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Barabicho Year & Section: 3- Namuncura Book Report Percy Jackson & the Olympians The Lightning Thief

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Title The title of the book is The Lightning Thief. The author chose this title because it was what the story plot was mainly about. The title fits in almost all chapters of the story.

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Authors Biography Rick Riordan was born on June 5, 1964. He is born in San Antonio, TX. He likes to read Lord of the rings books. He also likes Greek and Norse mythology. He read mostly fantasy science-fiction books in High School. His mother and father were both teachers. His mother was a musician and an artist. His father was a ceramist. He started writing when he was in middle school. He attended Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio. He began college at North Texas State, but then he transferred at University of Texas at Austin. He graduated with a double major in English and History. His first full-time job was teaching middle school in New Braunfels, Texas. With his wife they moved to San Francisco. They lived there for eight years and he taught at Presidio Hill School. Then they had their two sons and moved back to San Antonio. He taught at Saint Marys Hall for six years. He lives currently with his wife and two sons.

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Genre The Lightning Thief is a fantasy/adventure novel written by Rick Riordan. The first book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, it chronicles the adventures of Percy Jackson, a son of the Greek god Poseidon, and his friends on a quest to avoid a war between the gods. The intended audience is young adults and kids. The purpose of the Lightning Thief is to teach kids to find the courage within themselves to do what they know is right.

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Book Cover The book cover is very interesting. There is a boy in the water like he is from the sea, he is facing a big city that is in the storm. The boy is holding a bronze sword in his right hand and a horn in his left hand. He looks like he will be going to the city. Character A. Major Characters Percy Jackson The main character and a son of Poseidon. Annabeth Chase A friend of Percy's and a daughter of Athena. Grover Underwood A Satyr and a friend of Percy's, is also Percy's protector. Luke Castellan A son of Hermes and a traitor when he turns on Percy at the end. Sally Jackson Percy's mother. Percy said that she can see through the Mist better than him. She married Gabe Ugliano, who's character is certainly disliked by Percy. Chiron A centaur and the activities director of camp. He is (or was) called Mr. Brunner as an alias. He was one of Percy's teachers at Yancy. His father is Kronos. Poseidon God of the Seas, Father of Horses, and Percy's Father. One of The Big Three. Hades God and Ruler of the Underworld. One of The Big Three. Zeus God of the Sky, King and Ruler of the Gods and Heavens. He is the father of Thalia Grace, who was turned into the pine tree that enforces the magical barrier of camp when she had fallen in battle on top of Half Blood Hill. One of The Big Three. Dionysus God of wine and ritual madness. Goes by "Mr. D". He is the Director of Camp Half-Blood and despises Percy. B. Minor Characters Clarisse La Rue A daughter of Ares and the leader of her cabin. She holds a grudge against Percy for how he embarrassed her and her father. Nancy Bobofit One of the bullies at Yancy Academy and greatly disliked by Percy. Gabe Ugliano Sally's husband that she married to cover up Percy's halfblood scent with his stench. Argus the security guard for Camp Half-Blood. He has blue eyes all over his body, and usually when heroes need to go on quests, he would drive them in the white van to a certain place, then head back to camp.

Ares God of War, and Clarisse's father.

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Plot Percy Jackson is a twelve year old boy diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia, and has been expelled from every school he has ever attended. While he is in sixth grade on a field trip, a classmate of his, Nancy Bobofit, bullies his best friend Grover Underwood. Percy is outraged, and suddenly, water from a nearby fountain drenches Nancy in a very unnatural way. Their pre-algebra teacher, Mrs. Dodds, takes Percy for a private talk, presumably to scold him. However, she suddenly turns into a Fury, a mythical creature known from Greek mythology, and tries to kill him. The Latin teacher, Mr. Brunner, charges in, and throws Percy a pen that suddenly changes into a sword when he uncaps it. Percy kills the Fury in self-defense. Percy then comes home to his mother, Sally Jackson. She tells him that, as a treat, they would get to go on a vacation to Montauk, and that they are to leave immediately.

Grover urgently comes to Montauk and tells Percy's mother that Percy must flee to a specific camp, Camp Half-Blood. Sally drives the two kids to camp. Inside the car, Percy discovers that his mother and Grover are familiar with one another; he also notices that Grover is a goat from waist down. As they travel closer to the camp, they are attacked by a Minotaur. While trapped inside the car, Sally then tells Percy to escape and run for the tree, but Percy disagrees and tells her that he is not leaving her behind. Leaving her no choice, Sally helps Percy with Grover as they run for the pine tree marking the borders of camp. However, Percy's mom could no longer go further and continues to distract the Minotaur, but it immediately grabs her. She dissolves into a golden shower of light. He walks to the camp's borders with Grover before he collapses on the porch in front of a man and a girl. He finds out that the man is Mr. Brunner, and is told that everything he had learned in Greek mythology is true. He is introduced to Mr. D, who is really Dionysus, and Mr. Brunner reveals himself to be the centaur Chiron. Annabeth who was the girl earlier then explains into detail their identity as demigods. He is taken to the Hermes Cabin were he will be staying, and is introduced to the head counselor, Luke Castellan. Percy prepares for his new life as a demigod. During a Capture the Flag game. Just as he defeats all of the campers, Luke crosses the line with the enemy flag and wins the game. Amidst the celebration, Annabeth jumps to the conclusion of who his father may be. Suddenly, a hellhound attacks Percy wounding the demigod. The hellhound is killed and Annabeth shows Chiron what happens when Percy is in the water. Percy is then claimed as a son of Poseidon, through a hologram of green light in the form of a trident. Percy is granted a quest to find Zeus' master bolt which Chiron believes Hades has stolen. However, Zeus discovers Poseidon's broken oath and believes Percy stole the bolt. Percy has ten days before summer solstice to find the symbol of power of the king of gods. Chiron hands over a pen to Percy, informing him that it is a gift from his father. When uncapped, a sword, called Riptide or Anaklusmos, appears. Percy,

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accompanied by Annabeth and Grover, travels to western Long Island leading them closer to the Underworld in Los Angeles. Once they reach Las Vegas, a bellhop from the Lotus Hotel and Casino invites them to come in. Immediately, without even having to pay for anything, Percy, Annabeth, and Grover are given a room. After a while of playing, Percy finds a boy, Darrin, who thinks the year is 1977. Percy asks a few more people what the year is, to which they answer 1985 and 1993. Percy finds Annabeth and Grover and they immediately leave the hotel. They are relieved to find out from a newspaper that it is still the same year. However, 5 days have already passed, leaving only one day to retrieve the lightning bolt. The trio proceed to DOA Recording Studios, the cover place for the gates to the Underworld. Then enter. There, Percy bribes Charon into letting them in. Percy confronts Hades who believes that Percy stole the Master Bolt as well as his Helm of Darkness. Percy realizes that Ares has tricked him when he discovers the Master Bolt is in his backpack. He and his friends then use the pearls to flee from the Underworld without his mother as he was forced to leave her. They reach the shore, meet Ares, and confront him. Percy then challenges him to a fight. He uses Riptide to battle Ares. Percy eventually stabs him in the heel and Ares starts to bleed ichor. He is about to kill Percy, when an evil force in the form of a dark aura convinces him to do otherwise. He then leaves, giving Percy the Helm of Darkness. Percy tosses it to the Furies, and they take it back to Hades. Percy reaches New York City to give the lightning bolt to Zeus. He proceeds to the Empire State Building and reaches the top, where Olympus is currently located. Zeus accepts the bolt and Percy has a short talk with his father before returning to camp, where he learns that his mother is alive. He bumps into Luke, who reveals that he stole the bolt and helm for Kronos. Luke calls out a poisonous scorpion which stings and nearly kills Percy. Percy is unconscious after the attempt to kill him. Luke manages to escape and leaves Camp Half-Blood. Chiron cures Percy and they, along with Annabeth, discuss Luke's betrayal. The camp beads are awarded, and the bead for this year Percy's first year is a black bead painted with a green trident in the middle. Percy then leaves to attend another school his mother found. Themes, Motifs, Styles The Lightning Thief is all about identity and about discovering identity. At the beginning of our narrator's tale, Percy Jackson doesn't yet know who his father is or that he has any special powers of any kind. He thinks of himself as a "bad kid," one who always gets into trouble. Over the course of the story, however, he learns things about himself that he never thought possible. What he thought were weaknesses turn out to be the markers of a demi-god, and a particularly powerful one at that. His identity is tested when he must make hard choices .With every choice Percy makes, he becomes more himself. Analysis Percy Jackson is the main character, he is 12 years old and soon finds out he is the son of Poseidon ( Greek god of the Sea ) and has inherited some powers from Poseidon and Poseidon's followers help him on his quest. Zeus's lightning bolt has been stolen and Zeus is blaming poseidon, Percy has been offered a quest to find the bolt and return it to Zeus and brings his friends along with him on his magical adventure.

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Percy throughout the story also tries to get onto good terms with his true father that abandoned him. What worked well for me is that I love greek mythology and this is an example of a story. I love the Percy Jackson Series. Even if you dont like greek myths you will get hooked on reading this. Recommendation We all love heroes. Especially ones like Percy. People never expect much from him, and that's what makes this journey of his so personal to the reader. You root for him and are so glad that his muscling his way through it. It has the feel of cheering for the underdog. And I'm guessing this underdog is going to blow everyone out of the water.I recommend this book because there is a lot of action, heroism, some comedy and mystery, and adventure. If you like fantasy/Greek Mythology you should read it!