The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Book 1

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. Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school . The gods of Mount Olympus, he's coming to realize, are very much alive in the twenty-first century. 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. Until the Minotaur chases him to summer camp. Now Percy has just ten days to find and return Zeus's stolen property, and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. Suddenly, mythical creatures seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. . . again. No matter how hard he tries, he can't seem to stay out of trouble. And worse, he's angered a few of them: Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect.

Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. 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. And that's the least of his troubles. Book Description Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school...again.   Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus's stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus.   With cover art from the major motion picture, this first installment of Rick Riordan's best-selling series is a non-stop thrill-ride and a classic of mythic proportions. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect.