But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with the father who abandoned him solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves. Series creator Rick Riordan joins forces with three of the biggest names in the comic book industry to tell the story of a boy who must unravel a treachery more. Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus' stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. Zeus' master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. It is the first book in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. It is the first young-adult book written by author Rick Riordan. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. The Lightning Thief is a 2005 fantasy - adventure novel which is based on Greek mythology. Today over 35 million copies of his Percy Jackson, Kane Chronicles, and Heroes of Olympus books are in print in the United States, and rights have been sold into more than 35 countries. Percy is described as someone who starts from zero to hero. The demigod Percy who is created from author’s imagination becomes the main subject in this study.

Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school. Rick Riordan is the 1 New York Times bestselling author of over twenty novels for young readers, including the Percy Jackson series. Riordan turned to children's fiction when he started The Lightning Thief as a bedtime story for his oldest son. Percy Jackson the Olympians book 1 The Lightning Thief is an interesting novel which becomes the foundation of this study.

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