Lightning Thief

English

Series: Percy Jackson and the Olympians Ser.

Volume: Bk. 1

ISBN: 0307245306

EAN: 9780307245304

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Sports & Recreation / Camping & Outdoor Activities/Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Friendship/Juvenile Fiction / Family / Parents/Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic/Juvenile Fiction / Legends, Myths, Fables / General/Juvenile Fiction / General/

Publisher: Random House Audio Publishing Group

Release Date: 11/02/2006

Age Range: 10-UP

Synopsis: Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school . . . again. No matter how hard he tries, he cant seem to stay out of trouble. 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; hes not even sure he believes himself. Until the Minotaur chases him to summer camp. Suddenly, mythical creatures seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percys Greek mythology textbook and into his life. The gods of Mount Olympus, hes coming to realize, are very much alive in the twenty-first century. And worse, hes angered a few of them: Zeuss master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Now Percy has just ten days to find and return Zeuss stolen property, and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. On a daring road trip from their summer camp in New York to the gates of the Underworld in Los Angeles, Percy and his friendsone a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of Athenawill 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.

Awards: Bilby (Books I Love Best Yearly) Award – null  Bluebonnet Award – null  Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award – null  Colorado Childrens Book Award – null  Grand Canyon Reader Award – null  Maine Student Book Award – null  Mark Twain Award – null  Massachusetts Childrens Book Award – null  Nene Award – null  North Carolina Childrens Book Award – null  Nutmeg Childrens Book Award – null  Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award – null  Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award – null  SCASL Book Award (South Carolina) – null  Sequoyah Book Award – null  Sunshine State Young Readers Book Award – null  Virginia Readers Choice Awards – null  Volunteer State Book Award – null  West Virginia Childrens Choice Book Award – null  Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Book Award – null  Young Hoosier Book Award – null  Young Readers Choice Award – null  West Virginia Childrens Book Award – null 

Lightning Thief

Illustrated: No

Format: Compact Disc

Height: 1.14 inches

Width: 5.15 inches

Length: 5.91 inches

Weight: 8.75 oz