Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief by Rick Roirdan, Review by Hunter L.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

By Rick Roirdan

Percy Jackson is a 12 year old boy with ADHD. He goes to Yancy Academy for other kids with the same problem. He only has one friend named Grover, that he constantly needs to protect from bullys. While the school is on a field trip to learn about the Greek Gods, very strange things happen. Once, Ms. Dodds pulled him out of the room into an exibit. She was next to Percy, but suddenly she appeared on a 30 ft high stand. Suddenly, she swooped down and turned into something; something he knew he had seen before. Then, Mr. Brunner rolled in in his weelchair, and handed Percy a ballpoint pen.

"Take the cap off," Mr. Brunner states.

Percy takes it off, and finds out that he is no longer holding a pen, but a sword. He slashes Ms. Dodds, and she turns to dust. Later, he is outside having lunch with Grover, and Nancy starts to bully Grover, so he steps in. Suddenly, water sprays out from the water fountain, and Nancy is magically lifted by the water into the fountain. Back at shcool, everybody seems to forget who Ms. Dodds is, as if she never existed, but he knows what happened. After school, Percy starts to walk down to Mr. Brunner's office, when he hears Mr. Brunner and Grover talking.

Later on the subway home, he asks Grover about Ms. Dodds. Grover hesitates. Then, he explains about how the gods are real, and that there are mortals, gods, monsters, and half bloods. He also explains that he is a satyr (a human from half up, and a two goat legs on front, including hooves) Mr. Brunner is a centaur, Ms. Dodds is a furry (a servant of Hades), and that he thinks that Percy is a half blood. He gives Percy his card, and says if he needs any help call me. That night when Percy gets home, he sees his step father "Gabe," aka "Smelly Gabe," gambling with his friends, and then his mom comes home from work. Later, they drive to the beach and unpack their stuff in a cabin, for a camping trip. Then, Grover comes sprinting down the beach. He opens the door, and yells that they are comming, and Ms. Jackson knows what he means. They get into the car, and drive to a house in the middle of knowhere. Then a Minotaur appears, they jump out of the car and start to battle, but then the Minotaur snatches Ms. Jackson, and trys to choke her, when she turns into gold light and dissapears.

Once they kill the Minotaur, they get to the house, but it is no longer just a little house, it is four storries high, and there are ten cabins, one for each of the gods and goddesses of Olympus.

There is one for Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Apollo, Ares, Aphrodite, Athena, Demeter, Artemis, Hephaestus, Dionysus and Hermes. He walks over to Mr. Brunner and finds out that he is a centaur named Chiron. He also finds out that the man next to him is Dionysus. He is placed in the Hermes cabin not besause they believe that he is a child of Hermes, but that's where all kids go when they don't know their parrents. The counselor of the cabin is Luke, a son of Hermes. When the Ares cabin start to bully him, especially Clarisse, he runs to the bathroom, and she folluws. Suddenly, the pipes explode and gets Clarisse and her cabin mates all wet, the water is about a foot high, but he is not wet. Later, they play capture the flag, and Annabeth (a girl from the Athena cabin) Told Percy to stay by the river, and stop the Ares cabin from crossing. Then, the Ares cabbin come, led by clarisse, who is holding a spear. When they cross, they attack Percy. Then he falls into the water, and then a trident appears over his head. Annabeth appears from behind him, and stares. Once everybody comes, they gasp and stare. He is the son of Poseidon. Now he gets to live in a cabin all to himself, and he gets his own table.

After dinner he goes up the the attic of the big house to listen to the prophecy. Once he hears the riddle, he goes downstairs tho tell Chiron, Annabeth, and Grover. The next day Annabeth, Grover, and himself go out to solve the mystery of who stole Zeus' master lightning bolt. On this adventure, he meets many gods, battles many monsters, including Medusa, and uncovers many secrets.........you'll have to read the book to find out.

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