The Lightning Thief is by Rick Riordan. The first book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. This book combines Greek mythology with action and adventure in the modern world. Percy Jackson has ADHD, a mean stepfather, and a long line of schools that have rejected him. Strange events seem to happen to him on a regular basis. Then he discovers that he is the son of a Greek god and that Mount Olympus exists - on the 600th floor of the Empire State Building. He goes to Camp Half-Blood a school for other children of the gods. But a war is brewing, someone has stolen Zeus' thunderbolt. Percy, a satyr, and the half-blood daughter of Athena set out to find the thief, return the thunderbolt, and stop the war. A great modern introduction to Greek monsters, gods and myths. A promising new series.
Ratings: 7th grade - 10 out of 10.
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