- Serie:Percy_Jackson_and_the_Olympians, Fiction, Greek Mythology, Juvenile fiction
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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Classical in form, contemporary, effortless and epic.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- effortlessdemanding
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Rick Riordan
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 384
- Publisher
- Miramax Books/Hyperion Books for Children, Hyperion Books for Children, Scholastic Inc.
- Editions
- 108
- Language
- German, heb, rum, Italian
- ISBN
- 9781514348284
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