Riordan, Rick. <br/><br/>
The lightning thief / 
Rick Riordan. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Miramax Books/Hyperion Books for Children,  c2005. 
 - 377 p. ;  22 cm. 
 - Percy Jackson & the olympians ;  bk. 1 .
 - Riordan, Rick.  Percy Jackson & the olympians ;  bk. 1. .
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<br/><br/> Percy, expelled from six schools for being unable to control his temper, learns the truth from his mother that his father is the Greek god Poseidon, and is sent to Camp Half Blood where he is befriended by a satyr and the demigod daughter of Athena who join him in a journey to the Underworld to retrieve Zeus's lightning bolt and prevent a catastrophic war. 
<br/><br/> 4.9  5-8  Follett Library Resources 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0786856297 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gods and goddesses--Fiction.<br/>Camps--Fiction.<br/>Voyages and travels--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>[Fic]