Seven Wonders Book 1: The Colossus Rises
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4.2 • 144 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
New York Times Bestselling Series!
“A high-octane mix of modern adventure and ancient secrets. The Colossus Rises is Lerangis’s most gripping work yet. Young readers will love this story. I can’t wait to see what’s next in the Seven Wonders series!” —Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series
Young readers will learn all about the history and mysteries of the ancient world while savoring this unputdownable story from first page to last.
Percy Jackson meets Indiana Jones in master storyteller and 39 Clues author Peter Lerangis’s epic Seven Wonders series.
The Colossus Rises is the first installment of the bestselling five-book series chronicling the story of Jack McKinley, an ordinary kid with an extraordinary problem. In a few months, he’s going to die—unless he finds seven magic Loculi that have been hidden in the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Can Jack and his new friends solve the puzzles of the ancient world before their time runs out?
A Lost Continent: Jack discovers he’s a descendant of an ancient civilization, giving him extraordinary abilities—and a fatal genetic flaw.The Seven Wonders: A globe-trotting quest to find seven magical artifacts hidden within the greatest monuments of the ancient world, from the Colossus of Rhodes to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.A Race Against Time: With a deadly clock ticking, Jack, Marco, Aly, and Cass must master their powers and work together to survive.Mythical Beasts: From fearsome griffins to the vicious vromaski, ancient dangers guard the secrets Jack and his friends must uncover.Puzzles and Secrets: Perfect for fans of Percy Jackson and The 39 Clues, this series is filled with history, mystery, and non-stop action.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this action-packed first novel in the Seven Wonders series, Jack McKinley, an imaginative kid with a penchant for Rube Goldberg style devices, is kidnapped and brought to a mysterious island. There he learns that he and three other 13-year-olds carry a rare, often fatal gene; if they survive, the gene will confer superpowers on them and mark them as distantly descended from Atlantis. That ancient kingdom, they discover, was destroyed when its rulers misused the enormous power they wielded. Jack and his new friends have been recruited to rediscover the lost repositories of that power, which are connected to the wonders of the ancient world, such as the Colossus of Rhodes and the Lighthouse of Alexandria. Their survival, though, is far from guaranteed. Lerangis, contributor to the 39 Clues series, has created a real page-turner, and while the characters are somewhat one-dimensional (particularly the adults), there's a genuine sense of mystery and even a touch of grandeur to this tale. Lerangis aims squarely at the legions of Percy Jackson fans and hits his target. Ages 8 12.
Customer Reviews
OMG AWSOME
Oh my word this book was out of this world epic! What more can you get from this author. The 2nd book will be even more out of this world epic! So what's up your sleeve next??
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The ending
It was a great book and I really loved it but I gave 1 star because the ending of the last book was really unsatisfactory. So if you intend to read just this one then absolutely get it, but if you want the whole series don't it's really unsatisfactory.