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The Crown of Ptolemy by Rick Riordan
3.0
adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

The concluding story to this little crossover series, and it's much the same as the other two: a fun (often funny) and fast-paced romp that mashes up Greek and Egyptian mythology. I particularly like the reappearance of the doomed attack camel, which falls on enemies from a height and farts at them. There's just something so ungainly about camels, which is likely a very unfair assessment, but even so. The image of a bewildered camel, collapsed on top of a person, entertains me every time. 

You would think that I'd have a greater reaction to the rest of the story than I do to the tiny portion of it with the camel, but I really don't. I find the camel hilarious.