The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan, 2005
A twelve-year-old with ADHD and a talent for trouble discovers the Greek gods are real, and one of their lightning bolts has gone missing.
Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson's world runs on jokes, monsters and the feeling that being the odd one out might actually be a weapon. The Lightning Thief is where that starts: a twelve-year-old who keeps getting kicked out of schools finds out the Greek myths are real and that one of them is missing something important. If you want fast, funny adventure with gods behaving badly, begin there and keep going.
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Riordan was a middle-school English and social studies teacher for fifteen years and wrote Percy's story as a bedtime tale for his son.
Even the underworld has to compete with a demigod's wandering attention.
Hades raised an eyebrow. When he sat forward in his throne, shadowy faces appeared in the folds of his black robes, faces of torment,as if the garment was stitched of trapped souls from the Fields of Punishment, trying to get out. The ADHD part of me wondered, off-task, whether the rest of his clothes were made the same way. What horrible things would you have to do in your life to get woven into Hades’ underwear? Books by Rick Riordan
The Blood of Olympus
Rick Riordan, 2014
Greek and Roman demigods race to stop a rising earth goddess, armed with prophecies, old grudges and very bad jokes.
The Sea of Monsters
Rick Riordan, 2006
Percy Jackson returns to camp just as its magical borders fail, and the only fix lies across a sea full of monsters, old myths and awkward friendships.
The Battle of the Labyrinth
Rick Riordan, 2008
Percy Jackson's summer starts with an exploding school and leads into a living maze beneath Camp Half-Blood, where every turn has a myth waiting.
The Last Olympian
Rick Riordan, 2009
Percy Jackson's last summer: monsters mass on Manhattan, the gods are otherwise occupied, and a sixteen-year-old with a prophecy over his head keeps making jokes.
The Lost Hero
Rick Riordan, 2010
A boy wakes with no memory, a girl hears voices, and a mechanic sets things on fire; all three are demigods with a world to save.
The Mark of Athena
Rick Riordan, 2012
Greek and Roman demigods must join forces on a quest to Rome, where Annabeth follows a secret mark her mother left for her.
The Son of Neptune
Rick Riordan, 2011
An amnesiac Percy Jackson wakes in a Roman demigod camp and must prove himself on a quest with two unlikely allies.
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