Imagery In The Lost Hero

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Have you ever had a book paint a picture in your mind? One that you can read constantly, and be able to picture what's happening in that book like it is a movie in your head? The novel, The Lost Hero is able to do this, and is able to send a message with it as well. After first getting the book on Christmas, I put it away and forgot about it until I cleaned my room a couple months later. I saw The Lost Hero and remembered that I had wanted to read it months and months before. I grabbed The Lost Hero and decided to try it, and read a few pages in. A week after I found The Lost Hero, I finished reading it. It was one of the best books I have ever read, because of how the author presented it, and how much imagery there was in it. After reading

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