50 below zero

Robert Munsch knows children. If you’ve been lucky enough to witness one of his readings, the kids alternate between rapt, open-mouthed concentration, and falling sideways on the floor laughing.

Munsch has been writing children’s books since 1979, often with very progressive, open-minded stories to not only delight children, but teach them self-esteem and character, and help them find their place in the world. Titles like The Paper Bag Princess, Andrew’s Loose Tooth , and Love You Forever are among his best known, but Munsch has published upwards of 40 kids’ books thus far in his career.

His 10th book, 50 Below Zero, tells the story of a creative little boy named Jason, who must employ imaginative solutions to stop his father from sleepwalking.

AbeBooks has a copy of 50 Below Zero signed by Munsch on the title page for one lucky winner.

Perseus "Percy" Jackson is a fictional character, the title character and narrator of Rick Riordan's^[1] Percy Jackson & the Olympiansseries and a protagonist in the sequel series The Heroes of Olympus, which are part of the Camp Half-Blood chronicles.

Percy is the son of Poseidon, called Neptune in The Heroes of Olympus. He begins in The Lightning Thief as a troubled twelve-year-old boy with dyslexia and ADHD. When his class takes a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, one of his teachers turns into a Fury and attacks him. His friend Grover then reveals himself to be a satyr and takes Percy to Camp Half-Blood, a place where demigods can train. Percy then learns that he, being a child of Poseidon, is mentioned in the Great Prophecy given by the Oracle. With the help of the other demigods at Camp Half-Blood, Percy defeats the forces of Kronos and saves the camp.

In The Heroes of Olympus, Percy begins the series missing, with Annabeth Chase and his other friends searching for him. He returns withamnesia in The Son of Neptune, where he comes across Camp Jupiter, a camp for the children of the Roman gods. Mars tells him to go with other demigods to Alaska and free the god of death, Thanatos. He regains his memory, and he and Annabeth travel through Tartarus in an attempt to defeat Gaia's forces and close the Doors of Death.