
This was the most powerful weapon at that times. The Greek gods are accusing him as the one who stole Zeus’ lightning bolt. Percy also gets to know that his best friend, Grover, is a satyr. Poseidon was a Greek god believed to have control over the sea, earthquakes, and father of all horses. Additionally, he discovers that he is a son of a demigod of Poseidon. He later realizes residents of the camp are demigods, just like him.

This finds Percy entrapped in a training camp half-blood. However, as they were on their way, their trip was cut short by sequential incidents including a major attack by a minotaur. Her mother, Sally Jackson, decides to take him to Montauk to spend some time. Percy returns home from his school for summer holidays. However, he does not know his abilities which are later brought up due to tight conditions estranging his life. Percy is dyslexic as he is supposed to read the ancient Greek. The creative concept of this book revolves around Percy Jackson, a 12-year son of a Greek god in the current times. Due to this, Rick Riordan wrote the book based on the Dyslexic condition of the protagonist. As indicated before, the book was inspired by his elder sons’ ailing condition. It is a perfect teenage mythical fiction book narrated by sheer experience. The Lightning Thief: This is the first installment of Rick Riordan’s series, the Percy Jackson and the Olympians which as released on 1st July 2005. Rick Riordan has remarkable books that have made it as New York’s bestselling books.
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Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series has been adopted by the Twentieth Century Fox as part of a feature film. Among them include the Shamus award in 1998, the Edgar award in 1999, Mark Twain award for the lightning thief in 20 same award for the Sea of Monsters, Rebbecca Caudill award in 2009, school library journal best book in 2010, children choice awards twice in 2011, Wyoming Soaring Eagle Book Award in 2011, Milner award for the Percy Jackson and Olympians series in 2011, Indian Paintbrush Award in 20’s Best fiction book for Children in Bulgaria for the bool The Mark of Athena. Rick Riordan Awardsĭue to his undebatable writing skills, Rick Riordan has won several awards. Other series authored by Rick Riordan include Tres Navarre series, The Heroes of Olympus, The 39 Clues series, and other stand-alone novels. After that, other installments including The Sea of Monsters, The Titan’s Curse and The Battle of the Labyrinth followed suit. The first installment of this series, The Lighting Thief, was published in 2005. Haley’s sickness after being diagnosed with ADHD and Dyslexia.

What thrusted him to this writing was his son. He admits that he incepted the story behind this first series as a bedtime story about the ancient heroes of Greek. Rick Riordan claims that his elder son inspired his first write-up, The Percy Jackson series which was originally a bedtime story.
