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Author:

Riordan, Rick.

Title:

The lightning thief / Rick Riordan ; illustrated by John Rocco.

Edition:

1st deluxe ed.

Publisher:

Hyperion Books,,

Copyright Date:

c2009, c2005

Description:

377 p. : col. ill.; 22 cm

Subject:

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.

Other Authors:

Rocco, John, ill.

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 -- A 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 -- The 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
Milly Vande Kieft Children's Literature Collection at Central College
Riordan, Rick. Percy Jackson and the Olympians ; bk. 1.

ISBN:

1423121708
9781423121701

OCLC:

(OCoLC)492358610

Locations:

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)