Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Book 1)

Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is expelled from school, chased by something that should not exist, and then told that the Greek gods are real and that one of them is his father. Rick Riordan's first Olympians novel moves quickly: a summer camp for demigods, a quest across America to return a stolen master bolt, monsters in modern disguise, and a narrator whose sarcasm keeps the mythology light. Greek myth is folded in as plot rather than explained at length, which is why it works so well with reluctant readers. For younger readers: • Book one of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians sequence • Greek mythology set inside present-day America • A quest plot with short chapters and comic narration • Themes of friendship, loyalty and finding a place to belong Ideal for readers aged nine and up and for adults who enjoy fast mythological adventure, available in English at Boipoka.