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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Book 1)

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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Book 1) by Rick Riordan

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By Rick Riordan

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The first book in the bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Now with a new cover look! Discover the story behind the Disney+ series.

HALF BOYHALF GODALL HERO.

Look, I never asked to be the son of a Greek god. I was just a normal kid. . . until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher.

Percy Jackson is having a bad week. His life has gone from totally normal to monsters-from-Greek-mythology-randomly-appearing kind of strange. Worse still, the king of the gods thinks Percy has stolen his all-powerful lightning bolt – and it seems making Zeus angry is a very bad idea.

Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to catch the true lightning thief and stop all-out war from erupting on Mount Olympus. . .

What could possibly go wrong?

Return to the World of Percy Jackson in the best-selling, brand-new adventure featuring the original hero in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Chalice of the Gods – out now!

And don’t miss the trio’s next adventure in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess, coming soon!

Reviews

15 Sep 2025

its a great way to start reading rick riordan books

14 Sep 2025

Amazing

06 Sep 2025

Very good book because it mixes modern things with myths. My favourite part is in the underworld.

04 Sep 2025

good read, funny

04 Sep 2025

Good read very entertaining

01 Sep 2025

Recommend for people who likes adventure

01 Sep 2025

This is the first book in the series. It had been recommended to me by lots of friends because I loved Harry Potter. I really enjoyed this book because it is all about Greek Gods and I am looking forward to reading the next one!

27 Aug 2025

i really enjoyed how percy and annabeth works out the true thief. i didnt like the way Zeus treats percy and wants to blast him to a million pieces. Overall, i was trilled by how rick riordan blended greek myths and fictional characters together.

27 Aug 2025

Love a good Greek mythology fiction. I enjoyed every bit!

24 Aug 2025

My favourite part was when Percy Jackson returned the lighting bolt back to Zeus and gave a fury Hades helmet to return.I didn’t like how Luke betrayed him.

21 Aug 2025

I liked this book about Percy and his friends as it was captivating. Once I started reading, it was difficult to put down. This book centres around Percy, Grover and Annabeth who are on a quest to find out who has stolen the Master Bolt from Zeus and the Helmet of Dark was from Hades. I enjoyed this book and hopefully others who enjoy greek mythology will like it too.

21 Aug 2025

It was a very good start to the series. I loved it!

16 Aug 2025

It was very inspiring because it telling us the 12 year old percy jackson and annabeth chase retrieved zues stolen lightning bolt and hades helmet of darkness .

15 Aug 2025

I really like the big link with the Greek gods and how magical it feels when you’re reading it.

13 Aug 2025

It is the first epic story of Percy Jackson and his trip to Camp Half Blood - a thrilling start to an amazing series.

10 Aug 2025

A mixture of modern and myths

10 Aug 2025

I loved everything but I didn’t like that someone betrayed Percy

10 Aug 2025

A perfect mix of myths and modern

08 Aug 2025

I really enjoyed this book because it has lots of greek mythology and gods from ancient times. The main character Percy discovers be is half human/half god and ends up joining camp half-blood with his friend Grover by escaping from a Minotaur. The book is full of adventures which was exciting to read. I would recommend this book to others interested in greek mythology.

02 Aug 2025

Very terrifying

31 Jul 2025

I loved how there was a new word "Half-blooded" the first page made me feel goosebumps already but that did not stop me from reading!

28 Jul 2025

It was really funny and it was like going into a different word plus the chapter names were really funny like ‘ I acidently vaperrise my pre alddbre teacher .’

27 Jul 2025

This was such an amazing book. The character development is great and all the twists are so good. Definitely worth a read.

27 Jul 2025

Great

25 Jul 2025

I really liked the book because there was a big twist in the end. My favorite character was Grover because he is very brave and a very good friend to Percy. I recommend this book to all kids who love fiction adventure books .

24 Jul 2025

I liked Annabeth the most because she is very logical and smart but also kind and fun

19 Jul 2025

It was very enjoyable book to read it feels like your in the book.

18 Jul 2025

I just love stuff like magic and myth, and this is one of them.

05 Jul 2025

My favourite character was Annabeth because she is ambitious and brave. This book is fiction. I loved how all the Greek methology came to life and the adventures. I would 100% recommend this book I am addicted!

09 Apr 2025

I liked it because it was very mystical and it goes well with the series

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