Riordan, Rick. <br/><br/>
The lightning thief / 
Rick Riordan. 
 - 377 pages ;  22 cm. 
 - Percy Jackson and the Olympians ;  bk. 1 OUR ELA Curriculum Recommended Title ;  Grade 6 Module 1 .
<br/><br/> Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010.  School Library Journal starred, August 2005.  Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2006.  School Library Journal, June 2009.  Book Links (A.L.A.), July 2008.  Booklist starred, May 2009.  Horn Book Starred, April 2006.  Publisher's Weekly, May 2009.  Kirkus Starred, June 2005. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> 4.7  5-8  680L  Lexile  W  Fountas 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780786856299 (trade) 9781423141891 (set : trade) 9781423119500 (set) 0786856297 142314189X 1423119509 9780605024519 9780786838653 9780141335919 9780141333243 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Poseidon, (Greek deity) --Juvenile fiction.<br/>Hades, (Greek deity) --Juvenile fiction.<br/>Zeus, (Greek deity) --Juvenile fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mythology, Greek--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Camps--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Friendship--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Mythology, Greek--Fiction.<br/>Camps--Fiction.<br/>Friendship--Fiction.<br/>Fathers and sons--Fiction.<br/>Zeus (Greek deity)--Fiction.<br/>Greek mythology--Fiction.<br/>Fantasy fiction.<br/>Gods and goddesses--Fiction.<br/>Voyages and travels--Fiction.<br/>Fantasy.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Fantasy fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>F RIO