The Lightning Thief

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan is about a boy named Percy Jackson. He just thinks he is a normal boy but soon finds out that he's not. He goes through 6th grade learning about the Greek and Roman Gods to be a myth just to find out that they weren't and that he was the son of one. He was the son of Poseidon, the God of the Sea.

Percy finds out that he is Poseidon's son when he is at a camp for Half-Bloods and they are playing a game of capture the flag. Percy goes into a creek and Poseidon claims him as his son. After Percy finds out that Poseidon is his father he gets a quest. His quest is to find Zeus's master lightning bolt to stop World War III from happening. There was going to be a war if he didn't find the master bolt and return it to Zeus because Zeus was blaming Poseidon for taking it even though Poseidon did not take it. Percy goes on the quest with two of his friends Grover and Annabeth, they run into monsters and other Gods. They need to figure out who took the master bolt and where to find them with just a little amount of time so they use teamwork to stop the idea of World War III.

I really liked this book because it had adventure, and had a sort of a mystery to it so that you’re trying to figure out before Percy does. The book seemed to bring up pollution a lot and so I think the author thinks that people of this day and age seem to pollute the world all over. Even though this book had more to do with the Greek and Roman myths he still brought up pollution. I would give this book an A because it was good but at first I had a hard time getting into it. Also this book was made into a movie!