The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan (Hyperion, 2005)
This book begins as Percy Jackson is on a field trip. He had been having something bad happen at every other school he’s ever been to. So when Mrs. Dodds suddenly becomes a weird monster and Mr. Brunner throws him a sword, he doesn’t know what to do. And things get worse from there. Grover and Mr. Brunner are talking about Percy behind his back. Then, when Percy and his mom go on a trip to Montauk, everything changes. During a storm Grover shows up, there’s some big monster chasing him, his mom is disintegrated by a … Minotaur? Percy is wondering whether all those Greek myths are true when he comes to a strange camp and suddenly must go on a quest to find Zeus’ thunderbolt, which has been stolen.
A great read by Rick Riordan, with description like nobody’s business. A book that should be for all ages, and the rest of the series too.
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