# Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Book 1)

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- Authors: [Richard Russell](https://www.bookquiver.com/richard-russell)
- Publisher: Puffin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4192-440-3
- Published: 2008-05-01
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

The first book in the bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Now with a new cover look! Discover the story behind the Disney+ series. HALF BOY - HALF GOD - ALL HERO. Look, I never asked to be the son of a Greek god. I was just a normal kid. . . until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher. Percy Jackson is having a bad week. His life has gone from totally normal to monsters-from-Greek-mythology-randomly-appearing kind of strange. Worse still, the king of the gods thinks Percy has stolen his all-powerful lightning bolt - and it seems making Zeus angry is a very bad idea. Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to catch the true lightning thief and stop all-out war from erupting on Mount Olympus. . . What could possibly go wrong?