{"product_id":"the-oddlympics-9780062839572","title":"The Oddlympics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiary of a Wimpy Kid meets Percy Jackson in Odd Gods, the critically acclaimed and hilarious illustrated middle grade series about the oddest Greek gods you've never heard about before. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOddonis and his misfit friends don't exactly love competition and they aren't exactly athletes. So they're definitely NOT excited when their middle school gets challenged to a sports competition by the Roman middle school on the other side of Mount Olympus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt's bad enough that the Greek Odds have to compete against their Roman twins, but when Zeus and his Roman counterpart, Jupiter, get a little too involved, the Greek and Roman kids end up in a competition over who gets to run the WHOLE mountain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill the Greek Gods and Odds find a way to work together to defeat the Romans, or will they have to leave their hilltop home...forever?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGet ready to overcome the odds in the third hilarious book about the Odd Gods from author David Slavin, filled with dozens of black-and-white illustrations by award-winning artist Adam Lane.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLane, Adam J. B.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdam J.B. Lane\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in London and grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He studied, in the loosest sense of that word, at Harvard University and the California Institute of the Arts. He has labored for the Walt Disney Company, seen his animation appear on MTV, and authored two previous picture books for children, \u003cem\u003eMonsters Party All Night Long\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eStop Thief!\u003c\/em\u003e In his spare time he draws comics for \u003cem\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlavin, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Slavin\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the popular illustrated middle-grade novels \u003cem\u003eOdd Gods\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOdd Gods: The Oddyssey\u003c\/em\u003e. The third book in the series, \u003cem\u003eOdd Gods: The Oddlympics\u003c\/em\u003e, is coming in Fall 2020.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525381984530,"sku":"9780062839572","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_17068b76-c5ed-42b8-9760-ecf3e3db29da.jpg?v=1731216326","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-oddlympics-9780062839572","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}