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Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets Percy Jackson in Odd Gods, the first book in a hilarious illustrated series about the most unlikely, unusual Gods ever to grace the halls of Mount Olympus Middle School.A Summer 2019 Kids Indie Next Pick Oddonis may be the son of Zeus, but he s a little bit odd for a God He s so odd, in fact, he s not sure if he has any powers at all And if that isn t enough, his twin brother Adonis is the most popular, most athletic, and most otherworldly handsome God of them all.Oddonis s future at Mount Olympus Middle isn t looking bright, especially when he makes the last minute decision to run against Adonis to be class president.With the help of his friends Mathena Goddess of math and poultry , Germes God of all things sniffling and snotty , Puneous the smallest God of them all , and Gaseous enough said , Oddonis is determined to win the race, prove that his friends are as good as any Greek God, and maybe, just maybe, find out what his true powers really are.Read the hilarious new adventures of Oddonis and his friends from debut children s authors David Slavin and Daniel Weitzman, filled with dozens of black and white illustrations by award winning artist Adam Lane. Best Read Odd Gods By David Slavin For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Review originally posted on my blog,Nine Pages .I am going to start out by saying that this book I read because work required it rather than because it is anything that I would have chosen The necessity of my reading it to be able to feel adequately prepared to lead a discussion using this book and three others as launch points has colored my reading, and despite the event going fairly well overall, I can t un color my opinion.I read an ARC of this book over two days The ARC was missing Review originally posted on my blog,Nine Pages .I am going to start out by saying that this book I read because work required it rather than because it is anything that I would have chosen The necessity of my reading it to be able to feel adequately prepared to lead a discussion using this book and three others as launch points has colored my reading, and despite the event going fairly well overall, I can t un color my opinion.I read an ARC of this book over two days The ARC was missing a few illustrations, and several of the illustrations I think were unfinished, still having asketchy quality than others in the book.David Sla...3.5 stars This is laid out like a Jedi Academy book with text and illustrations It s a solid middle school sibling rivalry story set in a twisted version of Greek mythology I heard a book seller describe this as Percy Jackson meets Diary of a Wimpy Kid Percy Jackson fans might be disappointed ...This is a pretty cute middle grade novel about Oddonis, twin brother to Greek god Adonis, and his venture into middle school.Funny cute middle grade book.Had me laughing like crazy even though it was for kids.Revenge of the Nerds , Middle Grade Greek StyleIn the original Revenge of the Nerds the oddball underdogs had to prevail over the Greek fraternities and sororities In this version we cut out the middleman, and everyone is Greek right from the outset Kidding aside, this is a charming and very funny school daze, family, friendship, self discovery comedy with a surplus of clever and witty wordplay.We start with two twin boys The premise is that one of the boys, Adonis, is a perfect young go Revenge of the Nerds , Middle Grade Greek StyleIn the original Revenge of the Nerds the oddball underdogs had to prevail over the Greek fraternities and sororities In this version we cut out the middleman, and everyone is Greek right from the outset Kidding aside, this is a charming and very funny school daze, family, friendship, self discovery comedy with a surplus of clever and witty wordplay.We start with two twin boys The premise is that one of the boys, Adonis, is a perfect young god The twin, our hero, is Oddonis, a good hearted but sort of schlubby regular kid The two are starting middle school, and Od...I think the subtitle says it all Misfit Myths From Mount Olympus Middle School Poor Oddinis is Zeus s son, but his father only has eyes for Oddinis twin, Adonis who is everything you would expect in a god, with an ego to match Now both are in middle school and it s clear that the teen gods get all the good stuff, while the misfits get nothing When Adonis runs for class president Oddinis decides to run against him Who will win This is clearly aimed at a boy audience, with plenty of rude I think the subtitle says it all Misfit Myths From Mount Olympus Middle School Poor Oddinis is Zeus s son, but his father only has eyes for Oddinis twin, Adonis who is everything you would expect in a god, with an ego to match Now both are in middle school and it s clear that the teen gods get all the good stuff, while the misfits get nothing When Adonis runs for class president Oddinis decides to run against him Who will win This is clearly aimed at a boy audience, wi...This is a funny book with a great message about embracing who you are in order to find your strengths There are a lot of gross out and fart jokes so be prepared for that type of humor but there are also jokes about the gods and middle school in general My one complaint is there isn t much explanation of who the gods are, their powers, and stories so this is definitely a book for readers who are already familiar with mythology I think its a great book for kids who may be nervous about going to This is a funny book with a great message about embracing who you are in order to find your strengths There are a lot of gross out and fart jokes so be prepared for that type of humor but there are also jokes about the gods and middle school in general My one complaint is there isn t much explanation of who the gods are, their powers, and stories so this is definitely a book for readers who are already familiar with mythology I think its a great book for kids who may be nervous about going t...The overall themes of the book are good, especially thinking about the age of the audience this is geared towards But, for me, the constant adding onis, ena, eous, etc to the end of English words to make Greek sounding names got old and just playing too much on stereotypes But, mayb...Oddonis, the twin of Adonis, is well, odd Through the book the oddball kids become friends and the popular gods harass them When Adonis decides to run for class president, no one wants to oppose him, until Oddonis does Through the process Oddonis learns that Adonis MIGHT ...

Odd Gods
  • 25 October 2018
  • ebook
  • 224 pages
  • 0062839543
  • David Slavin
  • Odd Gods