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The lightning thief / Rick Riordan.

Riordan, Rick, (author.).

Summary:

After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0786856297
  • ISBN: 9780786856299
  • Physical Description: 377 pages ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Los Angeles : Hyperion Books for Children, 2005.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
I accidentally vaporize my pre-algebra teacher -- Three old ladies knit the socks of death -- Grover unexpectedly loses his pants -- My mother teaches me bullfighting -- I play pinochle with a horse -- I become supreme lord of the bathroom -- My dinner goes up in smoke -- We capture a flag -- I am offered a quest -- I ruin a perfectly good bus -- We visit the garden gnome emporium -- We get advice from a poodle -- I plunge to my death -- I become a known fugitive -- A god buys us cheeseburgers -- We take a zebra to Vegas -- We shop for water beds -- Annabeth does obedience school -- We find out the truth, sort of -- I battle my jerk relative -- I settle my tab -- The prophecy comes true.
Target Audience Note:
680L Lexile.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.7 13.0 89885.
Awards Note:
Young Hoosier Book Award winner, 2009 (Middle grades 6-8)
Subject: Mythology, Greek > Juvenile fiction.
Mythology, Greek > Fiction.
Camps > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Fathers and sons > Fiction.
Poseidon (Greek deity) > Fiction.
Hades (Greek deity) > Fiction.
Zeus (Greek deity) > Fiction.
Genre: Fantasy fiction.
Fantasy fiction.

Available copies

  • 35 of 66 copies available at Evergreen Indiana. (Show)
  • 0 of 0 copies available at Montpelier Harrison Township Public Library.
  • 0 of 0 copies available at Montpelier Harrison Twp PL - Montpelier.

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  • 3 current holds with 66 total copies.
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