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=PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS= =THE LIGHTNING THIEF=

=BY RICK RIORDAN=

__First impression__ My first impression of the book were this is a boring book. It was not exactly "electrifying" as the new york times had said in their review. But as I kept reading, the more thriling the book became.

__A question I have about the book__ Why didnt ares try to kill Percys friends? Ares tried to kill Percy because he new that he stole the master bolt. But Percys friends new about it to.

__What I liked and disliked about the book__ I disliked how slow the book began to get into the action. But when Percy went on his quest it was worth the wait. What I liked about the book was the detail the author put in his writing.

__Lessons learned from the book__ Anybody can become anybody. Look at Percy for example. He never made it an entire school year at the same school without being kicked out. Now hes a hero and son of the sea god, Poseidon.

__Background of the author__
 * Richard Russell "Rick" Riordan, Jr.** (born June 5, 1964)is the author of the //Percy Jackson and the olympians// series. He also wrote the tres Navarre mystery series for adults and helped to edit //Demigods and Monsters//, a collection of essays on the topic of his Percy Jackson series. He helped develop the 10 books in The 39 Clues series, published by Scholastic corporation, and wrote the first book in the series, //The maze of bones.//Riordan was born in San Antonio, Texas. He graduated from Almo heights high school in 1982, and the university of texas at austin in 1986 where he double-majored in English and History. For fifteen years, he taught in public and private schools in California and in San Antonio. He was awarded ﻿St.Marys hall's first Master Teacher Award in 2002.

__Compare/Contrast characters__ The main characters in the book are Percy Jackson, Annabeth, Grover and Luke. Percy is 12 years old and is emotional, gulable and brave. Annabeth is about 12 years old. she is strong and brave. Grover does not like to fight and Luke is about 20 years old and is enthusiastic to fight and is brave. Luke, Percy and annabeth are brave. Luke is enthusiastic to fight and Grover is not.

__News report of events that happend in the book__ Sally, a mother of one and 12 year old Percy, go missing after their car was found in a ditch. Gabe(Sallys husband) says they were going up to their cabin. Gabe say Percy is a troubled boy that has got kicked out of every bording school he has atended.

__Disscus the theme__ Imagine, New York city, its raining. Your trying to get a master bolt back to a god, Zeus. All the wile you got monsters chasing you and trying to kill you. Now imagine, you walk into a bilding with a bunch of dead souls. You walk in to an elivater and down you go, to the under world where ther is hundreds of thousands of souls being torcherd and before you can return Zeuss master bolt you hafe to get it from the lord of the under world, the king of the dead, Hades.

__Diary entry__ We just got away from Aunty em and now where in the woods. We met a poodle named Gladiola. She had ran away from home. We told her our story and that we had no money. She told us that there was an reward for my return. She said that we can bring her in to get the reward.

__A will__ Hi. Its Percy. If yor reading this im dead. I would like my dad, Poseidon, to have to have riptide. I would like Grover to have my wii. But if he does not return from his quest give the wii to annabeth.