Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel (#1)

Author(s): Rick Riordan, Robert Venditti (adapted by)

General Graphic Books

The gods of Olympus are alive in the 21st Century. They still fall in love with mortals and have children who might become great heroes, but most of these children meet horrible fates at the hands of monsters by the age of twelve. Only a few learn the truth of their identity and make it to Half Blood Hill, a Long Island summer camp dedicated to training young demigods. Such is the revelation that launches young Percy Jackson on a quest to help his real father, Poseidon, avert a war among the gods. With the help of Grover the satyr and Annabeth the daughter of Athena, Percy must journey across the United States to catch a thief who has stolen the original weapon of mass destruction - Zeus' master bolt. Along the way, they face a host of mythological enemies determined to stop them. Most of all, Percy must come to terms with a father he has never known, and an Oracle that has warned him of betrayal by a friend.


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Product Information

Rick Riordan is an award-winning writer of adult mysteries. For fifteen years he taught at middle schools in the San Francisco Bay area and in Texas. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Rick's first novel featuring the heroic young demigod, was the overall winner of the Red House Children's Book Award in 2006.

General Fields

  • : 9780141335391
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : 0.314
  • : September 2010
  • : 226mm X 157mm X 7mm
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Rick Riordan, Robert Venditti (adapted by)
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : Attila Futaki, Jose Villarrubia
  • : English
  • : 813.6
  • : oc2010069657
  • : 128
  • : YFW
  • : chiefly col. Illustrations