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Percy Jackson: Comparing The Book And Movie
Have you ever read a book that is not like the movie? In Percy Jackson the movie, he is a teenager and in the book he is in sixth grade. There are differences between the Lightning Thief book and movie; however, there are similarities as well. Some similarities are how the book and movie start. In both the book and movie the story starts off with the main character and his best friend, Grover, in Manhattan, New York. They go on a field trip at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts. As the story progresses, they( Grover and Percy) go to Camp Half-Blood, where they meet Annabeth. Another similarity is Zeus accused Poseidon of sending Percy to steal his master lightning bolt and Percy has to go on a quest to find the bolt. There are many differences
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