Percy Jackson

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Percy Jackson

• The Lightning Thief
• Author Rick Riordan
• Printed in March 2006

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Setting

• Percy is a troubled kid who lives in New York
  with his mom
• Percy goes to Camp Half-Blood on Half-blood
  Hill.He also goes to the Underworld with his
  friends to save the world

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Characters

• Percy is the son of Poseidon, the sea god
• Grover is a keeper, Percys bodyguard and a
  satyr, a person that is a goat from the
  waist-down
• Annabeth is a daughter of Athena, goddess of
  wisdom

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About the Book

• Percy has this problem where he is blamed for
  stealing Zeus Master Bolt. Poseidon and Hades
  had their symbol of power stolen from them too.
  Percy is framed and there might be a war that
  makes World War II minor.

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Resolution

• At the end, Percy got framed and returned
  everything and everything is normal but there was
  still lots of tension about the gods and titans.

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!!!Opinion!!!

• I thought the book was interesting and great! It
  was a little suspenseful but fine.

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About the author

• The author is Rick Riordan for the lightning
  thief and lots of other Greek and Roman mythology
  adventure books.
• He was born is San Antonio
• Attended Alamo Heights High School
• Got in trouble for making an underground
  newspaper that mocked his school
• School newspaper editor

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Test questions

1. Who is Percy Jacksons mom?
2. Where did Ms. Dodds try to kill Percy?
3. What is Grovers job?
4. Why is Grover a goat from the waist-down?
5. Who is Claresses dad?

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Summary

• Percy went to a school and met a Fury then weird
  things happened. He went to a trip with his mom,
  Grover came, and his mom got captured by the
  Minotaur. Percy went to a camp, more weird things
  happened, found he was a son of Poseidon and got
  a quest. He met foes that were mostly gods and
  monsters. He went to the Underworld, Proved
  himself innocent and almost everything is back to
  normal.