this book 3 stars. Happy reading, kids!
PHJ Lover PHJ Lover

The Trials Of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan was exciting with many plot turns and unexpected events. So many times I thought I knew what was going to happen and was completely wrong. So what happens is Apollo is turned to mortal by Zeus and is claimed as a girl named Meg to be her servant. She is a demigod so Percy Jackson takes them to Camp Half Blood, but has to go back to his house after wards. They travel though the Labyrinth, find a groove of prophecy speaking trees, and make big decisions. I would recommend this book to kids 3rd Grade and up and to adults. Anyone who loves sarcasm will absolutely love this book. I absolutely loved this book and I hope you do too.
suchomimus suchomimus

The former god Apollo lands in a new york dumpster and is then bonded with Meg, a young demigod. He goes up against the evil triumvirate holdings, actually Roman emperors and goes 3-legged round a maze of death. A must read for all Rick Riordan fans.