The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

You say your life is hard or maybe boring with going to school every day, the same things over and over again. Well that's just the way Percy Jackson wishes his life was. Instead, his life is filled with danger around every corner, dyslexia and strange events that never seem to favor him.

This is a very interesting book and taught me a lot about Greek mythology. I think Rick Riordan did an excellent job with developing the characters and plot .This is a great book for all ages; very clean and exciting. It is a fiction, fantasy- adventure book tying in a lot of Greek Mythology.

Percy Jackson is twelve years old and already, his life is at risk. He just barley escaped a close encounter with his Math teacher Mrs. Dodds. Then his best friend, Grover, along with the whole school denies even knowing a Mrs. Dodds. Something very fishy was going on. Then while he was on vacation, he was attacked by the Minotaur and barely escaped to some sort of special camp. Percy wanted some answers. That's when his mom confessed. Percy then finds out that the Greek world that he has been learning about from his favorite teacher, Mr. Brunner, is real. It just so happens that his best friend Grover, along with Mr. Brunner, are both satyrs sent to protect him because he is the son of Poseidon!!! Not only that, but the reason he is being attacked is because he is the suspected thief of Zeus' lightning bolt (hence the Lightning Thief), and Hades' helm of darkness (both Gods' symbols of power)! Now, to save his own life, Percy has to go on a quest, the first half-blood (child of a god) to be granted one in years. His goal: to find the god's possessions and return them before a terrible war breaks out.

I would definitely recommend reading this book. It is not very hard to read, and will keep you intrigued. You may also want to know this is the first is a series if five.