The Lightning Thief

, #1

Paperback, 392 pages

English language

Published March 31, 2006 by Miramax.

ISBN:
978-0-7868-3865-3
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Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.

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An Enjoyable Adventure with Greek Mythology

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Twelve-year-old Perseus "Percy" Jackson knew he was different from other kids. For most of his life, he had struggled in school. His ADHD and dyslexia made it impossible for him to learn anything. One day, his boarding school decided to take a tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This was meant to be an ordinary field trip filled with boring droning over history but an incident with a fellow student draws the attention of a teacher named Mrs. Dodds. The woman changes and charges after Percy only to have him defeated.

Percy knows that something is going on and his concerns are addressed when he hears Grover and Mr. Brunner discussing him. Even more, he sees three old ladies knitting while on his way home. Then, a trip with his mother takes a turn for the worst placing Percy on the doorsteps of a camp for children like he …

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Subjects

  • Legends, Myths, & Fables - Greek & Roman
  • General
  • Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
  • Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
  • Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)
  • Mythology, Greek
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Juvenile Fiction / General
  • Children's All Ages
  • Action & Adventure - General
  • Camps
  • Fiction