I can't even put into words how much this book means to me. I don't even remember how long ago I read it, but I read it with the old cover, the one with the white background and monsters and stuff. I was just a little girl, minding my own business, when this amazingly awesome book sneaks up on me, all, "Read me, read me!" What was I supposed to do? I read it. It took me away from my own crazy-yet-somehow-still-boring-type life, and let me explore Percy's let's-try-really-hard-not-to-killed-by-monsters-type life. Read this book, you'll love it, I promise. But if you're a demigod . . . be warned.
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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i love the percy jackson series but i havent read the battle of the labrynth and the last olympian but i am getting all the series
The book is awesome and cool.I love Percy.
I LOVE Percy!!!!!!!!!! The books are amazing, and Annabeth is just like me!!!!!
This book is awesome
You share the name "Jason" with one of the later characters in the book.
Percy is a demigod with a scent that smells like butter bread, very tasty to monsters. His mother (Sally Jackson) marries a man named Gabe Ugliano, (who smells like a sewer mixed with rotten fish and eggs plus other very disgusting things that are unspeakable) to attempt to cover up Percy's delicious scent. He meets Annabeth (Athena's/Minerva's daughter) and Grover (a satyr/faun depending if you're Roman or Greek) along the way. This series is very exciting and lovable and as great as godly gods.
Soooo detailed!
this book was good to read and my teacher read it to us but it was good
Well, I really enjoyed it. It was good enough to make me want to read the series, but not the best one. I believe it was good for inspiration, and other stuff. It inspired me to have my name be Owllover326!! Reviewer of Fantasy and Such~ owllover326
Very good series. Love the chapter titles.
This is one of my favorite books by one of my favorite author you should read this book and the others