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Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief

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In The Lightning Thief , by Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and his friends are in grave danger. In this fantasy novel, Riordan takes you through a story of a 6th grade “Troubled kid,” and his life as a half-blood. Half bloods are demi-gods that are created from a god and a human. Percy is stuck wondering why him? Why does he have to be a half-blood? Why is Percy a demi-god? Percy wants to know as soon as he can as to why he is a half blood, and what type of half blood is he ...“You’re undetermined” Pg 85. After Percy finds out who he truly is, he goes to find and return zeus's stolen property, and bring peace to a fighting olympus. But there is a catch, he only has ten days to complete the quest. “That's June, 24th, ten days from now” pg 137.

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