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The lightning thief
- Title
- The lightning thief / Rick Riordan.
- Author
- Riordan, Rick,
- Publication
- New York : Miramax Books/Hyperion Books for Children, ©2005.
- Supplementary Content
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | J FIC RIORDAN | Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 377 pages; 22 cm.
- 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.
- Series Statement
- Percy Jackson & the Olympians ; bk. 1
- Riordan, Rick. Percy Jackson & the Olympians ; bk. 1.
- Subject
- (Greek deity) Hades. > Fiction
- Camps > Fiction
- Fathers and sons > Fiction
- Friendship > Fiction
- Hades (Greek deity)
- Hades (Greek deity) > Fiction
- Hades (Greek deity) > Juvenile fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION > Action & Adventure
- JUVENILE FICTION > Fantasy & Magic
- JUVENILE FICTION > Legends, Myths, Fables
- Mythology, Greek > Fiction
- Mythology, Greek > Juvenile fiction
- Mythology, Greek
- Poseidon (Greek deity)
- Poseidon (Greek deity) > Fiction
- Poseidon (Greek deity) > Juvenile fiction
- Zeus (Greek deity)
- Zeus (Greek deity) > Fiction
- Zeus (Greek deity) > Juvenile fiction
- Genre/Form
- Fantasy fiction.
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Mythological fiction.
- Novels.
- Young adult works.
- Awards (note)
- Bluebonnet Award 2006-2007.
- Contents
- 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 -- 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 -- Prophecy comes true.
- Call Number
- J FIC R
- ISBN
- 0786856297
- 9780786856299
- LCCN
- 2005299400