The Lightning Thief
Series: Percy Jackson and The Olympians #1
Publisher: Miramax Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: United States of America
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780786856299
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.
Table of contents: label: Chapter 1
title: I accidentally vaporize my pre-algebra teacher; label: Chapter 2
title: Three old ladies knit the socks of death; label: Chapter 3
title: Grover unexpectedly loses his pants; label: Chapter 4
title: My mother teaches me bullfighting; label: Chapter 5
title: I play pinochle with a horse; label: Chapter 6
title: I become supreme lord of the bathroom; label: Chapter 7
title: My dinner goes up in smoke; label: Chapter 8
title: We capture a flag; label: chapter 9
title: I am offered a quest; label: Chapter 10
title: I ruin a perfectly good bus; label: Chapter 11
title: We visit the Garden Gnome Emporium; label: Chapter 12
title: We get advice from a poodle; label: Chapter 13
title: I plunge to my death; label: Chapter 14
title: I become a known fugitive; label: Chapter 15
title: God buys us cheeseburgers; label: Chapter 16
title: We take a zebra to Vegas; label: Chapter 17
title: We shop for water beds; label: Chapter 18
title: Annabeth does obedience school; label: Chapter 19
title: We find out the truth, sort of; label: Chapter 20
title: I battle my jerk relative; label: Chapter 21
title: I settle my tab; label: Chapter 22
title: Prophecy comes true