Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan
Readers rate it 4.1 (3.8K on Hardcover)
416 pages · Released May 5, 2020 · Disney-Hyperion
Content report card
What's inside
Violence
Fighting, weapons, death
Language
Swearing, crude humor
Sexual content
Romance intensity, nudity
LGBTQ+ themes
Presence of characters or themes
Scary or mature
Horror, trauma, heavy themes
Substance use
Alcohol, drugs, smoking
What it offers
Positive messages
Kindness, courage, honesty, resilience
Positive role models
Characters who model good judgment and growth
Educational value
History, science, culture, how the world works
A note for parents
The Lightning Thief is a beloved middle-grade adventure that weaves Greek mythology into an engaging quest narrative with minimal objectionable content. While there are fantasy battles with monsters and some tense moments involving divine conflict, violence is not graphic and remains adventure-appropriate. The story excels in fostering positive values like loyalty, courage, and self-acceptance, with Percy modeling persistence and growth despite self-doubt and family challenges.
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From the publisher
Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school . . . again. And that's the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus's mast... Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school . . . again. And that's the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus's stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with the father who abandoned him; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves.
Shelved under
- Juvenile Fiction
- Loveable Characters
- Strong Character Development
- Diverse Characters
- A mix driven
- Not Diverse Characters
- Plot driven
- Weak Character Development
- Character driven
- Unloveable Characters
- adventurous
- funny
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ISBN 9781368051477 · Disney-Hyperion