The Lightning Thief

rick riordan

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Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse - Percy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him. When Percy's mom finds out, she knows it's time that he knew the truth about where he came from, and that he go to the one place he'll be safe. She sends Percy to Camp Half Blood, a summer camp for demigods (on Long Island), where he learns that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea. Soon a mystery unfolds and together with his friends—one a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of Athena - Percy sets out on a quest across the United States to reach the gates of the Underworld (located in a recording studio in Hollywood) and prevent a catastrophic war between the gods.

Genres fantasyyoung adultmythologyfictionmiddle gradeadventuregreek mythologychildrensaudiobookurban fantasy

377 pages, Paperback

First published July 28,2005

Series

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Literary awards

young readers choice award, books i loved best yearly (bilby) awards, south carolina book award, grand canyon reader award, nene award, massachusetts childrens book award, pennsylvania young readers choice award, rhode island teen book award, sunshine state young readers award, pacific northwest library association young readers choice award, iowa teen award, lincoln award, oklahoma sequoyah book award, rebecca caudill young readers book award, maud hart lovelace award,

Places

new york city new york, montauk new york, new jersey, st. louis missouri, las vegas nevada, long island new york, los angeles california, santa monica california, denver colorado,

This edition

Format: 377 pages, Paperback
Published: March 1, 2006 by Disney Hyperion Books
ISBN: 9780786838653
ASIN: 0786838655
Language: English

Characters More characters

Annabeth Chase

Annabeth Chase is one of the main protagonists in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians and The Heroes of Olympus series. She is a Greek demigod daughter of Athena and Frederick Chase, she is also the head counselor of Athenas Cabin at Camp Half-Blood...
Grover Underwood

A satyr.One of the best friends of Percy Jackson....
Luke Castellan

Son of Hermes. **spoiler alert**He was the main force that brought Kronos back from Tartarus to life, and in the last chapters of the Last Olympian, dies a heros death, sending Kronos back to Tartarus. more...
Zeus (greek Mythology)

Zeus is the "Father of Gods and men" who rules the Olympians of Mount Olympus as a father rules the family according to the ancient Greek religion. He is the god of sky and thunder in Greek mythology. Zeus is etymologically cognate with and, under Helleni...
Dionysus (mythology)

Dionysus was the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness and ecstasy in Greek mythology. He is a god of epiphany, "the god that comes," and his "foreignness" as an arriving outsider-god may be inherent and essential to his cults. ...
Ares (god)

Ares (Greek: Ἄρης), was the Greek god of war. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. In Greek literature, he often represents the physical or violent and untamed aspect of war, in contrast to the armored Athena, whose functions a...