The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan
Reviewed by Betelgeuse

This is a great book for anybody that can read fluently. My brother, who hated reading books bigger than eighty pages, went through this 377 page book in four days. It's cool to me because I can make references from background, because it's based on Greek myths. Percy Jackson, a young boy in New York, has his life completely changed after he kills his math teacher, who is really a monster. He eventually is informed that his biological father (whom he thought had been lost at sea) was the god of the sea, Poseidon, along with the knowledge of his best friend, Grover, being a satyr and his history teacher a centaur. He is launched into an unknown world that is disguised from humans, where he goes to a camp where others are like him, spawn of other Greek gods, such as Ares, Aphrodite, or Hermes. Ironically, he and a spawn of Athena (who is sworn enemy to Poseidon) have to put aside their differences to go on a quest with Grover, to find the most powerful weapon ever, Zeus's lightning bolt. Along with The Helm of Darkness, an invisibility hat that belongs to King of the Underworld, Hades. He has to slay monster after monster, including Medusa and the Minotaur, using the power to control water and his new sword, Riptide. If he doesn't find that lightning bolt in ten days, the suspect, Poseidon, and the king of the sky, Zeus, will start an apocalyptic battle against each other. This is a great fictional book.

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