Customer Reviews
Hilarious and Impressive 
2008-05-10
This book was really good. I'm sixteen and I loved it and I'm very picky when it comes to fantasy series. It has its slow moments every once in awhile, but not many books don't. Very interesting and original story, A LOT of suprises. It's also very funny, I laughed out loud a few times. If you like Harry Potter like I do, you'll absolutely LOVE this series.
highly recommended 2008-05-10
My son was lucky enough to have Rick Riordan come to his class. He was so excited, he made me buy all of the books in this series. He got them all autographed! These stories are well written and keep you entertained again and again. We usually fight over who will the read the next book first. We highly recommend these books.
Great book for the whole family! 2008-05-05
I borrowed this book from the library after I heard it won an award. I was planning to read it to my 7 yr old son and at first I was worried about finishing it in the allotted two weeks. However, both of us enjoyed the story so much, we finished it in just 2 days! My son even opted to skip watching TV to listen to the book. My mother who was visiting and doesn't normally like fantasy books also liked it and often sat with us to listen to the story. My husband heard bits of it in the car and then snuck off with the book after my son went to bed so he could read the entire book himself.
The story is very funny and moves quickly. It really gets your imagination going picturing the characters and their adventures.
Very clever author 2008-05-05
I just finished reading this with my 12 year old niece and we had such fun. The author writes in a humorous tone, especially the chapter titles. Amy was studying Greek gods in school at the same time, so she figured out what the characters would do as we encountered them.
I just ordered the next two in the series.... can't wait!
Great book. 
2008-05-02
Although it seemed to start out a bit slow, the book became a lot more better as I read through. A very interesting read, and highly reccommended.
Pop Greek Mythology 2008-04-13
Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he cant seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worsePercy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him. Percys mom decides its time that he knew the truth about where he came from. She sends Percy to Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for demigods (on Long Island), where he learns that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea. Soon a mystery unfolds and together with his friendsone a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of AthenaPercy sets out on a quest across the United States to reach the gates of the Underworld (located in a recording studio in Hollywood) and prevent a catastrophic war between the gods. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves.
BEST BOOK EVER!!!!!!!!!! 2008-04-12
Ok I've read this book 7 times. I just never get tired of it! When im board I just pick up this book. To me its like a movie, I can read it when ever and still be entertained by it. BEST BOOK!! I recomend it to readers of all ages!
The Lightning Thief 2008-04-11
The Lightning Thief
by Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson is in 6th grade and he is about to be expelled from the Yancy Academy boarding school, but he has no idea what he has to face. Zeus's lightning bolt has been stolen and everybody is blaming it on Percy. That's when he comes to Camp Half-blood, which is a place for the god's children. Percy finds out which god is his father, and he is
offered a quest to retrieve Zeus's lightning bolt. He must complete the
Oracle and defeat monsters more powerful than he ever imagined. Will he
complete this nearly-impossible quest alive, or will he fail?
This amazing fantasy really keeps the pages turning! I really like this book because almost every page Percy is either completing a quest or fighting a monster! If you like this book, then you will also like the other books in the series: The Sea Of Monsters and also The Titans Curse.
AMAZING!! 2008-04-09
This book held the attention of my whole family!! The kids loved it so much they asked to go to the Art Institute and see Greek stuff... then they wanted to eat Greek food. It's a GREAT book! Page turner...
Incredible! 2008-04-06
My kids (8, 7, 5, 3) loved this book. We're on to the third in the series and they know so much more Greek mythology now. They role-play all the characters and want to learn ancient Greek. It was a good switch from the American Girl books we've read and the Magic Treehouse books, has really strong female and male characters. Loved that Percy has dyslexia and ADD, he's the hero! Also really appreciated that the two main chacters are a girl and a boy, working together. With both boys and girls in the house, I wanted to send the author some cookies as a thank you.... :)
