Since everyone seemed to be going crazy over this book, I decided to read it for myself. This was an awesome book! Rick Riordan has an amazing way of gently bringing you into the book and showing the confusion that Percy feels as everything seems to be crashing down around him. This is a book that I will definitely re-read.
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)
By Rick Riordan
Book 1 of 5 in the
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 5 - 8 | Grades 3 - 8 | W | 4.7 | 87223 |
Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school... again. No matter how hard he tries, he can't seem to stay out of trouble. But can he really be expected to stand by and watch while a bully picks on his scrawny best friend? Or not defend himself against his pre-algebra teacher when she turns into a monster and tries to kill him? Of course, no one believes Percy about the monster incident; he's not even sure he believes himself. Until the Minotaur chases him to summer camp. Suddenly, mythical creatures seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. The gods of Mount Olympus, he's coming to realize, are very much alive in the twenty-first century. And worse, he's angered a few of them: Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Now Percy has just ten days to find and return Zeus's stolen property, and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. On a daring road trip from their summer camp in New York to the gates of the Underworld in Los Angeles, Percy and his friends -- one a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of Athena -- will face a host of enemies determined to stop them. To succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with the father who abandoned him; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of failure and betrayal by a friend; and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves.
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
ISBN-13: 9780786838653
ISBN-10: 0786838655
Published on 3/21/2006
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 416
Book Reviews (1486)
This book is pretty good. It has a lot of cliffhangers and tense moments, but not a lot of happy parts. I would recommend this for older children, because younger children might get scared whild reading this.
Read the whole series. This is the BEST!
This book is an action-packed adventure! I highly recommend it. I loved the Greek mythology aspect, and I could relate to the characters. The main character, Percy Jackson, was supposed to be just a kid who suffers from ADHD and dyslexia, but suddenly monsters were trying to kill him because he was a son of an Olympus God. He then goes on a suspenseful adventure with his friends.
This book is an action-packed adventure! I highly recommend it. I loved the Greek mythology aspect, and I could relate to the characters. The main character, Percy Jackson, was supposed to be just a kid who suffers from ADHD and dyslexia, but suddenly monsters were trying to kill him because he was a son of an Olympus God. He then goes on a suspenseful adventure with his friends.
Great book for fans of Greek mythology. I didn't put it down until it was finished. It was a hilarious take on a more modern version of old myths. Great start to a awsome series.
I love all of Rick Riordan's books, but Percy Jackson will always be my favorite because of how real it feels. This is one of the books where you are pulled in to the story and have to keep reading.
I loved this book because it gives a modern perspective on the Greek myths and makes them relevant to me and my friends.
I love Rick Riordan's books. I love the Percy Jackson book series. My favorite part of the book is when Percy fights his evil teacher.
In this book percy jackson finds out he is a demigod with ad-hd so that is why he gets kicked out of schools frequently. Percy has to go on a quest to find a thunderbolt that Poseidon his father got blamed for taking.With the help of Annebeth and grover percy succeeds.