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The Hidden Oracle
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Overview
The Hidden Oracle (2016) is the first installment in Rick Riordan’s The Trials of Apollo, a five-book fantasy series for young readers. Inspired by Greek and Roman mythology and history, the books follow the fallen god Apollo on a quest to rescue the five Oracles from a group of foes. The Trials of Apollo series takes place in the same universe as Riordan’s popular Percy Jackson oeuvre. Praised for its humor, The Hidden Oracle earned places on the New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists shortly after its release. The book also won the 2016 Goodreads Choice Award for Middle Grade and Children's Fiction. Before becoming a full-time writer, Riordan taught Greek mythology at the middle-school level for several years. Riordan’s writing often places elements from various mythologies in a contemporary context. This guide follows the 2017 Hyperion Paperbacks edition.
Plot Summary
The story opens with the book’s first-person narrator and protagonist Apollo, the Olympian God of the sun, prophecies, archery, music, and healing, falling into a garbage dump in an alley in Manhattan, New York. Apollo has been cast out of heaven by his father, Zeus, who blames Apollo for helping facilitate a war between Greek and Roman demigods, the powerful offspring of Gods and mortals.
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