: Although the new camp director, Tantalus, officially assigns the quest to Clarisse La Rue, Percy, Annabeth, and Tyson secretly set out to retrieve the Golden Fleece , the only item powerful enough to heal Thalia's tree. Critical Reception and Themes

: Percy receives empathy-link dreams showing Grover trapped by the cyclops Polyphemus on an island in the Sea of Monsters.

Review: The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2)