Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

by Rick Riordan

AudioBook Unabridged

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Percy Jackson is a twelve year old boy, diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia, which has been expelled from numerous (six) colleges, the latest being Yancy Academy. During a school field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, his pre-algebra teacher, Mrs. Dodds, attacks Percy, revealing that she is one of the three Furies. Percy's stepfather, Gabe Ugliano, a man whose odor is so repulsive, mistreats both Percy and Percy's mother, Sally. To get away from Gabe, Sally takes Percy on a visit to Long Island for a three-day vacation.In the middle of the first night, Percy's closest friend and past classmate at Yancy Academy, Grover Underwood, who is revealed to be a satyr, comes and warns the two of them that Percy is in danger. Sally drives them both to Camp Half-Blood, a camp for demigods, where he can train and be protected. On the method there, they are attacked by the Minotaur, which grabs Percy's mother by her throat. She then dissolves into a golden shower of light. Percy, angered by the Minotaur for killing his mom and after that going after his best friend, goes after the Minotaur and defeats him using the Minotaur's own horn. Percy then stumbles into the camp carrying a semi-conscious Grover.Upon waking up, Percy is actually moved into the Hermes cabin, under the care of Luke Castellan, the cabin's counselor. During a game of capture the flag, the Ares cabin attacks and injures Percy. He steps into the adjoining river and is healed by the waters. After the game is actually won, Percy gets attacked by a hellhound, which gets shot by arrows and dies. To heal himself, he steps into the liquid, while Poseidon's trident appears above his head, revealing him to be the son of Poseidon. Poseidon has broken an oath taken with Hades and Zeus to refrain from having any much more children with mortal women, as their children can become too powerful and become a threat. It is revealed that Zeus's master bolt has been stolen. Because Percy has been claimed, Zeus believes that Percy was the one to have stolen it. To clear his and his father's name, Percy is given a quest to find Zeus's master bolt which Chiron believes Hades has stolen.Percy has to notice the bolt before the summer solstice, ten days from then. Luke gives secret flying shoes to Percy before exiting on the quest with Annabeth and Grover. Percy has to travel west to reach the entrance to the Underworld in Hollywood. They encounter Greek monsters, including the Furies, Medusa, Echidna, the Chimera, and Ares, the god of war, who tells Percy that his mommy is alive.As they approach Hades' palace, Luke's shoes try to drag Grover over the edge of Tartarus, but he manages to slip free. Percy confronts Hades, whom believes Percy stole his Helm of Darkness, an object that allows him to become a shadow. Percy discovers that the bolt had appeared in the backpack Ares gave them and flees from the Underworld, forced to allow for his mother behind.Percy fights and defeats Ares, achieving the helm, which he asks the Furies, who witnessed everything, to return to Hades. Percy flies to New York, risking his life by entering the sky, the realm of Zeus. He arrives in Brand new York City to give the master bolt to Zeus at level 600 of the Empire State Building, where Olympus is now located. Zeus welcomes the master bolt, and Percy returns to camp. Luke reveals that he stole the bolt for Kronos and summons a poisonous pit scorpion which stings and nearly kills Percy. Chiron cures him, and Percy leaves to attend another school that his mother has found. Annabeth returns to real time with her dad, and Grover embarks on a journey as a "seeker" to try to find the great god Pan.

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