#THE LIGHTNING THIEF AUDIO BOOK SERIES#

Moving away from his home state of Texas, he says, made him realize how much he appreciates growing up there. Riordan currently lives in San Antonio with his wife and two sons. He taught English in California and Texas for fifteen years before retiring to write full-time. He earned degrees in both History and English and continued with graduate studies. Riordan was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1964 and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin.

#THE LIGHTNING THIEF AUDIO BOOK SERIES#

He also wrote the storyline and the first book in the immensely popular 39 Clues series of books for young people. New York Times #1 best-selling writer Rick Riordan is the creator of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series of books, the Kane Chronicles, the Heroes of Olympus. Teachers love it because it is a high-interest novel and provides an excellent introduction and pathway into later studies such as 'The Iliad,' 'The Odyssey' and 'The Aeneid.' 'The Lightning Thief' has won many prestigious awards and has gained a huge following among preteens and teens. He finds out quickly that this is not an enviable position to be in, especially when he has encountered the wrath of some of the most powerful gods. Percy discovers that he is actually blood kin to some of the Olympic gods, in essence a demi-god. He ends up in a sort of Mount Olympus, where Zeus' thunderbolt has been stolen. He finds himself in summer camp, and yet again, trouble seems to find him. The worst part is that no one believes him. As if this isn't enough, all sorts of mythological creatures begin to stalk him. To top it all off, his math teacher keeps metamorphosing into a monster. He just can't seem to avoid getting into trouble when he helps out.

He has a deep sense of responsibility to stand up to bullies, especially when his friends are involved. Things keep happening to him, things that make him feel like he's a trouble magnet. Percy Jackson is a 12-year-old boy with a problem. Author Rick Riordan has been able to introduce the Olympic gods and their stories to millions of new fans, not an easy feat, as any teacher can testify. 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 failure and betrayal by a friend and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves.'The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians' continues to enthrall adolescents and young adults in homes and classrooms throughout the world. On a daring road trip from their summer camp in New York to the gates of the Underworld in Los Angeles, Percy and his friends–one a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of Athena–will face a host of enemies determined to stop them. Now Percy has just ten days to find and return Zeus's stolen property, and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus.

And worse, he's angered a few of them: Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. The gods of Mount Olympus, he's coming to realize, are very much alive in the twenty-first century. Suddenly, mythical creatures seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. Until the Minotaur chases him to summer camp.

But can he really be expected to stand by and watch while a bully picks on his scrawny best friend? Or not defend himself against his pre-algebra teacher when she turns into a monster and tries to kill him? Of course, no one believes Percy about the monster incident he's not even sure he believes himself. No matter how hard he tries, he can't seem to stay out of trouble. Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school.

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