Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Book 1)

Books | Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic

4.4

(64.5K)

Rick Riordan

The first book in the bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Now with a new cover look, read the story that launched Percy Jackson into the stratosphere, before the Disney+ series comes out!HALF BOY - HALF GOD - ALL HERO.Look, I never asked to be the son of a Greek god. I was just a normal kid. . . until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher.Percy Jackson is having a bad week. His life has gone from totally normal to monsters-from-Greek-mythology-randomly-appearing kind of strange. Worse still, the king of the gods thinks Percy has stolen his all-powerful lightning bolt - and it seems making Zeus angry is a very bad idea.Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to catch the true lightning thief and stop all-out war from erupting on Mount Olympus. . .What could possible go wrong?

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Author

Rick Riordan

Pages

384

Publisher

Penguin Random House Children's UK

Published Date

2008-05-01

ISBN

0141924403 9780141924403

Ratings

Google: 4.5

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"The classic formula: kid finds out he's special, must go to a special school, saves the world. Super fun take on Greek mythology and bringing it into the modern day. Kids who are into the Greek gods will love it."

Meagan Khatthaname

"Great book! The PJ series is fantastic, 10/10"

Hannah J

"Eh… I really don’t know what to say about this book. I really tried to like it as I have always heard good things, however, it just didn’t keep my attention."

Necalli

"This book gave me a permanent appreciation for Greek legends and gods, sticking with me for years!"

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Maddie Matew

"I started reading Percy Jackson around a year after reading the song of Achilles, I wish I read this series as a kid but reading it as a teenager is still great! This first book is definitely not my favorite but it’s kinda the beginning of it all and i mean- where would we be without it?"

Spirit

"#middlegrade #modern_fantasy #mythology #action_and_adventure "

Vicki S.

"This book is definitely one of my favourites! It was the book that kickstarted my reading obsession, definitely recommend!"

Sophie

"It was good and a fast read, but I missed the opportunity to read this when I was a kid, cause I would've LOVED it then. Now it just sounds too young for me to truly enjoy it. Don't get me wrong though, I liked the book a lot. The movie did not do justice to the book AT ALL."