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⚡ Unleash your inner demigod with the ultimate Greek mythology adventure!
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief is the first book in the bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, blending modern-day adventure with Greek mythology. With over 62,000 reviews averaging 4.6 stars, this edition features a fresh cover, premium thick pages, and bonus chapters from the sequel, making it a must-have for fantasy lovers and fans of the Disney+ adaptation.




| Best Sellers Rank | #678 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #3 in Children's Horror & Ghost Stories (Books) #3 in Dragons, Unicorns & Mythical Creatures Tales for Children #3 in Fantasy Adventure for Children |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 62,375 Reviews |
K**R
Very Good quality
The book was delivered in Amazing quality. The page quality is also very good, thick pages. And the book also has 2 chapters from the next book in the series.
S**S
Quality and book not a problem.the best purchased item of all times
Amazing product no doubt on Amazon.Amazing quality as always.😃😇
A**R
A collectible book.
Beautiful book, gorgeous cover and comes with illustrations. Packaging could've been better, was sad to see a few scratches and damage during transit.
A**A
You need to buy this
This is the best book I've ever read. It is, surprising, better than harry potter. Definitely will buy all the books in the series now.
A**I
Great book
Got this book for my daughter and she loved it...has very amazing adventures, great characters and amazing plot twists ..
V**L
Excellent book!
My daughter loved it , it's mysterious and she is really excited to get the other books!!
S**A
nice
good
P**S
Percy Jackson
It's very nice book interasting And paper 📜 is vintage style And quality is good
C**F
Kein Vergleich zu Harry Potter !
Gerne wird immer wieder der Vergleich zu Harry Potter gezogen... aber man kann und darf ihn nicht ziehen. Das Einzige was diese Bücher gemein haben ist, dass sie dem Fantasy-Genre entspringen. Punkt um. Um was geht es eigentlich? Die Götter - die griechichen - sind lebendig. Und wie zu frühen Zeiten zeugen sie munter Kinder mit den Menschen. Percy Jackson ist so ein Kind; ein Kind Poseidons. Dass das die Monster der griechichen Legenden und vorallem sein Großvater, der Titan Kronos, aber auch die anderen Götter nicht so prikelnd finden, stellt sich schnell heraus. Und wie zu alten Zeiten muss Percy als Halbgott und Held in die Welt hinaus ziehen, um Aufgaben zu erfüllen. In seinem ersten Abenteuer muss er die Blitze Zeus' wieder finden, um einen Krieg unter den Göttern zu verhindern. Dass dabei nicht alles so ist, wie es anfangs erscheint, macht die Geschichte spannend. Bei dieser Rahmenhandlung ist klar, dass ein Vergleich zu Harry Potter vorallem inhaltlich hinkt: auf der einen Seite ein Zauberlehrling - auf der anderen Seite ein Halbgott. Aber wo uns Rowling am Anfang ihrer liebenswerten Harry Potter-Reihe noch im unklaren lässt und Harry mehr oder weniger belanglose und vorallem wenig brutale Abenteuer erleben lässt, ist bei Riordan von Anfang an alles klar. Percy ist ein Held und muss entsprechend handeln. Hier wird mit harten Bandagen gekämpft und der gewaltsame Tod spielt bereits zu Beginn eine Rolle. Dies mutet uns Rowling erst in den letzten Bänden zu und das hat zumindest mich beim Lesen dieser Bücher sehr enttäuscht. Neben dem tollen, schnellen und spannenden Stil, den Riordan schreibt, sind vorallem seine Anlehnungen an die griechiche Mythologie hervorzuheben. Alle Kinder, die ungerne lernen, sollten jetzt aufhören diese Rezension zu lesen. Denn das was Riordan über die Götter, die Titanen, die Monster der griechichen Sagenweld schreibt, ist richtig. Hier vermittelt der Autor, der Geschichtslehrer ist, echtes Wissen. Zeus, der seinen Vater Kronos in den Tartarus geworfen hat, Hades' Unterwelt und vieles mehr ist ein Abbild alter griechicher Geschichten. Darüber hinaus gelingt es Riordan die Persönlichkeitsstrukturen dieser Wesen zu erfassen und in unsere heutige Zeit zu portieren. Warum sollte also der Meeresgott nicht in kurzen Hosen und Hawaii-Hemd auftreten, warum sollte der Kriegsgott Ares nicht auf einer Harley in schwarzem Bikeroutfit durch das Land fahren? Und auch hier hinkt der Vergleich mit Harry Potter; denn Harry Potter hat kein mythologisches Vorbild. Wer Potter gelesen hat und toll findet und wem es nur um eine gute Geschichte mit Fantasymerkmalen geht, wird hier genauso seine Freude dran haben; keine Frage. Die Geschichten der griechichen Mythologie sind Parabeln und hier und da immernoch aktuell. Wenn man also einen seichten Einstieg in diese Welt haben will, warum nicht über Percy Jackson? Wer die griechichen Geschichten kennt, wird seine Freude an Percy Jackson haben und wie es Riordan gelungen ist, diese ins Heute zu übertragen. Ein gelungenes Buch - im Übrigen wie die anderen dieser Reihe auch - und wer als Erwachsener keine Scheu vor Jugendbüchern hat (mit dem Kindle sieht's ja auch keiner im Zug) wird auch ein bis zwei Tage Kurzweiliges erleben.
M**M
Fantastic Thrill Ride
I held off buying THE LIGHTNING THIEF for a couple years. The market seems glutted with YA fantasy at the moment, and I read quite a bit of it with my 9-year-old. We've discovered several good series, but THE LIGHTNING THIEF seemed too long to hold his attention when it first came out. This year we noticed it in the book fair at school, then saw that it was an Accelerated Reader book. So I picked it up and read a couple chapters to try it out. I was 50 pages into it when I realized I needed to be reading this to my son. I did read it to him. We FLEW through the book (375 pages!) in 6 days because he kept pestering me to read it to him. We finished it up in a 5-hour marathon yesterday, hanging onto every page as Percy and his friends tried to save the world and put things to rights in their own lives. THE LIGHTNING THIEF is a great book for adults and kids. I've already recommended it to a couple of adult friends who experienced the same kind of can't-put-it-down pull that I did. Percy Jackson, the hero of the book, comes across as every kid you'd ever meet or ever would. He's no brainiac (he has dyslexia and ADHD) but he has friends who are. But he is courageous and clever, stubborn and loyal. He is the best he can be, and he's getting even better. Riordan works in many of the Greek myths in the novel. There was a time when knowing Greek mythology was a pre-requisite for having a "classical" education. Many morals and philosophies are presented in the tales. From the very beginning of the novel, we find out Percy is different when he ends up fighting a harpy in the museum while on a school trip. He's been kicked out of 6 schools in 6 years, lives with his mom and step-dad, Smelly Gabe, an evil guy who deliberately makes Percy's life hard. Then, when he's on a well-deserved vacation with his mom, he finds out he's a Half-Blood, the son of one of the Greek gods. But his mom doesn't know who his dad was and that's just one of the mysteries Percy ends up solving. The cool part of the book is peeling away all the mysteries of Percy's life and who really took Zeus's magic thunderbolt. Along the way he gains powers that set my son's head to spinning with hope and delight. Percy's a superhero without the costume, and there are plenty of villains in his world. Riordan is a teacher who obviously loves kids as well as the subject matter. The Greek gods were a cantankerous lot, and Riordan delivers them well. Not only does he give his readers the stories, but he also brings the gods on stage and gives them personalities. The series is supposed to run for 5 books. I think it will go on longer. I hope so. I've already ordered books 2 and 3, and my son and I are looking forward to them. The books take a while to read outloud to younger readers, but the effort is well rewarded. The story is rich and deep, and will keep your child's attention. In addition, you'd be surprised how much you can talk about even when you're not reading. And your child may just want to wander around the internet learning more interesting facts about Greek mythology. THE LIGHTNING THIEF is well worth reading and is probably in most public and school libraries.
P**T
it’s really fun story.
Good fantasy world. I had fun until the last page.
C**A
très bon livre
J adore cette histoire ! Bi livre pour un A2 -B1 en anglais. L’histoire est vraiment passionnante et on a hâte de découvrir la suite !
P**1
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