Paperback, 392 pages

English language

Published March 31, 2006 by Miramax.

ISBN:
978-0-7868-3865-3
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4 stars (2 reviews)

Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.

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This middle grade book would have been one of my absolute favorites in my youth, and I loved it now too. I love Greek mythology, and this is basically Greek mythology meets modern urban fantasy.

Perseus Jackson, short Percy, is a problem student who can never settle down anywhere. His mother lives with his detestable step-father in New York, and he gets moved from boarding school to boarding school. But one day something changes, when his math teacher turns into a Fury and tries to attack him. He eventually finds out that he is actually a demi-god, the offspring of Poseidon with his mortal mother, and that there's a whole camp full of children like him.

But war is brewing amongst the three major gods Zeus, Poseidon and Hades because Zeus' bolt was stolen, and Percy is sent on a quest with Grover the Satyr, and Athena's daughter Annabeth, to …

Subjects

  • Legends, Myths, & Fables - Greek & Roman
  • General
  • Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
  • Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
  • Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)
  • Mythology, Greek
  • Juvenile Fiction
  • Juvenile Fiction / General
  • Children's All Ages
  • Action & Adventure - General
  • Camps
  • Fiction