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Loading... The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)by Rick RiordanSeries: Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Book 1)
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book.  TheGirl | Nov 24, 2009 |  Have you been expelled from 6 schools? Are you a half-blood? I am! Hi I’m Percy Jackson and I’m 12 years old. Things are rough, but they start to get better once I am offered a quest. On my quest I have to go to the underworld and confront the Lord of the Dead, find Zeus’ master lightning bolt, and return it to Olympus before the summer solstice in 10 days. If you want to know if Grover, Anna Beth, and I can make it in time you’ll have to read Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. (  ) sasgrade4 | Nov 24, 2009 | I really enjoyed this story and I know that it is appealing to 5th & 6th graders, especially to boys. Full of action and adventure. It is refreshing to have characters straight out of Greek Mythology instead of wizards and witches. It has the history of the myths with a modern edge that helps with its appeal. Glad there are more books in the series to read. ( ) CChristophersen | Nov 19, 2009 | Percy is a troubled kid who finds out that he is a demi-God when he ends up at Camp Half-Blood with many more kids just like him. Only he, unlike the other kids, is the son of Poseidon, who was not supposed to have kids....so his mere existence breaks the rules. He ends up on an adventure that takes him from New York to L.A. and into the Underworld and back with the help of two friends, the daughter of Athena and his best friend, a satyr. Along the way he meets the fates, the furies, Medusa, Ares, Hades, Zeus, Poseidon, Dionysus (Mr. D) and of course his mentor, the centaur Chiron. He must prove himself worthy while settling an argument between the Gods, and at the same time, try to rescue his mother from the underworld.....! annashapiro | Nov 16, 2009 | This is a high action book with action, adventure, humor, and even a little romance. It also has Greek mythology. I would recommend this book to just about anyone. ( ) MrFClass | Nov 13, 2009 | 
 "The Lightning Thief" is perfectly paced, with electrifying moments chasing each other like heartbeats, and mysteries opening out in sequence. The action never feels gratuitous; it draws its depth from the myths at its source.
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There are some good messages in the book, but there's also this over-glorification of Western culture and almost all of the characters are white (I'm not just taking for granted that they're white; it's always described, like "she had blonde hair and grey eyes" or "he had pale skin").
Overall an entertaining book, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who wanted the last 100 pages to be surprising. (