num_pages: 375
description: Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse. Percy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him. When Percy's mom finds out, she knows it's time that he knew the truth about where he came from, and that he go to the one place he'll be safe. She sends Percy to Camp Half Blood, a summer camp for demigods (on Long Island), where he learns that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea. Soon a mystery unfolds and together with his friends -- one a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of Athena -- Percy sets out on a quest across the United States to reach the gates of the Underworld (located in a recording studio in Hollywood) and prevent a catastrophic war between the gods.
language: English
title: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
titlecomplete: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
characters: Annabeth Chase, Luke Castellan, Hades (Greek God), Poseidon, Ares (god), Chiron, Dionysus (mythology), Percy Jackson, Zeus (god), Grover Underwood
genres: Greek Mythology, Adventure, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Mythology, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 2792637
places: Santa Monica, California, St. Louis, Missouri, New York City, New York, Los Angeles, California, Denver, Colorado, Montauk, New York, Las Vegas, Nevada, Long Island, New York, New Jersey
series: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Camp Half-Blood Chronicles
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: Puffin Books