The Lightning Thief: the first book in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series. Look I didn't want to be a half-blood. I never asked to be the son of a Greek god. I was just a normal kid going to school playing basketball skateboarding. The usual. Until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher. That's when things started really going wrong. Now I spend my time fighting with swords battling monsters with my friends & generally trying to stay alive. This is the one where Zeus God of the Sky thinks I've stolen his lightning bolt
- & making Zeus angry is a very bad idea... Praise for the Percy Jackson series: Witty & inspired. Gripping touching & deliciously satirical... This is most likely to succeed Rowling. Puffin is on to a winner". (Amanda Craig The Times). " Puns jokes & subtle wit alongside a gripping storyline". (Telegraph). " Perfectly paced with electrifying moments chasing each other like heartbeats". (New York Times). Rick Riordan is an award-winning mystery writer. For the past fifteen years he has taught at middle schools in the San Francisco Bay area & in Texas. Rick lives in San Antonio Texas with his wife & two sons. Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief the overall winner of the Red House Children's Book Award was Rick's first novel featuring the heroic young demigod. The Percy Jackson series: The Lightning Thief; The Sea of Monsters; The Battle of the Labyrinth; The Titan's Curse; The Last Olympian Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero; The Son of Neptune; The Mark of Athena The Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid; The Throne of Fire; & The Serpent's Shadow."