The Lightning Thief

A Children or Middle Grade Book by Rick Riordan

Book 1 of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series

Subgenres:

Adventure Fantasy,
Mythology Retelling

Published 2005

Length 396 pages

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This book is for you if you're into...

Greek mythology crashing into modern life with monsters and magic
Kids who never quite fit in finding out they're heroes
Fast-paced quests with snarky humor and wild twists

Publisher Description

A #1 New York Times Bestseller. 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 eBook edition of the first book in Rick Riordan's thrilling series is 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.

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