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i seriously loooooooooooove this book. i was addicted to the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.i am already reading The Lost Hero!!!!!!
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)
i just finished reading the book the lightning theif.read the book sometimes really cool.did you now that i really love cookies
The movie didn't impress me though. It didn't really stay true to the book. -_-' The main characters were like 16 in the movie when they were, like, 12 in the first book. o_O
Greek mythology and a bit of humor are blended to make a wonderful tale that anyone interested in a humorous story or like the tales of ancient Greece.
I read the whole series and I'm literally in love with greek mythology and the percy jackson books. I'm already starting to read the Cane chronicles and the lost hero of olympus series! <3 <3
After reading this book I was so into mythology which i never thought would have happen but you know what it did!!!! :)
aw the movie along with the book but I thought the book was better, I love this book soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much, I really want to read the other books but I need to issue it from a library.
for some reason this book was better than the others of the series. If you like Greek mythology, i would encourage you to read this book. Rick Riordan is a very talented author and it would be like a dream come true to meet him. His stories have inspired me and at school instead of having free time i would study and write about Greek mythology. Sometimes i wold even write a book report about Rick's amazing thought, imagination and wit!
Great Book! I read the whole series and it was the best series I ever read!! You should read it!! I learnt a lot aboust greek mythology and rick Riordan is agreat athour!!
it is interesting to read this book because there is so much detail in it and because there are so many mythical creatures.