The release date for the English version of 'The Lightning Thief' by
Rick Riordan is Mar 2006. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
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Although Percy Jackson is a kind young man, he struggles to keep his anger in check and concentrate on his studies. Percy could have convinced his pre-algebra instructor had transformed into a monster and attempted to murder him, and that things have only gotten worse since he started attending boarding school. When Percy's mother learns, she realizes it's time for him to learn the truth about his origins and to travel to the one location where he would be safe. She sends Percy to Camp Half Blood, a demigod summer camp (on Long Island), where he discovers Poseidon, the God of the Sea, is the father he never knew. As soon as a riddle is revealed, Percy embarks on a journey across America with his friends—one of whom is a satyr and the other is the demigod daughter of Athena—in order to reach the Underworld's gates, which are situated in a Hollywood recording studio, and stop the gods from going to war.