Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Book 1)
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By Rick Riordan
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499 reviews
The first book in the bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Now with a new cover look! Discover the story behind the Disney+ series.
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 possibly go wrong?
Return to the World of Percy Jackson in the best-selling, brand-new adventure featuring the original hero in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Chalice of the Gods – out now!
And don’t miss the trio’s next adventure in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess, coming soon!
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I love it. Annabeth is my favourite character as she is smart, brave and loyal. The way Percy realises that he is a half blood makes an excellent story. The friendships, adventures and the mythology are incredible.
Loved how exciting this was. It was quite nerve racking
I liked the adventures in this book and I enjoyed all the mythical creatures. I had seen the movie and enjoyed that but thought the book was a lot better.
Percy Jackson is an amazing set of books. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the first set of books and carried on to the next book. I like it because it is filled with adventure, mystery and discovery. When I read it, I couldn't wait for the next book. I also really like the character Annabell.
Best book season ever
Liked it alot! It was interesting & captured my interest in reading Greek Mythology
Love it
I love this book! I love the character Anabeth as she is the child of Athena. Anabeth is nice to Percy. It’s an exciting, action packed and fun book which I highly recommend.
It is really interesting and it is full of excitement
in the first part i had nightmares after but it was cool.
Very interesting and a good battle/adventure book
It has a lot of bravery and funny weird monsters.
Did Greek mythology at school. Love the minotaurs and Medusa the Gorgon.
Percy Jackson Rules !!
I’d recommend this book to anyone who is quite confident with reading. There are a few scary moments or frightening sections so I would not recommend this book for very young readers.
I really enjoyed this book and my favourite character was Percy. would love to read the next one! I would recommend this book to people who love Greek mythology!
Awesome
Amazing!
I liked Percy Jackson best because he was always getting into trouble and that's a bit like me.I recommend this book to people who like adventure series like harry potter.
Love all these books third time of reading the whole collection again
It’s scary
I loved how it made an interest in me for the greeks.
So great!
I like the fighting and the gods
I like it
love the story
I liked how there was drama and my favourite character was Annabelle ,I loved the plot twist at the end. I recommend it to younger readers as it is a thrill to read but I think it is for all ages. It was a great book.
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief is an epic adventure. It follows Percy's quest to recover Zeus's missing lightning bolt as he journeys through a modern-day world laced with the dangers of ancient Greek mythology. Percy is a relatable protagonist, whose challenges in the 'real' world are his strengths in the world of the Olympians. I would recommend this book to someone who loves tales of heroism and bravery or who is interested in the characters from Greek myths.
great story with mixes of Ancient Greek history
Was exciting at every twist and turn!!!
