The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)

Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school . . . again. No matter how hard he tries, he cant 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 hes 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 Percys Greek mythology textbook and into his life. The gods of Mount Olympus, hes coming to realize, are very much alive in the twenty-first century. And worse, hes angered a few of them Zeuss master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect.