Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1:

The Lightning Thief

What if the gods of Olympuswere alive in the 21^st Century? What if they still fell in love with mortals and had children who might become great heroes — like Theseus, Jason and Hercules?

What if you were one of those children?

Such is the discovery that launches twelve-year-old Percy Jackson on the most dangerous quest of his life. With the help of a satyr and a daughter of Athena, Percy must journey across the United States to catch a thief who has stolen the original weapon of mass destruction – Zeus’ master bolt. Along the way, he must face a host of mythological enemies determined to stop him. Most of all, he must come to terms with a father he has never known, and an Oracle that has warned him of betrayal by a friend.

A New York Times Bestseller

Selected for Al Roker’s Book Club For Kids, the Today Show

A Best Book of 2005, School Library Journal

A New York Times Notable Book of 2005

A Best Book of 2005, Child Magazine

Bluebonnet Award Nominee 2006, Texas Library Association

Askews Torchlight Award (UK) Winner, 2006

Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book List, 2005

VOYA Top Shelf Fiction List for 2005

ALA Notable Book for 2005

YALSA Best Book for Young Adults 2005

Red House Children’s Book Award Winner (UK), 2006

CCBC choice award 2006, Cooperative Children’s Book Center

A 2006 Notable Children’s Book, National Council for Teachers of English

A Publishers Weekly National Children’s Bestseller

Warwickshire Book Award Winner (UK), 2007

And winner of the following State Library Association Readers’ Choice Awards:

Beehive Award (Utah)
Mark Twain Award (Missouri)
Sunshine State Readers Award (Florida)
Virginia Readers Choice Award (Virginia)
Maine Student Book Award (Maine)
Nene Award (Hawaii)
Sequoyah Award (Oklahoma)
Nutmeg Award (Connecticut)
Golden Sower Award (Nebraska)
Grand Canyon Readers Award (Arizona)
Rebecca Caudill Award (Illinois)
Massachusetts Children’s Book Award (Massachusetts)
Louisiana Young Readers Choice Award (Louisiana)

Pacific Northwest Young Readers Choice Award (Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Alaska)

Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award (Pennsylvania)

Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Minnesota)
South Carolina Junior Book Award (South Carolina)

Iowa Teen Award 2008-2009 (Iowa)