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Percy Jackson and the Olympians the Lightning Thief By, Rick Riordan Copyright Date:2003 392 pages

This story is about a demigod (a.k.a. half blood a.k.a. son of a god or goddess) named Percy (Perseus) Jackson. He is a demigod because his father is Poseidon. Percy is 12, with black hair.He has a good nature,he is friendly, brave, and often willing to risk his life to save his friends, strangers, and even his enemies. Percy has ADHD and dyslexia like most half bloods. He also was given anaklusmos (riptide) by Chiron. Since his father is Poseidon, He can talk telepathically to aquatic animals, he can communicate to zebras, he can control water with a simple command, he can heal rapidly while in water, when underwater, he can breath underwater for hours without a snorkel and, while in water he can choose to be dry or not to be dry.

This story is set about 10 days before the summer solstice. This story takes place in many places, such as the underworld. It also takes place in Camp Half Blood and Mt. Olympus. Some other places are Percy's apartment and a casino store. It also is in a mattress store and a diner.

The major problem is that Zeus's most powerful item, the Master Bolt has been stolen and Percy is given 10 days to get the bolt back or there would be a World War III. The biggest problem is that Percy has to go to the underworld (which the entrance is in California and Percy is in New York). Along the way to the underworld, Percy encounters problems like Medusa, the 3 kindly ones (the three furies), and Cerberus (the 3 headed demon-dog). When he gets to the underworld, Hades tells Percy he didn't steal the bolt and that his Helmet of Darkness is missing too. Who took the Helmet of Darkness and the Master bolt, read the book to find out.

I would recommend this book to people that like long books and for people that like adventure. I'd also recommend this book for people from ages 10 - 13 since lots of words are hard to read. I'd recommend that if you have the whole series, read the books in order. This book was great in detail and i couldn't stop reading at some nights. I hope you liked this book, because i did too.