Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief is a new film from director Chris Columbus (first 2 Harry Potter movies, RENT, Adventures In Babysitting) and writer Craig Titley (Cheaper by the Dozen) based on the bookby Rick Riordan. It is the first part of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.

 

The film is about a teenager who discovers he is the son of the Greek god Poseidon and that he himself is half-god.  His entire life is changed by this discovery, also Zeus’ lightning bolt has been stolen and Zeus thinks Percy is to blame.  If the bolt is not recovered in a few days the gods will all go to war and it will change everyone’s life as they know it.  He’s brought to a camp for demi-gods and sets out to find his mother, who has been taken by Hades, and clear his name.  He’s joined by his protector (Brandon T. Jackson) and Athena’s daughter Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario).  Along the way to the underworld they run into some other Greek figures like Medusa.

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You Are So Undead To Me is a young adult book by Stacey Jay about Zombie Settler Megan Berry in the small town of Carol, Arkansas.  A Zombie Settler is kind of like a psychiatrist for the dead mixed with a vampire slayer.  Basically it’s a trait passed down through the family in which the Settler’s have some kind of draw so that if someone dies with something unresolved they go to that person and it’s the Settlers job to take their statement and send them back to their grave.  But there are also times when a practicer of black magic will raise a corpse.  These ones are not so friendly and the Settlers must get rid of them in different manners.

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