The lightning thief / Rick Riordan.
Record details
- ISBN: 0141381477
- Physical Description: 374 p. ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Penguin/Hyperion Books for Children, c2005.
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Badges:
- Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 1 / 5.0
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods. |
Awards Note: | Nutmeg Award Winner, Intermediate, 2008. Nutmeg Award Winner, (Middle School) Teen, 2008. |
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Genre: | Fantasy fiction. |
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Available copies
- 5 of 6 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Silas Bronson Library - Bunker Hill Branch | J FIC RIORDAN, R (Text) | 34005118161354 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | J FIC RIORDAN, R (Text)
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Nutmeg Award winner
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34005118161313 | Juvenile Fiction | Checked out | 04/18/2024 |
Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | S J FIC RIORDAN, R (Text)
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Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | S J FIC RIORDAN, R (Text)
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Nutmeg Award winner
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Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | S J FIC RIORDAN, R (Text)
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Nutmeg Award winner
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Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | S J FIC RIORDAN, R (Text)
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School Library Journal Review
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
School Library Journal
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Gr 5-9-At the outset of this fast-paced tale by Rick Riordan (Hyperion/Miramax, 2005), it would seem that Percy Jackson is just another New York kid diagnosed with ADHD, who has good intentions, a nasty stepfather, and a long line of schools that have rejected him. The revelation of his status as half-blood offspring of one of the Greek gods is nicely packaged, and it's easy to believe that Mount Olympus, in modern times, has migrated to the 600th floor of the Empire State Building (the center of Western civilization) while the door to Hades can be found at DOA Recording Studio, somewhere in LA. With his new friends, a disguised satyr, and the half-blood daughter of Athena, Percy sets out across the country to rectify a feud between Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon. Along the way they must cope with the Furies, Medusa, motorcycle thug Aires, and various other immortals. Although some of Jesse Bernstein's accents fail (the monster from Georgia, for instance, has no Southern trace in her voice), he does a fine job of keeping the main characters' tones and accents distinguishable. He convincingly portrays Percy, voicing just the right amount of prepubescent confusion, ironic wit, and the ebbing and waning of concern for himself and those around him. Mythology fans will love this take and kids who haven't been inculcated with the Classical canon will learn aspects of it here while having no trouble following a rollicking good-and modern-adventure.-Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley Public Library, CA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.