Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, the overall winner of the Red House Children's Book Award, was Rick's first novel featuring the heroic young demigod. Rick lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife and two sons. For the past fifteen years he has taught at middle schools in the San Francisco Bay area and in Texas. Puffin is on to a winner' - Amanda Craig, The Times 'Puns, jokes and subtle wit, alongside a gripping storyline' - Telegraph 'Perfectly paced, with electrifying moments chasing each other like heartbeats' - New York Times Rick Riordan is an award-winning mystery writer. Gripping, touching and deliciously satirical.This is most likely to succeed Rowling. Rick Riordan has now sold an incredible 55 million copies of his books worldwide Praise for the Percy Jackson series: 'Witty and inspired. This is the one where Zeus, God of the Sky, thinks I've stolen his lightning bolt - and making Zeus angry is a very bad idea. Now I spend my time fighting with swords, battling monsters with my friends and generally trying to stay alive.

That's when things started really going wrong. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Abel, Rosario Dawson. It stars Logan Lerman as Percy Jackson alongside an ensemble cast that includes Brandon T. Until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher. The film is the first installment in the Percy Jackson film series and is based on the 2005 novel The Lightning Thief, the first novel in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan. A young boy discovers hes the descendant of a Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle between the gods. I was just a normal kid, going to school, playing basketball, skateboarding. I never asked to be the son of a Greek god. The Lightning Thief: the first book in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series.

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