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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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 🫶🏻
This is just the beginning. You find yourself increasingly caring about the characters. I did't care for Grover's character, however. He is a loyal friend, through out but he gets nervous and faints a lot. The plot reads like a "who's done it" in the Greek Mythological realm. Lots of treachery but people you really like, too.
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