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Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief

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Book report The Lightning Thief is such an amazing book. There is so many action in it and it’s intense.This book genre is Fantasy, Greek mythology. The Lightning Thief was written by Rick Riordan, He is such an amazing author and he has so many other great books too. The main character in the book is Percy Jackson, he is a kid that gets sent to Yancy Academy a school for bad kids. He lived a normal life but little did he know he was the son of a god. The main characters in the book are Percy, Grover, and Annabeth. The story is told in first person of course by Percy. He tells his adventures and how he discovers what he really is. He goes through many terrifying things, some involve monsters others include tragic things. Percy gets sent

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