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Author:

Riordan, Rick.

Title:

The lightning thief [large print] / Rick Riordan.

Format:

[large print] /

Publisher:

Thorndike Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

483 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Large type books.
Mythology, Greek--Fiction.
Camps--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Poseidon (Greek deity)--Fiction.
Hades (Greek deity)--Fiction.
Zeus (Greek deity)--Fiction.

Notes:

"Thorndike Press large print The literacy bridge"--T.p. verso. "Recommended for young adult readers"--T.p. verso.

Contents:

I accidentally vaporize my pre-algebra teacher -- Three old ladies knit the socks of death -- Grover unexpectedly loses his pants -- My mother teaches me bullfighting -- I play pinochle with a horse -- I become supreme lord of the bathroom -- My dinner goes up in smoke -- We capture a flag -- I am offered a quest -- I ruin a perfectly good bus -- We visit the Garden Gnome Emporium -- We get advice from a poodle -- I plunge to my death -- I become a known fugitive -- God buys us cheeseburgers -- We take a zebra to Vegas -- We shop for water beds -- Annabeth does obedience school -- We find out the truth, sort of -- I battle my jerk relative -- I settle my tab -- Prophecy comes true.

Summary:

After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.

Series:

Percy Jackson and the Olympians ; bk. 1

ISBN:

9780786282258 (lg. print : hc : alk. paper)
0786282258 (lg. print : hc : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61881022

LCCN:

2005026386

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

SPPE104 -- Independence Public Library (Independence)

FWPE284 -- Manchester Public Library (Manchester)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

PBPC546 -- Sigourney Public Library (Sigourney)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

WXPD305 -- Spirit Lake Public Library (Spirit Lake)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)