The Lost Hero
The Lost Hero is a 2010 mythic fiction and adventure fiction novel by Rick Riordan. The story is set in Detroit and Canada, in Modern Times. Characters include Annabeth Chase, Jason Grace and Piper McLean. Key subjects include kids, teens, Children and Greek Mythology.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.4 out of 5 from 174 ratings, and 1,874 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 53 editions across 13 languages. It appeared on the New York Times Paperback Books bestseller list in 2012.
It runs to roughly 556 pages — 10–11 hours of reading at an average pace.
About The Lost Hero
Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently she’s his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they’re all students in the Wilderness School, a boarding school for “bad kids.” What he did to end up here, Jason has no idea―except that everything seems very wrong. Piper has a secret. Her father has been missing for three days, and her vivid nightmares reveal that he’s in terrible danger. Now her boyfriend doesn’t recognize her, and when a freak storm and strange creatures attack during a school field trip, she, Jason, and Leo are whisked away to someplace called Camp Half-Blood. What is going on? Leo has a way with tools. His new cabin at Camp Half-Blood is filled with them. Seriously, the place beats Wilderness School hands down, with its weapons training, monsters, and fine-looking girls. What’s troubling is the curse everyone keeps talking about, and that a camper’s gone missing. Weirdest of all, his bunkmates insist they are all―including Leo―related to a god.
Awards & lists
- 📰New York Times bestseller list — Paperback Books, 2012
Quick answers
Who wrote The Lost Hero?
The Lost Hero was written by Rick Riordan and first published in 2010.
What genre is The Lost Hero?
It is usually shelved as Myth & Legend Fiction and Adventure.
How long is The Lost Hero?
The median edition has 556 pages, about 10–11 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to The Lost Hero?
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