The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse - Percy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him. When Percy's mom finds out, she knows it's time that he knew the truth about he came from, and that he go to the one place he'll be safe. She sends Percy to Camp Half Blood, a summer camp for demigods (on Long Island), where he learns that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea. Soon a mystery unfolds and together with his friends - one a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of Athena - Percy sets out on a quest across the United States to reach the gates of the Underworld (located in a recording studio in Hollywood) and prevent a catastrophic war between the gods. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riodan was published in March 2006. This is the first book of both Percy Jackson and the Olympian Series and Camp Half-Blood Chronicles series.
This book has won Young Readers' Choice Award in 2008, Books I Loved Best Yearly Awards for Older Readers in 2011, South Carolina Book Award for Junior Book Award in 2008, Grand Canyon Reader Award for Tween Book in 2008, Nene Award in 2008, Massachusetts Children's Book Award in 2008, Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award for Grades 6-8 in 2008, Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee in 2007, Sunshine State Young Readers Award for Grades 6-8 in 2007, Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award for Intermediate in 2008, Iowa Teen Award in 2009, Lincoln Award Nominee in 2009, Oklahoma Sequoyah Award for YA in 2008, Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award in 2009.
I read this book as a teen and knew that I loved the book series. But I was wondering my four kids would like the series but also if it would be too much and go over their head. We read this as a family before bedtime. My kids really liked this book and couldn't wait for us to finish reading it so they could move on to the next book in the series. They giggled in a few parts of the books. The text in this book is easy to read and there is not too much vocabulary that I had to explain to my four kids. I really enjoyed reading this book with my kids. They asked a lot of questions about mythology and I was able to help them do some research to learn more about it. I recommend checking this book out as a family.
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