The Lightning Thief

This book begins Rick Riordan's popular Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. Now that the movie has come out, more and more people want to read these great pieces of literature. The first book in the series is The Lightning Thief. This book was published in 2005 by Hyperion Paperbacks for Children. It portrays twelve year old Perseus (Per-see-us) Jackson, who discovers that he is far more than a kid who gets kicked out of every school he goes to, and far more than the son of nobody, as he is soon to learn.


"Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school......again. And that's the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mt. Olympus seem to be walking straight out of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. 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 and his friends have jut ten days to find and return Zeus's stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mt. Olympus. But 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 betrayal by a friend; and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves."





Taken from the back of The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.





Is this a good book? Yes! When I first read it, five or six months ago, I couldn't wait to read the next one. This book keeps you at the edge of your seat, waiting for the next chapter. The comical chapter titles and the characters sense of humor and black comedy keep you entertained throughout the book. Rick Riordan draws readers into his story of friendship, adventure, drama, and treachery. The way Riordan wrote this book makes you feel as if you are Percy (females and males both!). Rick is a great author and I can't wait to read more of his work.