Percy Jackson and the Olympians the Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel (Paperback)

from thelibrarina

A junior-high student discovers that his absent father is really a Greek god--a god who is at war with his brother over a stolen lightning bolt. In order to recover it, Percy and two friends must journey across America and beyond, to Hades itself. But prophecies aren't all they seem, and the ligh...

from ThothJ

A good comic book version of the novel "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief". It was well-drawn and more true to the book than the movie version, but there were still several point left out, including Luke's attack on Percy at the end of the novel; in the comic book it is just re...

from rapago

I admit that my first foray into this series was not the actual novel. No, it was the movie version. I, of course, had heard about this series of books. My children and my students were devouring all the books in the series. After seeing the film, though, I really did not have a big interestin re...

from bezoar44

This graphic novel rendition of the Lightning Thief is much inferior to the original book, omitting some of its most compelling scenes to save space. In the process, the graphic novel appeared to me to alter the motives and personalities of some of the characters (for example, Ares). The main cha...

from ElizaJane

Reason for Reading: This was a Cybils '10 nominee and I've just now been able to get a copy to read. This is a graphic adaptation of the novel of the same name and even though this is the first in the series I think it will be most enjoyed by those who have read the book. As a standalone, without...