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    The Lightning Thief Percy Jackson is main character. He has lots of issues in school because he has a hard time reading and focusing on his schoolwork‚ and he’s been kicked out of five schools already. The primary conflict which drives the action of the novel is that Percy must find and return the stolen master bolt to Zeus‚ king of the gods.  He receives a hero’s quest from the oracle at Camp Half-Blood that he must "go west‚ and face the god who has turned find what was stolen‚ and see it safely

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    Introduction My choice for my book report is the lightning thief by Rick Riordan‚ it was called the lightning thief because Percy Jackson who is the protagonist of the story was accused of stealing the weapon of Zeus (the lightning bolt) Percy had two friends in camp half-blood namely Grover and Annabeth. These two people help our hero Percy in his quest to prove that he did not steal the lightning bolt from Zeus. There is also Luke‚ the real lightning thief‚ who acted nice to Percy in order to frame

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    The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan is revolved around a demigod (half human half god) who tries to get back Zeus’ lightning bolt. Percy Jackson‚ a kid who doesn’t really like school (due to his ADHD) goes through many adventures‚ learning more about himself‚ his origin‚ his father‚ and what he has become involved in. He goes through this first adventure with Grover (his best friend during middle school)‚ Annabeth (an intelligent girl in the same situation as Percy)‚ and his sword-pen named Riptide

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    In the book‚The Lightning Thief‚ Percy Jackson‚a troubled kid who lives in New York with his mother Sally Jackson. Percy’s father left them when he was a baby and was lost at sea.He goes through crazy battles and adventures when he is accused of stealing Zeus’s master bolt and discovered his missing father is Poseidon‚which makes him a half-blood. Now‚ Percy and his friends are sent on a quest to get the lightning bolt back to Zeus before the summer solstice ends. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

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    The book “The Lightning Thief” is about a boy named Percy Jackson. Percy Jackson is a demi-god and is convicted of stealing Zeus’s master lightning bolt and only has ten days to return the lightning bolt before it’s too late by: Rick Riordan. The story of “The Lightning Thief” takes place in the modern USA from Las Vegas to New York. The main characters in the book are Percy Jackson the son of Poseidon; Annabeth the daughter of Athena and Grover the satyr that protects Percy Jackson and also Luke

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    The Lightning Thief is a novel written by Rick Riordan. In the novel‚ Riordan follows archetypes similar to other literature. The story line follows the quest because Percy’s ordinary home is made unordinary‚ and then he goes on a search for the stolen lightning bolt. The conflict is fire versus ice. Percy has knowledge that he did not steal the lightning bolt and saves humanity‚ while Luke and Kronos seek to bring death and revenge to all those around them. The hero enters the story as the narrator

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    Title : Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief The book of The Lightning Thief was written by Rick Riordan and published in June 28‚ 2005 by Disney Hyperion Books. The book’s genre is a fantasy literature about the world of half-bloods‚ heroes and Greek mythology. Riordan started the story when is son got interested in Greek mythology he asked his dad to tell him myths as the bed time story. When Riordan ran out of myths to tell him his son asked him to make up one. So Riordan made a character named

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    There is a couple of differences though‚ like how Magnus’s mother never told him that is was Asgardian. Also when Magnus has to find a sword but Percy has to prove that he didn’t steal the lightning bolt. There are also some things that are the same‚ like how Annabeth is in both of the stories. If you read both the books then you would also know that there mothers were trying to keep the boys safe from the monsters who wanted to kill

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    Let’s see‚ I was at the public library reading one of my favorite books: The Lightning Thief‚ a book in the Percy Jackson series. So‚ there I was. Sitting in a comfy papasan chair in a corner‚ enjoying my book. My best friend Libby‚ who works as a librarian there even though she’s still in high school‚ was out getting Subway. I was so absorbed in my book‚ that I hardly noticed her leave‚ let alone notice the weird lightning storm outside. Well‚ I don’t know if I’d necessarily call it a full blown

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    Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief The action packed Film “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” directed by Chris Columbus‚ exemplifies a hero’s journey through Percy Jackson being confronted with the task of bringing the thunderbolt to Zeus‚ saving his mother‚ and saving the world. From being a normal kid in high school to finding out that he’s a demigod‚ Percy faces many challenges that test his abilities as a hero. In the ordinary world percy’s life consisted of

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