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Author:

Riordan, Rick.

Title:

The lightning thief [electronic resource] / Rick Riordan.

Format:

[electronic resource] /

Publisher:

Disney/Hyperion Books,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

377 p. ; 22 cm.

Reproduction Info:

Electronic reproduction. Disney/Hyperion Books, Disney/Hyperion Books, c2005.

Subject:

Jackson, Percy (Fictitious character)--Juvenile fiction.
Mythology, Greek--Juvenile fiction.
Camps--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction.
Poseidon (Greek deity)--Juvenile fiction.
Hades (Greek deity)--Juvenile fiction.
Zeus (Greek deity)--Juvenile fiction.
Jackson, Percy (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Mythology, Greek--Fiction.
Camps--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Poseidon (Greek deity)--Fiction.
Hades (Greek deity)--Fiction.
Zeus (Greek deity)--Fiction.
Jackson, Percy (Fictional character)--Fiction.
Greek mythology--Fiction.
Camps--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Father-son relationship--Fiction.
Poseidon (Greek deity)--Fiction.
Hades (Greek deity)--Fiction.
Zeus (Greek deity)--Fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Fantasy fiction.

Notes:

Title proper from title frame.

Summary:

Percy, expelled from six schools for being unable to control his temper, learns the truth from his mother that his father is the Greek god Poseidon, and is sent to Camp Half Blood where he is befriended by a satyr and the demigod daughter of Athena who join him in a journey to the Underworld to retrieve Zeus's lightning bolt and prevent a catastrophic war.

Series:

Percy Jackson & the Olympians ; bk. 1
Riordan, Rick. Percy Jackson & the Olympians ; bk. 1.

Indexed by:

Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010
School Library Journal starred, August 2005
Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2006
School Library Journal, June 2009
Book Links (A.L.A.), July 2008
Booklist starred, May 2009
Horn Book Starred, April 2006
Publisher's Weekly, May 2009
Kirkus Starred, May 2009
Booklist, September 2005
School Library Journal starred, June 2010
Booklist starred, May 2010
Publisher's Weekly, April 2010
New York Times, June 2010
Horn Book, October 2010
Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 2010
Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2009
Teacher Librarian, October 2010
Horn Book, July 2010
Kirkus Review, April 2010
Library Media Connection, October 2010

ISBN:

1423156463
9781423156468 (electronic bk.)

Locations:

VSSX062 -- Vinton-Shellsburg CSD (Vinton)