The Lightning Thief

Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1

By: Rick Riordan

Narrated by: Jesse Bernstein

Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school...again. No matter how hard he tries, he can't seem to stay out of trouble. But can he really be expected to stand by and watch while a bully picks on his scrawny best friend? Or not defend himself against his pre-algebra teacher when she turns into a monster and tries to kill him? Of course, no one believes Percy about the monster incident; he's not even sure he believes himself.

Until the Minotaur chases him to summer camp.

Suddenly, mythical creatures seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. The gods of Mount Olympus, he's coming to realize, are very much alive in the 21st-century. And worse, he's angered a few of them: Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect.

Now Percy has just 10 days to find and return Zeus's stolen property, and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. On a daring road trip from their summer camp in New York to the gates of the Underworld in Los Angeles, Percy and his friends, one a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of Athena, will face a host of enemies determined to stop them. To succeed in his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with the father who abandoned him; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of failure and betrayal by a friend; and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves.

Don't miss the other titles in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.

©2005 Rick Riordan (P)2005 Random House, Inc. Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group

Great read

Narrator is does some entertaining voices and the story is great. I think its s good read for the whole family.

the book was good

loved it was very awesome everything that I expected and more would recommend it for listening

What a fun read!

This was such a fun book to listen to! I loved the story (although a little predictable). The narrators performance was also fantastic. I wish I would have read this when I was a kid!

Good story, not great narration

I never read the Percy Jackson books as a kid. As a Greek Mythology lover, I thought it was time. I mostly enjoyed the story but I did not love how the narrator portrayed the Gods. A little cheesy, but overall okay listen.

Loved it!!!!

It is an amazing action-packed series for kids. I loved it so much the reader gives different voices for different characters that sound almost like the movies. You should watch the first two movies which I wish they made more like the Harry Potter series and had a movie per book!!

Five stars!!!

Rick Riordan has taken old Greek myths and combined them with the modern world. This is a great series starter for ages 10 to 14. A combination of heroism and humor comes together for an overall great book. Five stars. The Magnus Chase series, also by Rick Riordan is a hilarious interpretation of Norse mythology. Another great read if you enjoy Percy Jackson.

Great Book!! Fun and creative!!

It is a great listen. I think is a perfect book for boys, ages 8 to 15 (depends on your kid(s)).

It is a fun way to learn greek Mythology in a fresh present day way.

I would say reading/listening to an explanation of the greek gods and goddesses helps. He has 2 books out that give some back stories also in a fun modern day twist. I think that will help if you have no knowledge going into this. However it is not necessary to like, understand and enjoy this story.

The voice talent is amazing, one of the best by far!!!! I have listen to a lot of books.

Enjoy this wonderful creative book.

Good book

I enyoyed the book alott. Took some time to get used too the horrible "voice acting of Jesse Bernstein".. His Percy Jackson was ok, but when he was doing the voices of other people It was terrible to listen to... The overall quality of the production was kinda bad to... no sounds no music.... but book was great and when you get used to the voices you dont realy mind it...

Good book, really good narrator

Story is really interesting.Narrator performed well and acted out voices of others in a perfect tone, fitting the description of each character.

Everything is about to change...

As Percy Jackson enters the mysterious world of Greek Demi gods everything is not as it seems, betrayal is at stake, the era of a new world of gods and battles of the western civilization is about to begin... Does Percy have what it takes to lead his friends?