The-lightning-thief

twelve-year-old Percy Jackson Is About To Be Kicked Out Of Boarding School...again. No Matter How Hard He Tries, He Can't Seem To Stay Out Of Trouble. But Can He Really Be Expected To Stand By And Watch While A Bully Picks On His Scrawny Best Friend? Or Not Defend Himself Against His Pre-algebra Teacher When She Turns Into A Monster And Tries To Kill Him? Of Course, No One Believes Percy About The Monster Incident; He’s Not Even Sure He Believes Himself. Until The Minotaur Chases Him To Summer Camp. Suddenly, Mythical Creatures Seem To Be Walking Straight Out Of The Pages Of Percy’s Greek Mythology Textbook And Into His Life. The Gods Of Mount Olympus, He’s Coming To Realize, Are Very Much Alive In The Twenty-first Century. And Worse, He’s Angered A Few Of Them: Zeus’s Master Lightning Bolt Has Been Stolen, And Percy Is The Prime Suspect. Now Percy Has Just Ten Days To Find And Return Zeus’s Stolen Property, And Bring Peace To A Warring Mount Olympus. On A Daring...child Magazineonce I Got Over The Fact That My Latin Teacher Was A Horse, We Had A Nice Tour, Though I Was Careful Not To Walk Behind Him. For Percy, A Wisecracking 12-year-old With Adhd, Discovering His Teacher Is Really A Centaur Is Just Another Clue That The Greek Gods Are Alive, Well, And Causing All Kinds Of Mayhem In Modern-day America. Accused Of Stealing Zeus's Master Lightning Bolt, Percy Must Prove His Innocence While Battling A Minotaur And A Host Of Other Celestial Thugs. Best For Older, Action-loving Kids, This Book Offers Nonstop Adventure And Terrific Exposure To Greek Mythology. (ages 8 To 12) child Magazine's Best Children's Book Awards 2005