Transcript Christian - The Lightning Thief

By Rick Riordan
Published by Scholastic inc.
Copy right 2004
Genre: Mythology
By Christian Palmer
Rick Riordan is the author of the book Percy Jackson and the Lighting Thief.
Rick Riordan was born June 5, 1964 in San Antonio, Texas. Jason and Brianna are
Rick’s parents. Brianna was a musician and an artist. Jason was a ceramicist. As a
child, Rick Riordan got into Greek, Norse Mythology, Fantasy, Science fiction and
Mystery stories.
Rick Riordan still lives in San Antonio, Texas with a wife and two children,
Haley and Patrick. He has one dog (a Golden Labrador mix) and two black cats. Rick
has won five awards. They are the Edgar, Anthony, Shamash, Mark Twain and
Rebecca awards.
Rick became an author after his son Haley was diagnosed with ADHD and
dyslexia. He started telling Haley bedtime stories. Haley wanted to hear Greek myths
and since Rick had been a middle school mythology teacher, Rick new a lot of stories.
After some time his son got tired of hearing the same old stories time and time again.
So, Haley asked his dad to take the Greek myths and add characters to them. That is
how Percy Jackson was started. Rick eventually had his stories published.
(Author does not have his own website)
The main theme of this book is that friends stick together and can
accomplish many things. They fought Medusa and the Furies together.
When they were all on a bus, Annabeth gave Percy her hat (makes people
invisible) so he could sneak away. Percy stayed and he fought the Furies
with them. When Grover was going to fall into a pit with a monster, Percy
and Annabeth gave it their all to save him. Grover helped AnnaBeth and
Percy with their dyslexia by reading signs that they had trouble reading on
their journey.
This book is about a boy named Percy who is the son of Poseidon. Percy has to
go to the underworld to find Zeus’s master lightning bolt that they thought Hades
had stolen. Percy takes two friends with him, Annabeth and Grover. Once they
get to the underworld, they find out Hades didn’t steal the lightning bolt. Hades
attacks them and as they were running away, the bag that Ares had given them
for the trip got heavier. Percy checks in the bag and finds the master bolt was in
there. Percy had it all along! They got away by using magic and figured out Ares
was bad and had a battle. Percy won and delivered the master bolt to Zeus.
The problem of the story is that Percy has to get back the
master lightning bolt that someone has stolen. The solution
of the story is Percy had to fight the bad guys to keep the
bolt and gave it back to Zeus.
The setting takes place in many U.S. states and the
underworld. Percy travels to many states with his
friends trying to find the lightning bolt. The point of
view of the story is in the first person. Percy is telling
the story.
Percy is a twelve year old brave boy who is the son of
Poseidon. He has the power to control water and has dyslexia.
Annabeth is a friend of Percy and the daughter of the God
Athena. She has a magical hat that can turn her invisible and
she has dyslexia too. Grover is a satyr (half boy half goat),
whose job is to guard sons and daughters of the gods. He has
flying shoes and wears a disguise to look more like a boy.
Grover is also Percy’s friend. Chiron is a centaur (half man half
horse), and is also a friend. He is one of the leaders of Camp
Half-Blood. In the real world he disguises himself as a
paralyzed Latin teacher. Ares is a bad guy who is the God of
War and an enemy of Percy. Hades is also a bad guy and ruler
of the underworld.
What kind of student is Percy Jackson and what troubles does he have in school?
What things does Percy like to do at Camp Half-Blood?
What does Grover have to say to use his flying shoes? What magic items would you like to have?
What is Ares god of? What do you think he would do with the lightning bolt if he hadn’t given it to Percy?
What is Mrs. Dots’ in the real world and in the mythical world?
Luke has two swords. What metals make them up and what is different about them?
What God and Goddess would you like your parents to be and why?
How do you think Percy felt when they thought he stole the lightning bolt?
Do you think the boys and girls liked living at Camp Half-Blood and how would you like to live away from your
family?
How could you help a friend that has dyslexia?
Book Suggestions:
The Last Olympian
The Battle of the Labyrinth
The Titan’s Curse
The Sea of Monsters
By: Christian Palmer