Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Book 1)
Paperback Published on: 07/09/2023
Price: £9.99
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a fast-paced adventure for young readers
This is a clever and original concept, and I love the idea of bringing the ancient gods to the 21st Century USA. There is a strong cast of characters from ... READ MORE
Highly enjoyable start to a promising series
Percy (Perseus) Jackson has always had trouble at school, dyslexia and ADHD adding to the everyday troubles of trying to fit in and actually get the work d... READ MORE
A brilliant start to a fantastic series!
It wasn’t until the film was released that I decided to read this book – and I’m glad I did. This series has encouraged numerous reluctant readers (especia... READ MORE
Perfection!
When the Harry Potter series ended, it left such a void in my heart. But at last I found something to fill that void, and that is Percy Jackson. I read thi... READ MORE
An excellent start to the series
I've been meaning to read this for years and am so glad I moved it to the top of my reading pile. Rick Riordan skillfully combines the Greek myths into an ... READ MORE
An adventure fit for any age!
This is such an amazing and original idea that Riordan has produced. To have a world rich with danger and adventure which any fan can visit in real life is... READ MORE
Greek Mythology, Half-bloods and monsters...What more could you want?
I have to admit, I have had this book a while and only after catching the back end of the film did I think 'I should read that'. So I did. I could not put ... READ MORE
Enjoy your stay at Camp Half-Blood!!
It’s not often I can say that the main character of a book is my favourite- but Percy Jackson has captured my heart.
He is a hero who carries the weight ... READ MORE
Inspired!
“My name is Percy Jackson.
I'm twelve years old. Until a few months ago, I was a boarding student at Yancy Academy, a private school for troubled kids in ... READ MORE
Synopsis
The first book in the bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Now with a new cover look, read the story that launched Percy Jackson into the stratosphere, before the Disney+ series comes out!
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 possible go wrong?
Publisher information
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
- ISBN: 9780141346809
- Number of pages: 400
- Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 27 mm
- Weight: 279g
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
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I loved it! The best book in the series is the second book, but this one is second best.
I liked the story line, Camp Half-Blood and everything else. In fa... READ MORE
Awesome book!
I saw the movie of Percy Jackson before i decided to read this book, and i must say; this book is awesome.
It is just about this boy who's a half-greek go... READ MORE
Percy Jackson Lightening Thief graphic novel
I have read the original book and I thought that it was good that it was put into pictures to see someone else's perspective of it. Thumbs up!
Best book ever
I thought percy Jackson was an amazing book it's a cross between fantasy and war it also learns you a lot about the Greek culture I am now reading the sea ... READ MORE
Entertaining
I bought this book after watching the film. The film left me slightly disappointed, and I much preferred the book. It's an interesting plot and I found it ... READ MORE
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
This book is amazing and all the characters are really easy to like, you just want to become part of Camp Half blood and join them in their quests.
If you ... READ MORE
Love the whole series
Great story line which evokes empathy for many characters throughout the plot. A great read in my opinion, never read any book so fast before!
Excellant
This book was fun to read. Each sort of ends in a cliffhanger. I REALLY prefer the book then the movie and you notice a lot of changes. The reason why I di... READ MORE
Fantastic young adult novel
Content Warnings: ableism, use of ableist language, manipulation, animal abuse
Percy Jackson was a thoroughly enjoyable read! I love mythology so this was... READ MORE
Action packed and utterly brilliant!
have attempted this series before in the past and never really got on with it. It’s something that’s always pained me a little as I’ve seen how many reade... READ MORE
I love Percy Jackson!
The Lightning Thief is a great start to a brilliant series, being a complete Ancient Greece nerd, I couldn't help but be drawn into Percy Jackson's world. ... READ MORE
Great adaptation
This is a great graphic novel adaptation of The Lightning Thief. I read the first two books in the Percy Jackson series a couple of years ago, so I wanted ... READ MORE
Great series
Firstly you can't really compare these to Harry Potter. They are very different both in style, Riordan writes fast and with a lot of humour but still manag... READ MORE
Amazing
This is one of the best books I’ve ever read. I really enjoyed it because the characters are exciting with interesting backgrounds and the storyline is thr... READ MORE
off we go to camp half-blood
Definitely worthy of more acclaim.
Maybe it's because I am a fan of Greek mythology but even if you take this concept aside, this is still a really great r... READ MORE
Incredible
This is one of my favourite books of all time. The fantasy and adventure aspects are handled very well. Percy is a great protagonist and annabeth and grove... READ MORE
One of the best books I've read
Rick, is one of the best authors I've read. His books are easy to read and lighthearted, not to mention inclusive. The book is based of a young demigod who... READ MORE
Sorry Percy
Fun for kids but as an adult you become alarmingly more aware of how annoying Percy really is...
I can't wait to read the whole series!
Several of my friends have read Percy Jackson before me and they told me how brilliant it was, so I decided to purchase the first book and WOW! I was not p... READ MORE
Amazing
Such a great first book! Can't wait to read the rest of the series and go on adventures with Percy, Annabeth and Groover! Amazing read even for adults!!
these books r *mwah*
if u know any young readers (8-14) that would enjoy a mythology based story. THIS IS IT!! even if the reader doesn’t have any prior knowledge of mythology ... READ MORE
Love this book!!
Fantastic start to the series!. Filled with so much humour and great characters!.
AMAZING
amazing for casual readers to become more challanging
Well loved series
We have loved all this series
All-time favourite
I’ve just finished reading Lightning Thief and am now determined to finish the whole collection. I love the Rick Riordan’s writing style as a whole and am ... READ MORE
Fabulous!
I read this book when I was 11 years old and I could not put it down! Then next books in the collection are amazing as well, but BEWARE once you read one y... READ MORE
The god worthy books
My name is Johnny and my age is 10 and when I was in year 3 ( seven to eight), I was at a jumble sale and bought the first book of the Percy Jackson series... READ MORE
Such a fab fantasy series!
Quite possibly one of the best young adult series I've read so far, even though I came into the fandom rather late (after not reading a lot in my early tee... READ MORE
BEST OF ALL PERCY JACKSON BOOKS
First book kept me hooked throughout the book, kept me reading for the next book too. Lovely.
I really enjoyed this demigod coming of age book
I'd never read these before now as I bagged the box set for cheap from The Works.
I've seen the movie multiple times and really enjoyed that. The differen... READ MORE
Wow-should have read this years ago!
The only regret I have with this book, is not picking it up sooner. Adult me has been umming and ahhhing over this series for a long while. I heard great t... READ MORE
Inspired my son to read
My son loves Greek mythology and this is an accessible and enjoyable story (as always the book is better than the film!)
Absolutely amazing my favourite book
This is such a fun light hearted book with twists and turns i would recommend this to anyone no matter their ages and i know everyone who has read this has... READ MORE
PEEERRRCCCYYYYY JJAAACCCCKKKSSSSOOONNN ISSSSSS EEEEEPIIIIICCCC!!!!!!!!!!
My daughter loved this book. She is continuing to read the rest of the series. She says that it is exciting and funny. There is a very big plot twist at th... READ MORE
What if the Greek gods were real… and they were watching you?
Percy Jackson is just trying to survive school when he finds out monsters exist, ancient gods are very much alive, and he might be in serious danger. Sudde... READ MORE
Dhejs
A amazing book can't put down
Percy x annabeth
Amazing
Recommend
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