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Violence
Some
Moderate fantasy violence; monster battles, a war on the horizon; in the adventure-story tradition
Language
Barely any
Very mild language; Percy's voice is contemporary twelve-year-old
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Mild; Percy's learning disability reframed as heroic; the wound of absent godly parents
What this book is about
Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief introduces Percy Jackson, a troubled twelve-year-old who discovers Greek mythology is not mythology: the gods are real, they live in America, and Percy is the son of Poseidon, accused of stealing Zeus's master lightning bolt. Sent on a cross-country quest to recover the bolt before war breaks out among the Olympians, Percy navigates monster attacks and divine politics with Riordan's breezy humor and genuine affection for his source material.
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