Point of View

The novel is told in the first-person perspective through the eyes of Percy. This gives the author room to explore Percy’s personal feelings while leaning on his natural sarcasm and joking nature to ease some of the novel’s tension. This is extremely important when considering that novel was written for and marketed to middle-grade readers. Not only are they able to connect with Percy on a more personal level, but they are able to process the more serious themes alongside him because of that closeness. One example of this are Percy’s thoughts on growing up. On one hand, the reader sees that he is genuinely excited about becoming an adult. When Hebe asks if he wants to stay young forever, Percy thinks, “Honestly, I’d spent most of my life wishing I could be older, so I could get to college, get...