We have a three-in-one post today, from Demigods and Monsters contributor Elizabeth Wein and kids, 12-year-old daughter Sara and 9-year-old son. They all share their thoughts on the recently released film, The Lightning Thief.

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From Elizabeth Wein

My daughter Sara, age 12, is a HUGE Percy Jackson fan. She was 10 when she discovered the books, and we fought over them while I was writing my essay for Demigods and Monsters. She’s now lost count of how many times she’s read The Lightning Thief but she reckons it’s about 10, and she can actually recite the chapter titles without looking. She’s also in the middle of reading Demigods and Monsters (I did ask her to mention the book in this essay but …

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By Charlie W. Starr

Here’s what we know: there are at least two major references to C. S. Lewis in the TV show, Lost. One is a character named Charlotte Staples Lewis (the “C. S.” in Lewis’s name stands for “Clive Staples”). The other is a secret Dharma Initiative lab in California nicknamed the “Lamp Post.” So we know someone on the Lost writing staff or one of its producers is a Lewis fan. Here’s what I can’t prove: that the latest twist in the new season of Lost may be influenced by Lewis as well.

The final season of Lost opened on January 2^nd, 2010 with a new surprise. At the end of season five, our heroes—stuck in time in 1977—tried …

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