Summary Of Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson and the lightning thief
Author: Rick Riordan.
Place: the books takes place in the United States of America, mainly in New York and Los Angeles.
Date of publishing: June, 2005
Publisher: Miramax Books
Number of pages: 384
Summary:
This book is about the story of a boy named Percy Jackson. He’s 12 years old and on the first day of summer, just after the end of the sixth-grade year, he discovers there’s something wrong with him. He learns that he is a half-blood: half-human and half-god. He gets taken to Camp Half-Blood in New York, a camp for people that are just like him and is safe from the monsters out there to attack the half-bloods.
At the camp, Percy learns more about himself, and who his real father is. The ancient Greek god of the sea, Poseidon one of the 3 great gods along with his brothers Hades and Zeus, is his real father. When Zeus’ master bolt (the object that he uses to create lightning where and whenever he wants) gets stolen, Poseidon is blamed for it. Zeus tells Poseidon that he must bring the master bolt back to Mount Olympus (where the gods live) by the summer solstice or else there will be a war between them. Poseidon is disappointed in his brother for blaming him for such a thing. …show more content…
With him are going: Grover, a sater (a half man half goat) and Annabeth, another demigoddess and the daughter of the god Athena. During their quest they battle various monsters like the evil witch with the snake hair Medusa and the god of war Ares, and travel their way across America from New York to Los Angeles. On their way they stop at St. Louis, Denver and Las Vegas. In Las Vegas they enter an enchanted casino, where they are fed special lotus flower cupcakes which makes them lose their memory and almost kept them past the deadline for the
Author: Rick Riordan.
Place: the books takes place in the United States of America, mainly in New York and Los Angeles.
Date of publishing: June, 2005
Publisher: Miramax Books
Number of pages: 384
Summary:
This book is about the story of a boy named Percy Jackson. He’s 12 years old and on the first day of summer, just after the end of the sixth-grade year, he discovers there’s something wrong with him. He learns that he is a half-blood: half-human and half-god. He gets taken to Camp Half-Blood in New York, a camp for people that are just like him and is safe from the monsters out there to attack the half-bloods.
At the camp, Percy learns more about himself, and who his real father is. The ancient Greek god of the sea, Poseidon one of the 3 great gods along with his brothers Hades and Zeus, is his real father. When Zeus’ master bolt (the object that he uses to create lightning where and whenever he wants) gets stolen, Poseidon is blamed for it. Zeus tells Poseidon that he must bring the master bolt back to Mount Olympus (where the gods live) by the summer solstice or else there will be a war between them. Poseidon is disappointed in his brother for blaming him for such a thing. …show more content…
With him are going: Grover, a sater (a half man half goat) and Annabeth, another demigoddess and the daughter of the god Athena. During their quest they battle various monsters like the evil witch with the snake hair Medusa and the god of war Ares, and travel their way across America from New York to Los Angeles. On their way they stop at St. Louis, Denver and Las Vegas. In Las Vegas they enter an enchanted casino, where they are fed special lotus flower cupcakes which makes them lose their memory and almost kept them past the deadline for the