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The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)
The #1 New York Times Bestseller | Now a series on Disney+
12-year-old Percy Jackson discovers he is the son of Poseidon in the opener to the hilarious, fast-paced adventure fantasy series for young readers ages 10 and up
The paperback edition of the first book in Rick Riordan’s thrilling series, filled with magic, mythology, and plenty of monsters
Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school again—he can't seem to stay out of trouble. Is he supposed to stand by while a bully picks on his scrawny best friend? Or not defend himself when his teacher turns into a monster and tries to kill him?
Mythical creatures seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. What’s worse, he's angered a few of them: Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect.
Percy and his friends Grover the satyr, and Annabeth, the demigod daughter of Athena, must find and return Zeus's stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. They travel cross country to the gates of the Underworld in Los Angeles, facing a host of enemies determined to stop them.
With millions of copies and over 10 years spent on the New York Times bestseller list, Percy has also become a movie, a Broadway musical, and now a Disney+ series. He continues to find fans in classrooms and libraries across the world.
12-year-old Percy Jackson discovers he is the son of Poseidon in the opener to the hilarious, fast-paced adventure fantasy series for young readers ages 10 and up
The paperback edition of the first book in Rick Riordan’s thrilling series, filled with magic, mythology, and plenty of monsters
Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school again—he can't seem to stay out of trouble. Is he supposed to stand by while a bully picks on his scrawny best friend? Or not defend himself when his teacher turns into a monster and tries to kill him?
Mythical creatures seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. What’s worse, he's angered a few of them: Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect.
Percy and his friends Grover the satyr, and Annabeth, the demigod daughter of Athena, must find and return Zeus's stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. They travel cross country to the gates of the Underworld in Los Angeles, facing a host of enemies determined to stop them.
With millions of copies and over 10 years spent on the New York Times bestseller list, Percy has also become a movie, a Broadway musical, and now a Disney+ series. He continues to find fans in classrooms and libraries across the world.
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It is so cute! Recommend this book 100% It is a mixture of sweet and adventure moments and is overall amazing!!
Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse - Percy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him. When Percy's mom finds out, she knows it's time that he knew the truth about where he came from and that he go to the one place he'll be safe. She sends Percy to Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for demigods (on Long Island), where he learns that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea.
This book is so interesting to read:D Percy's life changes dramatically after a school field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Here, students admire ancient Greek and Roman art and share knowledge of the Greek gods. Previous field trips did not indicate well for Percy after mysterious accidents occurred. Percy is embarrassed and hurt that his favorite teacher thinks that he's a stupid weirdo, or at least that's how he interprets the idea of being not "normal." Percy leaves Yancy for good, and he and Grover take a Greyhound bus back to New York City. On the bus, Grover is acting weird, looking nervously all around him. Gabe is having a poker party with his buddies, and he demands that Percy cough up any money that he has on him. Percy tries to keep cool, even giving Gabe the leftover money from his cab fare. Percy's mom comes home, and suddenly everything is OK again. After a huge struggle, Percy pulls one of the horns of the monster's head and falls backward off of the monster. His head hits a rock. He tries to remember the battle with the bull-man, which he now calls the Minotaur. Grover apologizes to Percy for not being able to save Sally and for his failure in the role of a keeper. Percy does not blame Grover though and the two leave the farmhouse and enter into the main part of Camp Half-Blood.
This book is so interesting to read:D Percy's life changes dramatically after a school field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Here, students admire ancient Greek and Roman art and share knowledge of the Greek gods. Previous field trips did not indicate well for Percy after mysterious accidents occurred. Percy is embarrassed and hurt that his favorite teacher thinks that he's a stupid weirdo, or at least that's how he interprets the idea of being not "normal." Percy leaves Yancy for good, and he and Grover take a Greyhound bus back to New York City. On the bus, Grover is acting weird, looking nervously all around him. Gabe is having a poker party with his buddies, and he demands that Percy cough up any money that he has on him. Percy tries to keep cool, even giving Gabe the leftover money from his cab fare. Percy's mom comes home, and suddenly everything is OK again. After a huge struggle, Percy pulls one of the horns of the monster's head and falls backward off of the monster. His head hits a rock. He tries to remember the battle with the bull-man, which he now calls the Minotaur. Grover apologizes to Percy for not being able to save Sally and for his failure in the role of a keeper. Percy does not blame Grover though and the two leave the farmhouse and enter into the main part of Camp Half-Blood.
This was a grand welcome in to fantasy for me, for the others I touched in with weren't above a three star rating for me and this one really stood out to me.
This book we follow the rookie, Percy Jackson while he takes on an entirely new world that he came to adapt to pretty quickly. Where he is assigned someone to protect him, a satyr, Grover Underwood, and another partner to fight off the monsters, Annabeth Chase. As they all take on the gods and their alliances together to retrieve what was stolen, we see them grow closer together and Percy take on some battles of his own to grow in to his true form, being a half-blood and Poseidon's son after all. Loved this!
This book we follow the rookie, Percy Jackson while he takes on an entirely new world that he came to adapt to pretty quickly. Where he is assigned someone to protect him, a satyr, Grover Underwood, and another partner to fight off the monsters, Annabeth Chase. As they all take on the gods and their alliances together to retrieve what was stolen, we see them grow closer together and Percy take on some battles of his own to grow in to his true form, being a half-blood and Poseidon's son after all. Loved this!
reading this book always brings back so many memories because it was such a huge part of my early teen years. this series will always have a place in my heart i love it so much 🫶🏻
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