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The Lightning Thief follows the story of young Percy Jackson, a troubled 12-year-old boy with a secret unknown even to himself. Diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD, while being raised primarily by his mother, his life so far has not always been easy.
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Field Trip
Percy Jackson is a twelve-year-old boy diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia, and he has been expelled from every school he has ever attended. While he is in sixth grade on a field trip, a classmate of his, Nancy Bobofit, bullies his best friend Grover Underwood. Percy is outraged, and suddenly, water from a nearby fountain drenches Nancy in a very unnatural way but the Mist makes it look like Percy pushed her. Their pre-algebra teacher, Mrs. Dodds, takes Percy for a private talk, presumably to sc...
Camp Half-Blood
Percy weaves in and out of consciousness, and when he is conscious, he sees the girl he had seen before tending to him. When he comes to for good, Grover gives him back the Minotaur horn and takes him to the man he had seen earlier. He finds out that the man is Mr. Brunner and is told that everything he had learned in Greek mythology is true. He is introduced to Mr. D, who is really the god Dionysus, and Mr. Brunner reveals himself to be the centaur Chiron. Chiron hands him over to the girl w...
Starting the Quest
After Percy, Annabeth, and Grover are driven into town, they take a bus into New Jersey. When they get on the bus, three old ladies get on with them. Percy recognizes one of them as Mrs. Dodds. The Furies, as they are called, attack and they fight before they escape to Aunty Em's Garden Gnome Emporium. After they are served food, Aunty Em wants to take a picture of them to use as models for her statues. However, she tries to turn them to stone instead of using them as models because she is re...
I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra TeacherThree Old Ladies Knit the Socks of DeathGrover Unexpectedly Loses his PantsMy Mother Teaches Me BullfightingCampers
1. Percy Jackson – The main character and a son of Poseidon. 2. Annabeth Chase – A friend of Percy's and a daughter of Athena. 3. Grover Underwood – A satyrand a friend of Percy's, and is also Percy's protector. 4. Clarisse La Rue – A daughter of Aresand the leader of her cabin. She holds a grudge against Percy for how he embarrassed her and her father. 5. Luke Castellan – A son of Hermesand a traitor when he turns on Percy at the end.
Mortals
1. Nancy Bobofit – One of the bullies at Yancy Academyand greatly disliked by Percy. 2. Gabe Ugliano– Sally's husband whom she married to cover up Percy's half-blood scent with his stench. 3. Sally Jackson – Percy's mother. Percy said that she can see through the Mist better than him, as she is a clear sightedmortal. She married Gabe Ugliano, who's character is certainly disliked by Percy.
Immortals
1. Chiron – A centaur and the activities director of camp. He is (or was) called Mr. Brunner as an alias. He was one of Percy's teachers at Yancy. His father is Kronos. 2. Fates- the three divine personifications of destiny. They control the metaphorical thread of life for every living thing from birth to death. 3. Argus – the security guard for Camp Half-Blood. He has blue eyes all over his body, and usually when heroes need to go on quests, he would drive them in the white van to a certain...
The Minotaur - killed by Percy Jackson at Half-Blood HillHellhound - shot by ChironThe Lightning Thief has been released in a deluxe edition version. The edition contains eight full-color plates by John Rocco, and comes with an elegant slipcase with a ribbon bookmark, rough edges, and a cloth cover.
Bluebonnet Award Nominee (Texas Library Association)Askews Torchlight Award (UK)Best of the Best Book List (Chicago Public Library)The book was originally titled The Son of the Sea God, but it was changed after feedback from Rick Riordan’s students stated it spoiled who Percy’s father was.The titular "lightning thief" appears to refer to Percy, then Ares, but actually refers to Luke.In this book, Percy refers to other gods, or other gods refer to him by family names. Hades was repeatedly called Uncle by Percy, Poseidon refers to Zeus as Percy's uncle, and Ares calls Percy his...I Kiss Something Ugly is one of the deleted chapters in The Lightning Thief. It was later presented on Rick Riordan's Facebook.The Lightning Thief is a 2005 American fantasy-adventure novel based on Greek mythology, the first children's novel by Rick Riordan. The opening installment in the series Percy Jackson & the Olympians, the book was recognized among the year's best for children.
Jul 23, 2021 · What happened in The Lightning Thief? Percy Jackson, a twelve-year-old boy diagnosed with ADHD and Dyslexia, is on a field-trip when he spots his classmate, Nancy Bobofit, bullying his best friend, Grover Underwood.
Several odd things happen: Percy performs a tricky sword maneuver after dumping water on himself, and he’s exceptionally good at canoeing. One afternoon, Grover shares that his assignment to protect Percy isn’t over yet.
When he is accused of stealing Zeus’s lightning bolt on behalf of Poseidon, Percy, Annabeth, and Grover set out to find the real thief. They battle monsters and receive help from unlikely sources along their journey, all the while bonding both as friends and as a team.
When 12-year-old Percy Jackson learns that his true father is Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, he undertakes a dangerous quest across the United States to retrieve a stolen lightning bolt and stop a war between the gods. The Lightning Thief provides a high-interest, humorous introduction to the Greek myths.
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