Percy Jackson appears to be a regular 12 year old boy living in New York. He lives at his boarding school, Yancy Academy. His only family that he know of is his mom Sally and his mean step-father, Gabe. He has dyslexia, ADD, and often gets into trouble. He has a unique talent of being able to stay underwater for long periods of time. It wasn't until he took a class trip to a museum that he learns how special he actually is. At the museum he is led into a room by one of his teachers, Mrs. Dodd's. She tells him to confess to something or he was going to die. He has no idea what she was talking about. She then turns into a Fury, a Greek mythological bat like creature, and is about to attack him when another teacher, Mr. Brunner and his best friend Grover come to his rescue.

Percy eventually learns that she was looking for a lightning bolt stolen from the Greek God Zeus. Percy also discovers that he is the son of a Greek god himself, Poseidon, the God of the Sea. This makes him a demi-god, a child of a god and a human. Zeus, who is Percy's uncle, has accused him of stealing his lightning bolt and tells Poseidon if it is not returned by summer solstice there will be war. Percy is brought to camp Half Blood to train and prepare to go on a journey to get the lightning bolt back. There he meets other demi-gods like himself, some good and some bad. He sets off with Grover and a new friend Annabeth and along their way they meet Medusa, a Hydra, a Lotus-Eater and Percy's other uncle, Hades, God of the Underworld. They eventually find the lightning bolt and return it to Zeus. Percy finally gets to meet his real dad and discover the truth about himself.

Percy

Grover

Annabeth

Mr. Brunner

Ares

Hades

Poseiden

Zeus

Mrs. Dodd's

Medusa

Luke

Sally

Gabe

Disgorge-to throw up

Envy-the feeling of wanting to have what someone else has

Dyslexia-a condition in the brain that makes it hard for a person to read, write, and spell

Frieze-a decorative band commonly found on a building or wall

Abalone-a type of shellfish that is eaten as food

Oath-a promise to tell the truth or do something

Prophecy- statement that something will happen in the future

• Percy goes on field trip and is attacked by Miss Dodds
• Percy goes home for the summer
• Percy and his mom go to a cabin on Long Island where Grover finds them and warns them of danger
• Sally and Grover take Percy to Camp Half-Blood and on their way they are attacked by a Minotaur and Sally gets taken
• They arrive at Camp Half Blood where Percy learns who he really is and about the stolen lightning bolt.
• Percy begins to train for his quest as he wants to get his mom back
• Percy, Annabeth, and Grover set of to find the lightning bolt thought to be in the Underworld
• They encounter Medusa, a Chimera, and Lotus Eaters along the way
• They meet Ares, God of War, who gives them a backpack of supplies
• They make their way to the Underworld where they meet Hades, Percy's uncle
• Hades finds the lightning bolt in Percy's backpack
• Percy realizes Ares was trying to set him up as the thief and start a war between the gods
• Percy's mom is realeased
• They go to Mount Olympus an give the lightning bolt back to Zeus
• Percy meets his father
• Percy returns home and his Gabe gets turned to stone

The novel ends with Percy returning the lightning bolt to Zeus on Mount Olympus. He meets his father and finally learns some things about himself. His father says he is sorry for all the challenges and danger Percy may face in his life as a demi-god. Poseidon also tells him there is a package waiting for him at home that he will understand it when he opens it.

Percy decides not to return to Yancy Academy and wants to live at home with his mom for grade 7. He says goodbye to his new friends. Annabeth is spending the school year with her dad and Grover gets his Searchers License and is sent on a quest. They promise to meet back to Camp Half Blood next summer.

When Percy gets home he opens the box sent by his father. It is Medusa's head and anyone who looks in her eyes will be turned to stone. He puts the head in the fridge and when his mean step father opens the fridge door he looks into Medusa's eyes and is immediately turned to stone.

I liked the book because it is full of adventure and I learned about Greek mythology and the different gods. The author uses lots of description and it was easy to imagine all the things going on. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes adventure. It would be good for anyone in my age group.