The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)

The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)

By Rick Riordan

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Grades 5 - 8Grades 3 - 8W4.787223

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

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This book and series was AMAZHANG. So funny, but so action-packed too! This book and the series really killed me, I was always reading and on the edge of my seat. If you feel like dying constantly from all of its feels, then I totally recommend.

This is a really good book it has lots of action and exiting parts.

This is a very good book. Watch out because once you read the first book you might end up reading the whole series in 1 month! Well, that happened to me and I am quite happy that I read the book. Rick Riordan really did a terrific job!

Haven't finished it yet, but so far it's awesome!!!

i think that it is a really good book for middle schoolers like me and that i am going to read the hole searies

my favorite book of all time

Very, very interacting, and AWESOME!!!!!!!! I loved reading this book soooooo much. I have enjoyed all of these books through out this series. :)

it was so cool and amazing. best book ever

Percy Jackson thinks he's a kid with bad grades and attitude towards teacher but he's a demigod, son of Poseidon god of Sea .

Wow this so cool, i want to read it!

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