Percy, expelled from six schools for being unable to control his temper, learns the truth from his mother that his father is the Greek god Poseidon, and is sent to Camp Half Blood where he is befriended by a satyr and the demigod daughter of Athena who join him in a journey to the Underworld to retrieve Zeus's lightning bolt and prevent a catastrophic war.
year: 2005, 2006
call number/section: 1000, 1698, 1
subjects: mythology, greek, juvenile fiction, fiction, camps, friendship, fathers and sons, hades, (greek deity, juvenile fiction, fiction, jackson, percy (fictitious character), poseidon (greek deity), zeus (greek deity), jackson, percy (fictional character), greek mythology, father-son relationship
Editions
Riordan, Rick
Miramax Books/Hyperion Books for Children (2005)
After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
Schools: 69
Riordan, Rick
Disney/Hyperion Books (2006)
Percy, expelled from six schools for being unable to control his temper, learns the truth from his mother that his father is the Greek god Poseidon, and is sent to Camp Half Blood where he is befriended by a satyr and the demigod daughter of Athena who join him in a journey to the Underworld to retrieve Zeus's lightning bolt and prevent a catastrophic war.
Schools: 13