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Book/Printed Material The lightning thief

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Title

  • The lightning thief

Summary

  • After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.

Names

  • Riordan, Rick

Created / Published

  • New York : Miramax Books/Hyperion Books for Children, c2005.

Headings

  • -  Mythology, Greek--Juvenile fiction
  • -  Greek mythology--Fiction
  • -  Camps--Fiction
  • -  Friendship--Fiction
  • -  Fathers and sons--Fiction
  • -  Poseidon--(Greek deity)--Fiction
  • -  Hades--(Greek deity)--Fiction
  • -  Zeus--(Greek deity)--Fiction

Genre

  • Fantasy fiction

Medium

  • 377 p. ; 22 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PZ7.R4829 Li 2005

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2005299400

OCLC Number

  • 60786141

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Chicago citation style:

Riordan, Rick. The Lightning Thief. New York: Miramax Books/Hyperion Books for Children, 2005.

APA citation style:

Riordan, R. (2005) The Lightning Thief. New York: Miramax Books/Hyperion Books for Children.

MLA citation style:

Riordan, Rick. The Lightning Thief. New York: Miramax Books/Hyperion Books for Children, 2005.