This book taught me a lot about the Greek gods!
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)
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This series is the perfect mix of modern and myth with taking some of your favorite greek characters and bringing them to life with memorable personalities. Anything written by this author is worth checking out and this series defiantly won't disappoint any excitable readers. If your into a kind of magic mixed with modern than take a look at this series, its also hilarious, so of the jokes are funny and the rest are really funny. Its a story I can't wait to read again and again.
I loved the Lightning Thief! This book started out when Percy Jackson, in middle school accidentally vaporized his math teacher with a ball point pen that turns into a sword from his history teacher Mr. Brunner. He and his friend Grover finally get to summer break where they part ways but when Grover shows up at Percy's beach house, things start to get weird. They rush to a camp called Camp Half Blood where they are chased by an ancient Greek monster known as the Minotaur. When they arrive at camp, Percy's mom is taken by the Minotaur to the underworld. Percy finds himself at a camp with people just like him and all of there parents are Greek gods, well, one parent is mortal, one is Greek god. These kids are called Half Bloods or Demigods. Percy is taught to defend himself with his sword which is disguised as a ball point pen. Percy then learns of a problem that could result in world war 3 if not solved. Zeus's master lightning bolt has gone missing and Percy's father is being blamed. Percy goes on an adventure with some other demigods to find the lightning bolt and return it to Zeus. Can Percy save his mother, return Zeus's lightning bolt and prevent havoc between all of the Greek gods? Read this book to learn more about Percy, his Demigod friends, his father, if he can save his mother and Greek mythology all in a great series! I recommend this book and the series to 3rd through 8th graders depending on your reading level. Go on an adventure in a book you will not want to put down!
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