Percy Jackson feels frustrated and misunderstood. Suffering from dyslexia and ADHD, he has been kicked out of every school he has gone to at the end of the year. Now he faces another summer with his mother and abusive step-father. But strange things keep happening to him, like his math teacher attacking him during a field trip to a museum. When he and his mother go for a summer outing to a cottage on the beach, he learns that he is indeed not like other kids because his father is a god. A race ensues to get Percy to Camp Half-Blood, a safe haven for the children of the Greek Gods, before he is attacked by a Minotaur. As Percy learns the truth about himself at camp, he comes to learn that he needs to go on a quest to prevent a war from breaking out between the gods, which would be disastrous for mankind. A rollicking read! Great fun. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. Random House, 2005.
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