The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan | ISBN : 0-7868-5629-7

The Lightning Thief

Author: Rick Riordan

Publisher: Disney Publishing Worldwide

Publication Date: 14 June, 2005

ISBN: 9780786856299

Pages: 384

Subjects: Juvenile fiction

Available as: Trade Cloth, 978-1-4231-2170-1 Other, 978-1-4231-3589-0 Trade Cloth, 978-0-7569-6603-4 Trade Cloth, 978-0-7862-8225-8 Trade Cloth, 978-0-7868-5629-9 Trade Paper, 978-1-4231-1710-0 Trade Paper, 978-1-4231-3494-7 E-Book - , 978-1-4231-3189-2 E-Book - , 978-1-4231-4034-4 Audio Recording Downloadable, 978-0-7393-4514-6

Description:

Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse-Percy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him. When Percy's mom finds out, she knows it's time that he knew the truth about where he came from, and that he go to the one place he'll be safe. She sends Percy to Camp Half Blood, a summer camp for demigods (on Long Island), where he learns that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea. Soon a mystery unfolds and together with his friends -- one a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of Athena -- Percy sets out on a quest across the United States to reach the gates of the Underworld (located in a recording studio in Hollywood) and prevent a catastrophic war between the gods.

PW Publishers Weekly

Review Source: Publishers Weekly

Review Date: 2005-08-01

For this fast-paced adventure that zaps characters from Greek mythology into modern times, Bernstein gets the reading rhythm just right. He conveys Riordan's notes of humor, sarcasm and downright amazement in the voice of 12-year-old Percy Jackson, a smart kid who seems to be a magnet for trouble. But one day Percy discovers that being kicked out of a different school every year and dealing with learning challenges like ADHD is nothing compared to the truth of his life: he's a demigod, the son of Poseidon. Of course, among other things, that means an action-packed mission to the Underworld to find Zeus's stolen lightning bolt and return it to Mount Olympus (specially accessed as the 600th floor in the Empire State Building). Listeners will be hanging on every zippy chapter here and will be eager to find out where Percy heads next in this planned series. Ages 10-up. (July) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved