Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Lightning Thief, Book 1, (Audiobook)

from StormRaven

The Lightning Thief is the first book in Rick Riordan's young adult oriented five book Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. As one would expect, the central character of the story is Percy Jackson, who opens the book as a fairly typical twelve year old struggling through his classes, dealing w...

from Caspettee

Percy Jackson is an average 12 year old delinquent. He soon discovers however that not only is he a delinquent he is a half god delinquent. He is also at the centre of a war brewing among the gods and he must complete a heroes quest to save the world and find a way to rescue his mother. No pressu...

from coffee.is.yum

Great book! I finished this in a couple of days because I had such a hard time putting it down. Harry Potter fans, be prepared to walk away in shame while The Lightning Thief blows your pointy little hats off. Rick Riordan does what JKR didn't. The "hero" isn't the only hero. Not everything bad h...

from bellalibrarian

Percy Jackson has just been kicked out of another boarding school. He returns home to his loving mother and smelly stepdad only to find that he is being chased by horrible monsters. A fight occurs, someone is hurt and disappears. When it seems like there is nowhere to turn, Percy finds Half-blood...

from farfromkansas

I think I might be the only person in the world who hasn't yet read a single Harry Potter book. I have nothing against J.K. Rowling - I've just never had the opportunity to sit down and read a few thousand pages of her writing. Because of this, the whole world of Muggles and Hogwarts is foreign t...