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    Richard Riordan Jr. is an American author best known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series about a teenager named Percy Jackson who discovers he is the son of the Greek god Poseidon. The first book in the series, The Lightning Thief, follows 12-year-old Percy as he goes on a quest with his friends Grover and Annabeth to find Zeus' stolen lightning bolt within 10 days. Along the way they encounter Greek gods and fight monsters, and Percy learns he is being framed by Poseidon's enemy Luke. In the climax, Percy retrieves the bolt from Luke and returns it to Zeus, saving Western civilization.

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    Richard Riordan Jr. is an American author best known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series about a teenager named Percy Jackson who discovers he is the son of the Greek god Poseidon. The first book in the series, The Lightning Thief, follows 12-year-old Percy as he goes on a quest with his friends Grover and Annabeth to find Zeus' stolen lightning bolt within 10 days. Along the way they encounter Greek gods and fight monsters, and Percy learns he is being framed by Poseidon's enemy Luke. In the climax, Percy retrieves the bolt from Luke and returns it to Zeus, saving Western civilization.

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    Richard Riordan Jr. is an American author best known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series about a teenager named Percy Jackson who discovers he is the son of the Greek god Poseidon. The first book in the series, The Lightning Thief, follows 12-year-old Percy as he goes on a quest with his friends Grover and Annabeth to find Zeus' stolen lightning bolt within 10 days. Along the way they encounter Greek gods and fight monsters, and Percy learns he is being framed by Poseidon's enemy Luke. In the climax, Percy retrieves the bolt from Luke and returns it to Zeus, saving Western civilization.

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    Richard Riordan Jr. is an American author best known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series about a teenager named Percy Jackson who discovers he is the son of the Greek god Poseidon. The first book in the series, The Lightning Thief, follows 12-year-old Percy as he goes on a quest with his friends Grover and Annabeth to find Zeus' stolen lightning bolt within 10 days. Along the way they encounter Greek gods and fight monsters, and Percy learns he is being framed by Poseidon's enemy Luke. In the climax, Percy retrieves the bolt from Luke and returns it to Zeus, saving Western civilization.

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    PERCY JACKSON & THE

    OLYMPIANS: THE
    LIGHTNING THIEF
    AUTHOR

    RICHARD RUSSELL RIORDAN JR. IS AN AMERICAN


    AUTHOR. HE IS KNOWN FOR WRITING THE PERCY
    JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS SERIES, ABOUT A
    TEENAGER NAMED PERCY JACKSON WHO
    DISCOVERS HE IS A SON OF THE GREEK
    GOD POSEIDON. RIORDAN'S BOOKS HAVE BEEN
    TRANSLATED INTO FORTY-TWO LANGUAGES AND
    SOLD MORE THAN THIRTY MILLION COPIES IN THE
    US. 20TH CENTURY FOX ADAPTED THE FIRST TWO
    BOOKS OF HIS PERCY JACKSON SERIES AS PART OF
    A SERIES OF FILMS. HIS BOOKS HAVE SPAWNED
    RELATED MEDIA, SUCH AS GRAPHIC NOVELS AND
    SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS.
    BEGINNING OF THE SERIES

    PERCY JACKSON IS A 12-YEAR-OLD BOY DIAGNOSED


    WITH ADHD AND DYSLEXIA WHO HAS BEEN EXPELLED
    FROM MANY SCHOOLS. PERCY GOES ON A JOURNEY
    WITH HIS MOTHER SALLY AND HIS FRIEND GROVER,
    WHO TURNS OUT TO BE A SATYR. ALONG THE WAY,
    GROVER TELLS SALLY TO TAKE PERCY TO A SPECIAL
    PROTECTION CAMP. AS THEY TRAVEL TO THE CAMP,
    THEY ARE ATTACKED BY A MINOTAUR WHO GRABS
    PERCY'S MOTHER BY THE THROAT. SHE BREAKS DOWN
    IN A GOLDEN RAIN OF LIGHT AS GROVER AND PERCY
    TRY TO ESCAPE.
    PERCY WAKES UP AND REALIZES THAT HE HAS ARRIVED AT THE SECRET CAMP OF THE THOROUGHBREDS,
    WHERE DEMIGODS ARE TRAINED. PERCY MOVES INTO HERMES' HUT UNDER THE CARE OF LUKE, THE HUT
    MANAGER. DURING THE GAME CATCH THE FLAG, PERCY IS ATTACKED BY ARES' CHILDREN. HE IS SAVED AS
    SOON AS HE STEPS INTO A STREAM AND IS UNDERSTOOD TO BE THE SON OF POSEIDON WHEN POSEIDON'S
    TRIDENT APPEARS ABOVE HIS HEAD. POSEIDON VIOLATED THE OATH OF THE THREE GREAT GODS, WHICH
    THEY GAVE WITH HADES AND ZEUS AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR, NOT TO HAVE MORE CHILDREN,
    BECAUSE THEIR GENERATION IS TOO STRONG. ZEUS, REALIZING THAT POSEIDON HAD VIOLATED THE OATH,
    BELIEVES THAT POSEIDON MADE HIS SON STEAL THE LIGHTNING. PERCY HAS 10 DAYS BEFORE THE SUMMER
    SOLSTICE TO FIND HER, AND ACCORDING TO CHIRON SHE WAS STOLEN BY HADES. PERCY EMBARKS ON AN
    ADVENTURE, AND LUKE GIVES HIM HIS MAGICAL FLYING SNEAKERS. PERCY, ALONG WITH GROVER AND
    ATHENA'S DAUGHTER ANNABETH, HEAD WEST TO THE ENTRANCE TO THE UNDERWORLD IN LOS ANGELES.
    ALONG THE WAY, THEY MEET THE GOD OF WAR, ARES, WHO TELLS PERCY THAT HIS MOTHER IS IMPRISONED
    IN THE UNDERWORLD. THERE, LUKE'S SNEAKERS, GIVEN TO PERCY, GO TO TARTARUS' HOLE, BUT
    FORTUNATELY IN THEM IS GROVER, WHO MANAGES TO GET HIS HOOVES OUT. PERCY CONFRONTS HADES,
    ACCORDING TO WHOM, IN ADDITION TO THE LIGHTNING OF ZEUS, PERCY ALSO STOLE HIS HELMET OF
    DARKNESS, ALLOWING ITS OWNER TO BECOME A SHADOW. PERCY REALIZES THAT LUKE HAS DECEIVED HIM
    WHEN HE FINDS THE LIGHTNING IN THE SHIELD HE GAVE HIM. HE ESCAPES FROM THE UNDERWORLD,
    FORCED TO LEAVE GROVER. PERCY THEN FIGHTS LUKE AND DEFEATS HIM, INJURING HIS HEEL. LUKE GIVES
    PERCY THE HELMET OF DARKNESS, WHICH PERCY RETURNS TO HADES. PERCY ARRIVES IN TIME IN NEW
    YORK, WHERE OLYMPUS IS AT THE TOP OF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, AND RETURNS THE LIGHTNING TO
    ZEUS. PERCY RETURNS TO CAMP AFTER LEARNING THAT HIS MOTHER IS ALIVE. HE MEETS LUKE, WHO
    CONFESSES TO HIM THAT HE STOLE THE LIGHTNING FOR CRONUS. HE SUMMONS A POISONOUS SCORPION,
    WHICH REVIVES PERCY, BUT HE ESCAPES AND COMES TO LIFE. CHIRON HEALS HIM AND PERCY LEAVES TO
    GO TO ANOTHER SCHOOL FOUND BY HIS MOTHER.

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