Bad stuff always seemed to happen to 12 year old Percy Jackson; he'd get in trouble for no reason at school, teachers hated him, and recently, monsters chased him. When Percy's mum takes him on a weekend trip to the sea side, everything seemed perfectly normal, however, all that was about to change: at night, Grover, the satyr shows up outside their door and tells Percy and Sally (his mother) that it isn't safe for Percy to be out in the real world anymore. Percy is really confused but follows Grover and his mother to Camp Half-Blood, the place were his father, who Percy never knew, had told Sally that Percy would be safe. They get attacked by the Minotor, which kills Sally and knocks Grover out of consionness. Luckly, Percy defeates the Minotor and brings Grover to Camp Half-Blood. Here, Percy learns that he is not just any normal kid, but that he is in fact a son of Poseidon, the sea God (everyone at Camp Half-Blood is half God). He befriends Annabeth, daughter of Athena, meets Chiron, the famou centaur would trained all the Greek heroes and finds out that he is excellent at sword fighting. But all is not well. Up on Olympus, Zeus' matser bolt is missing and Percy is the main suspect. Now it's up to him to find the real theif, travel to the Underworld and get back the master bolt or else there will be a civil war between the Gods, which is a really bad thing. And he has to do this in 10 days time...
This is one of the greatest books that I've ever read. The plot is really well thought through and I can relate to how the characters and their emotions. The mordern twists that Rick Riordan has put on the acient greek myths are really clever and funny. I just couldn't put this book down and I definately recommend this to girls and boys alike :D
Caroline
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