The Lost Hero The Son of Neptune The Mark of Athena The Lightning Thief The Sea of Monsters The Battle of the Labyrinth The Titan's Curse The Last Olympian Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, the overall winner of the Red House Children's Book Award, was Rick's first novel featuring the heroic young demigod. Rick lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife and two sons. For the past fifteen years he has taught at middle schools in the San Francisco Bay area and in Texas. Rick Riordan is an award-winning mystery writer. 'Perfectly paced, with electrifying moments chasing each other like heartbeats' - New York Times 'Puns, jokes and subtle wit, alongside a gripping storyline' - Telegraph Puffin is on to a winner' - Amanda Craig, The Times Gripping, touching and deliciously satirical.This is most likely to succeed Rowling. This is the one where Zeus, God of the Sky, thinks I've stolen his lightning bolt - and making Zeus angry is a very bad idea.Ĭan Percy find the lightning bolt before a fully-fledged war of the Gods erupts? Now I spend my time fighting with swords, battling monsters with my friends, and generally trying to stay alive. That's when things started really going wrong. Until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher.

I was just a normal kid, going to school, playing basketball, skateboarding.

I never asked to be the son of a Greek God. The first bestselling book in Rick Riordan's phenomenally successful Percy Jackson series. The Lightning Thief: the First book in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series.

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