description: Percy Jackson is sent to Camp Half Blood, a summer camp (on Long Island) for demigods, where he learns that his father is Poseidon, God of the Sea. Soon a mystery unfolds and together with his friends, Percy sets out on a quest across the United States to reach the gates of the underworld and prevent a war between the gods.
language: English
title: The Lightning Thief
titlecomplete: The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
characters: Ares (god), Percy Jackson, Grover Underwood, Hades (Greek God), Luke Castellan, Poseidon, Chiron, Annabeth Chase, Zeus (god), Dionysus (mythology)
genres: Middle Grade, Audiobook, Mythology, Childrens, Young Adult, Greek Mythology, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Adventure, Young Adult Fantasy
ratings_count: 2791577
places: Montauk, New York, Los Angeles, California, St. Louis, Missouri, Denver, Colorado, New Jersey, Santa Monica, California, New York City, New York, Las Vegas, Nevada, Long Island, New York
series: Camp Half-Blood Chronicles, Percy Jackson and the Olympians
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Young Readers' Choice Award, awardedAt: 1293868800000
name: Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards
category: Older Readers, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: South Carolina Book Award
category: Junior Book Award, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Grand Canyon Reader Award
category: Tween Book, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Nene Award, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Massachusetts Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award
category: Grades 6-8, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Sunshine State Young Readers Award
category: Grades 6-8, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award
category: Intermediate, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Iowa Teen Award, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Lincoln Award, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Oklahoma Sequoyah Award
category: YA, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Random House (NY)