Name: The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)
Rating: 4.74 (1156 reviews)
Author: Rick Riordan
ISBN: 9780786838653

The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)

By Rick Riordan

1156 ratings 1553 reviews 1769 followers

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)

swirlycool

9 years ago

This book is great! It's about a twelve year old named Percy Jackson who gets kicked out of all the schools he attends. But something really strange happens on a field trip. He was getting mad at Nancy Bobofit, a bully who keeps picking on Percy and his best friend Grover. He was approaching her but Grover held him back, saying he wouldn't want to get in trouble again on this field trip with his favorite and only favorite teacher, Mr. Brunner. So Percy didn't do anything, but a huge wave coming from the fountain where Nancy was sitting hit her, and she was soaked. She automatically pointed at Percy and said that he did it when he didn't. Then, Percy's least favorite teacher Mrs. Dodds tells him to follow her. She tells him that he was being trouble again, and Percy decided not to argue or things could get nasty. So he just said yes to her. But then she tells him to follow her into the museum. She tells him to go in front of him. When Percy is inside the museum, he turns around and doesn't see Mrs. Dodds. But then he hears a voice in front of him and Mrs. Dodds is at the end of the hall. Percy wonders how she got there so fast. But then Mrs. Dodds tells him to go to another room in the museum, and she'll be there. But as soon as he goes there, Mrs. Dodds is on the window. Percy definitely knows something is going on. Then Mrs. Dodds asks Percy where it is. Percy doesn't know what ''it'' is, so he tells her he doesn't know what she's talking about, and Mrs. Dodds attacks him. I loved this book! I recommend it to adventure lovers, and if you want to learn about Greek mythology. This book is a very good way to learn about Greek mythology, and you're also reading a good fiction book while learning some facts! I highly recommend it.