The Lightning Thief
Scaffold example. This entry exists to show the middle case: a book whose world touches real geography (Olympus, the Underworld, Greek myth) without being about a castle.
The short version
[Spoiler-free. Middle-grade reviewed for adults needs an extra sentence: is it worth an adult’s time on its own terms, or only as something to hand to a child.]
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