The Lightning Thief

rick riordan

After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.

Genres fantasyyoung adultmythologyfictionmiddle gradeadventuregreek mythologychildrensaudiobookurban fantasy

483 pages, Hardcover

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: 483 pages, Hardcover
Published: January 6, 2006 by Thorndike Press Large Print
ISBN: 9780786282258
ASIN: 0786282258
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...