The Lightning Thief

Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Book One.

Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson has always had a knack for getting into trouble—but nothing could prepare him for the discovery that he’s the son of Poseidon.

Percy is about to be expelled from yet another boarding school. Should he let a teacher—who suddenly turns into a deadly monster—attack him without defending himself?

Worse still, mythical creatures seem to be stepping straight out of Percy’s Greek mythology textbook and into his path. And when Zeus’s master lightning bolt is stolen, Percy becomes the prime suspect.

With the help of his loyal friends—Grover the satyr and Annabeth, the clever demigod daughter of Athena—Percy must recover the stolen bolt and restore peace to a warring Mount Olympus.

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