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The Lightning Thief is a fantasy novel by Rick Riordan about Percy Jackson, a demigod son of Poseidon, who goes on a quest to find Zeus's stolen lightning bolt. The book is the first in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series and has been adapted into a film and a Disney+ series.
The first book in the bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, The Lightning Thief follows Percy's quest to find Zeus' master bolt. Along the way, he meets mythological creatures, faces enemies, and learns about his father and his destiny.
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Field Trip
Percy Jackson is a twelve-year-old boy diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia, and he has been expelled from every school he has ever attended. While he is in sixth grade on a field trip, a classmate of his, Nancy Bobofit, bullies his best friend Grover Underwood. Percy is outraged, and suddenly, water from a nearby fountain drenches Nancy in a very unnatural way but the Mist makes it look like Percy pushed her. Their pre-algebra teacher, Mrs. Dodds, takes Percy for a private talk, presumably to sc...
Camp Half-Blood
Percy weaves in and out of consciousness, and when he is conscious, he sees the girl he had seen before tending to him. When he comes to for good, Grover gives him back the Minotaur horn and takes him to the man he had seen earlier. He finds out that the man is Mr. Brunner and is told that everything he had learned in Greek mythology is true. He is introduced to Mr. D, who is really the god Dionysus, and Mr. Brunner reveals himself to be the centaur Chiron. Chiron hands him over to the girl w...
Starting the Quest
After Percy, Annabeth, and Grover are driven into town, they take a bus into New Jersey. When they get on the bus, three old ladies get on with them. Percy recognizes one of them as Mrs. Dodds. The Furies, as they are called, attack and they fight before they escape to Aunty Em's Garden Gnome Emporium. After they are served food, Aunty Em wants to take a picture of them to use as models for her statues. However, she tries to turn them to stone instead of using them as models because she is re...
I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra TeacherThree Old Ladies Knit the Socks of DeathGrover Unexpectedly Loses his PantsMy Mother Teaches Me BullfightingCampers
1. Percy Jackson – The main character and a son of Poseidon. 2. Annabeth Chase – A friend of Percy's and a daughter of Athena. 3. Grover Underwood – A satyrand a friend of Percy's, and is also Percy's protector. 4. Clarisse La Rue – A daughter of Aresand the leader of her cabin. She holds a grudge against Percy for how he embarrassed her and her father. 5. Luke Castellan – A son of Hermesand a traitor when he turns on Percy at the end.
Mortals
1. Nancy Bobofit – One of the bullies at Yancy Academyand greatly disliked by Percy. 2. Gabe Ugliano– Sally's husband whom she married to cover up Percy's half-blood scent with his stench. 3. Sally Jackson – Percy's mother. Percy said that she can see through the Mist better than him, as she is a clear sightedmortal. She married Gabe Ugliano, who's character is certainly disliked by Percy.
Immortals
1. Chiron – A centaur and the activities director of camp. He is (or was) called Mr. Brunner as an alias. He was one of Percy's teachers at Yancy. His father is Kronos. 2. Fates- the three divine personifications of destiny. They control the metaphorical thread of life for every living thing from birth to death. 3. Argus – the security guard for Camp Half-Blood. He has blue eyes all over his body, and usually when heroes need to go on quests, he would drive them in the white van to a certain...
The Minotaur - killed by Percy Jackson at Half-Blood HillHellhound - shot by ChironThe Lightning Thief has been released in a deluxe edition version. The edition contains eight full-color plates by John Rocco, and comes with an elegant slipcase with a ribbon bookmark, rough edges, and a cloth cover.
Bluebonnet Award Nominee (Texas Library Association)Askews Torchlight Award (UK)Best of the Best Book List (Chicago Public Library)The book was originally titled The Son of the Sea God, but it was changed after feedback from Rick Riordan’s students stated it spoiled who Percy’s father was.The titular "lightning thief" appears to refer to Percy, then Ares, but actually refers to Luke.In this book, Percy refers to other gods, or other gods refer to him by family names. Hades was repeatedly called Uncle by Percy, Poseidon refers to Zeus as Percy's uncle, and Ares calls Percy his...I Kiss Something Ugly is one of the deleted chapters in The Lightning Thief. It was later presented on Rick Riordan's Facebook.The Lightning Thief is the first book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan. It follows Percy, a demigod son of Poseidon, as he embarks on a quest to return the stolen lightning bolt of Zeus and save his mother from the Underworld.
Jul 28, 2005 · Percy Jackson is a demigod of Poseidon who goes on a quest to the Underworld to stop a war between the gods. Read ratings, reviews, and quotes from the first book of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.
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Apr 1, 2006 · 12-year-old Percy Jackson discovers he is the son of Poseidon in the opener to the hilarious, fast-paced adventure fantasy series for young readers ages 10 and up. The paperback edition of the first book in Rick Riordan’s thrilling series, filled with magic, mythology, and plenty of monsters.
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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief: Directed by Chris Columbus. With Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Abel. A teenager discovers he's the descendant of a Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle between the gods.
Percy Jackson is a demigod son of Poseidon who must find the stolen master bolt of Zeus and stop the Titan Kronos. Join him and his friends on a thrilling adventure across the US and the underworld in this first book of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.
