Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Percy Jackson & the Olympians is a series of books that give a modern twist to the well known stories of the greek gods. The Lightning Thief is the story of Poseidons half mortal son. Percy Jackson has always been different; ADHD and anger problems included. He lives with his mother in a trashy apartment with his step dad who he can't stand. His only friend, Grover, is handicapped and straight forward. Percy soon finds out that he is the son of Poseidon and is thrown into camp half-blood for protection. There he meets plenty of other half human, half god teenagers. His friend Grover, is actually is protector and has been protecting Percy from the very first day that they met. He is a satyr which is a half man, half goat. Percy soon finds out that he has the ability to develop powers given to him by his godly genes. He is also shocked to found out that he is the only son of Poseidon, therefore the only one in his dormitory at the camp. The camp is split up by which god or goddess you belong to. Most half-bloods are angry with their parents or don't understand why they aren't able to speak to their parents. Percy is upset that he had to leave his mother. After just a week of training Percy is sent on a mission to retrieve Zeus' lighting bolt which has been stolen. He goes through many different trials and tests before he finds out that the person who stole the lightning bolt was actually one of the students from the camp and Percy's friend. Percy overcomes his fear of using his power to retrieve the lightning bolt and returns it to Zeus' before a war broke out.