Percy Jackson andthe Lightning theif is for you if you are into mythology !!!!
It is the first book in the pentalogy written by Rick Riorden, one of the few bestselling series written by him till date.
In this book a 12-year-old demigod named Percy Jackson lives in New York with his mother and stepfather who abuses his mom. He never knew much about his birth father who supposedly died when Percy was young. During a field trip to a museum, Percy is attacked by a "Fury" disguised as his Pre-Algebra teacher, Mrs. Dodds, and he causes her to vaporize using a sword given to him by Mr. Brunner, his Latin teacher.At that time he has absolutely no idea what was going on and to add to his suspicion,after Mrs. Dodds is killed, no one from his school remembers her, yet she is known by Mr. Brunner.
One day, when Percy gets frustrated from studying for his Latin exam (Percy, has both ADHD and dyslexia), he goes to Mr. Brunner for help, and overhears a conversation regarding his safety at the school between his teacher and his best friend, Grover.
At the end of the school year, Percy leaves the boarding school for his home when Grover insists on seeing him to his destination although Percy abandons him and takes a taxi up to his mother's apartment after they reach their stop. Percy's mother, Sally Jackson, tells him that the two of them are to spend time at a cabin in Montauk, a beach Percy had gone to when he was younger. One night while at the cabin, Grover comes in and reveals himself to be a satyr then he warns the two of them to leave immediately.
His mother drives them to Camp Half-Blood, a safe hideout for demigods, where no monster can enter its bounds. Before reaching the camp, they are attacked by the Minotaur. They reach the border, but Sally is transformed into a shimmer of gold and dissipates after being attacked by the monster. Fueled by his anger, Percy tears off one of the Minotaur's horns and uses it to destroy the beast before passing out from exhaustion. When he wakes, he finds himself at Camp Half-Blood and sees Mr. Brunner, who turns out to be a centaur named Chiron, along with Annabeth Chase, a daughter of Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom. He comes to know that the Greek God really do exist in the modern world and that the child of a demigod and human is a demigod, possesing the powers of both normal people along with thier godly parents power. He also learns to be wary of monsters who are rivals to demigods.
After a few water related incidents, Percy is soon claimed by his Olympian parent, Poseidon, the God of the Sea. Everyone is astonished by this fact becaue the Big Three (Zeus,Posiedon and Hades) vowed not to produce any demigod children of their own. He then is accused of stealing Zeus' master lighting bolt. Although Percy insists that he is innocent, Zeus refuses to believe him. After visiting the Oracle, Percy, Annabeth, and Grover go on a quest to retrieve the lightning bolt, which they suspect is in the underworld. As they travel to the Underworld they face numerous mythological monsters. They unsuspectedly meet up with Medussa who atempts to turn them to stone, but they succeed in cutting of her head before that which he "iris messages" to the Olympians. He also fights a few other monsters as well. He also gets stuck in the Lotus Casino in which paople who enter get engrossed in the games there and lose a track of time. With luck he is able to escape that place.
The trio come face to face with Hades, who does not have the bolt and reveals that his Helm of Darkness has also been stolen. Hades also blames Percy for stealing his helm and wants to kill Percy and his mother and release all the dead back into the real world. They use magical pearls, a gift from a Neried(a water nymp), to save themselves from Hades He then discovers that Ares ,the God Of War has the bolt. Percy challenges Ares to a duel and wins and they retrieve the stolen items. They revisit Lord Hades who realizes that Percy did not steal his helm of darkness, so he returns Sally safely . During the quest Percy and Annabeth become friends even though their parents are rivals.
After that the bolt is given back to Zeus. In the end, they learn that the real thief was Luke Castellan, a son of Hermes, god of messengers, travelers, and thieves and the camper who had befriended Percy when he first arrived at Camp Half-Blood. He had stolen the bolt to allow Kronos, the King of the Titans, a chance to rise again. Before leaving the camp, Luke tries to kill Percy using a poisonous scorpion, which Percy kills after Luke left him with it and Luke dissapears. Before leaving Percy in the forest to die, he says that his father, or any other god for that matter, does not pay attention to there kids,which is why he hates all gods and has choosen to side with Kronos.
Percy gets an option to either spend the whole year in Camp Half Blood or spend half the year there. The story ends with Percy deciding to spend the school year with Sally and when he goes back he turns his stepfather into stone with the head of Medussa.
The story is very captivating and so i suggest you to give it a shot....... :) .You will surely enjoy it!!!
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