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The Lightning Thief

Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1

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The Lightning Thief

By: Rick Riordan
Narrated by: Jesse Bernstein
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Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school . . . again. No matter how hard he tries, he can't seem to stay out of trouble. But can he really be expected to stand by and watch while a bully picks on his scrawny best friend? Or not defend himself against his pre-algebra teacher when she turns into a monster and tries to kill him? Of course, no one believes Percy about the monster incident; he's not even sure he believes himself.

Until the Minotaur chases him to summer camp.

Suddenly, mythical creatures seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. The gods of Mount Olympus, he's coming to realize, are very much alive in the twenty-first century. 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 has just ten days to find and return Zeus's stolen property, and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. On a daring road trip from their summer camp in New York to the gates of the Underworld in Los Angeles, Percy and his friends–one a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of Athena–will face a host of enemies determined to stop them. 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 failure and betrayal by a friend; and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves.

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The book is great. If someone asked me who the 12 great Greek gods were before, I would have said "the what"? The reader is also great he is supposed to sound like a teenager with out a clue. THAT'S THE POINT. And could we PLEASE get over the stupid HP guy.

HP is over and JK is only in this for the money. Be honest, a two part ending. MONEY MONEY

Please read the book I have read it at least 5 times, and have enjoyed it every time.

The movie was a disappointment

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A wonderful mix of Greek mythology and ?Harry Potter?. My eleven year old son liked the book so much that he got me to read it and neither of us could put it down. A must read for kids and adults.

Wonderful!

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Far better than the movie! My daughter and I loved it! I will be getting the second one as well!

Loved it!

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I never understood what all the Percy Jackson whispering was about. Now I know: exciting funny riveting! On to the next book...

Brilliant!

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I loved the book reading back in school
and now listening to it brings back memories

loved the book

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