Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Award-winning by Rick Riordan (author) (UK edition)

He’s half-god, half-mortal – and in a whole load of trouble! Disturbed, dyslexic NYC kid Percy never asked to be a half-blood: half boy, half Greek god. But when he finally meets his dad – scary god Poseidon, bringer of storms and earthquakes – Percy goes from playing basketball to battling monsters, fighting to stay alive! At first life doesn’t seem too bad at Half Blood Hill, the Long Island summer camp for young demigods where Percy is sent to start his training. But now that Zeus, God of the sky, thinks Percy has stolen his lightning bolt, things are going VERY WRONG INDEED. Can Percy find it before a war of the gods erupts? From an award-winning writer, this wickedly funny adventure follows its flawed boy hero into a world of excitement based on the Greek myths.