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The Lightning Thief, Rick Riordan
November 17, 2009
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan is the first book in the Percy
Jackson & the Olympian series. Percy Jackson only wanted to get his
family back together and find out who his dad is, but after a vacation gone
wrong, Percy finds himself without a dad or mom. His mom disappears in
gold light right in front of him after being attacked by the Minotaur. He
finds out he’s the son of one of the Big Three gods. The Big Three godsZeus, Poseidon, and Hades- promised to never have kids again. Even
worse, Percy is being blamed for stealing Zeus’s symbol of power, his
lightning bolt. Percy must go on a quest with his best friend Grover the
satyr and Annabeth, daughter of Athena, to retrieve the lightning bolt and
stop a war between the gods. Will Percy stop the war? Who stole the
lightning bolt? Can Percy save his mom? Find out in The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.
I rated this book a ten because it is adventurous, funny, exciting, and full of mystery. For
Example, Percy is on vacation with his mom when his best friend, Grover comes and says
something’s coming. Percy doesn’t know what he’s talking about but his mom does. His mom
gets him and Grover in the car and drives toward an unknown destination when lighting hits the
car. The Minotaur is right behind them Percy must fight the Minotaur who is in nothing but
underwear to hide his hairy body.
I would recommend this book to boys and girls who like mythology, comedy, action, and
excitement. Percy and Annabeth must go into a water park when the god Ares makes a deal with
Percy. They have to go into the Tunnel of Love in order to get Ares’ shield. They get attacked
by mechanical spiders made by Hephaestus and have to learn to trust each other in order to get
out.
The book’s setting was across the U.S.A. It made the book adventurous and exciting.
Percy has to travel from New York to Los Angeles before the day of the summer solstice which
gives him only ten days to find Zeus’s stolen property, find the thief, save his mom, and return
the lightning bolt to Zeus to stop the war between the gods.
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392 pages