The lightning thief / Rick Riordan.
By: Riordan, Rick [author.]
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BookSeries: Riordan, Rick, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: book 1.Publisher: London : Puffin, 2005Description: 374 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0141381477 ; 0141381485 ; 9780141329994; 0141329998; 0786838655; 9780786838653; 1415662983; 9781415662984; 9781417732470; 1417732474; 9780756966034; 0756966035; 9780141346809.Subject(s): Identity (Psychology) -- Children's fiction | Mythology, Greek -- Children's fiction | Gods, Greek -- Children's fictionGenre/Form: Fantasy fiction.| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Fiction | Stratford Children's | Children's Fiction | RIO (Browse shelf) | Available | A00792250 |
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<p>The gods of Olympus are alive in the 21st Century. They still fall in love with mortals and have children who might become great heroes, but most of these children meet horrible fates at the hands of monsters by the age of twelve. Only a few learn the truth of their identity and make it to Half Blood Hill, a Long Island summer camp dedicated to training young demigods. Such is the revelation that launches young Percy Jackson on a quest to help his real father, Poseidon, avert a war among the gods. With the help of Grover the satyr and Annabeth the daughter of Athena, Percy must journey across the United States to catch a thief who has stolen the original weapon of mass destruction - Zeus master bolt. Along the way, they face a host of mythological enemies determined to stop them. Most of all, Percy must come to terms with a father he has never known, and an Oracle that has warned him of betrayal by a friend.</p> <p>Follow the author on his blog </p>
I accidentally vaporize my pre-algebra teacher -- Three old ladies knit the socks of death -- Grover unexpectedly loses his pants -- My mother teaches me bullfighting -- I play pinochle with a horse -- I become supreme lord of the bathroom -- My dinner goes up in smoke -- We capture a flag -- I am offered a quest -- I ruin a perfectly good bus -- We visit the Garden Gnome Emporium -- We get advice from a poodle -- I plunge to my death -- I become a known fugitive -- God buys us cheeseburgers -- We take a zebra to Vegas -- We shop for water beds -- Annabeth does obedience school -- We find out the truth, sort of -- I battle my jerk relative -- I settle my tab -- Prophecy comes true.
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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