Title:
The lightning thief
Author:
Edition:
1st pbk. ed.
Publication Information:
Los Angeles ; New York : Disney/Hyperion, 2006, ©2005.
Physical Description:
377 pages ; 20 cm.
ISBN:
9780786838653
Abstract:
After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
General Note:
Includes excerpts from: Percy Jackson & The Olympians, book 2: The Sea of Monsters ; The Red Pyramid.
Contents:
I accidentally vaporize my pre-algebra teacher -- Three old ladies knit the socks of death -- Grover unexpectedly loses his pants -- My mother teaches me bullfighting -- I play pinochle with a horse -- I become supreme lord of the bathroom -- My dinner goes up in smoke -- We capture a flag -- I am offered a quest -- I ruin a perfectly good bus -- We visit the Garden Gnome Emporium -- We get advice from a poodle -- I plunge to my death -- I become a known fugitive -- God buys us cheeseburgers -- We take a zebra to Vegas -- We shop for water beds -- Annabeth does obedience school -- We find out the truth, sort of -- I battle my jerk relative -- I settle my tab -- Prophecy comes true.
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Language:
English
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