Iwan's book report

Title:Percy Jackson and the Olympians:The lightning thief

Author:Rick Roirdan

Publisher:Disney Hyperion

Place& year of publication: 2005 United States

Numberof pages: 398

Where youfound the book: School Library

Summery

Percy Jackson is a 6^thgrader in Yancy Acadamy for troubled children. He was kicked out of school and told he is actually the son of a sea godPoseidon. His father, Poseidon is accused of stealing Zeus’s lightning bolt. All these events lead to Percy’s quest. He set out on his quest with his two friends Annabeth (daughter of Athena)and Grover (a Styr).

His quest was toretrieve the lightning bolt from Hades. Along the way he meets unpleasantmonsters, like Medusa he also learn more about himself and who he really is. He has a series of dreams about a monster in the Abyss (the deepest hole inthe earth).These dreams help predict what the future will bring.

When he reaches Hadesit appears that he didn’t steal the bolt but that someone had stolenhis helm of darkness too.If he wasn’t the thief then who was ? Who would wanta war between the gods, was it maybe the monster Percy had dreamt about thatwould rise out of the abyss or maybe a close friend, no one would know until thebook ends.

Christian perspective

This book was notwritten from a Christian perspective but the characters in the book hadChristian qualities like perseverance, hope, and courage, they cared and lookedout for each other through hard times. Tough the book was nothing nearChristian some characters dealt wisely with their rage and conflict for examplePercy felt like he could kill his stepfather Gabe but he dealt with it wisely bynot showing how mad he was and he respected his stepfather by doing that eventough he was wrong.

My thoughts

I really liked thisbook and would recommend it to any one that likes action ,adventure and fantasyall in one book I learned a lot about Greek mythology.