The Lightning Thief
by Rick Riordan
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Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can’t seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse-Percy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him.
When Percy’s mom finds out, she knows it’s time that he knew the truth about where he came from, and that he go to the one place he’ll be safe. She sends Percy to Camp Half Blood, a summer camp for demigods (on Long Island), where he learns that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea.
Soon a mystery unfolds and together with his friends — one a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of Athena — Percy sets out on a quest across the United States to reach the gates of the Underworld (located in a recording studio in Hollywood) and prevent a catastrophic war between the gods.
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Percy Jackson: Diebe im Olymp
2010, Carlsen Verlag GmbH
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Boxi Jiekexun yu shen huo zhi dao
2010, Jie li chu ban she
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Le voleur de foudre: Percy Jackson: Tome 1
2010, Le Livre de Poche
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2013228171 9782013228176
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The Lightning Thief
2010, Disney Hyperion, Hyperion Book CH
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: I. The Lightning Thief
2006-04, Disney - Hyperion, Hyperion Books for Children
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The Lightning Thief
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Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is on the most dangerous quest of his life. With the help of a satyr and a daughter of Athena, Percy must journey across the United States to catch a thief who has stolen the original weapon of mass destruction—Zeus’ master bolt. Along the way, he must face a host of mythological enemies determined to stop him. Most of all, he must come to terms with a father he has never known, and an Oracle that has warned him of betrayal by a friend.
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