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Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Level 1

RIORDAN, Rick
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An exciting, action-packed introduction to ancient myths, as experienced through the eyes of a modern schoolboy. Is it really fun being a god?

AWARDS:

  • WINNER School Library Journal Best Book 2005

ADVENTURE | LEGENDS

  • NORRIS, Christine: Library of Athena (Samhain Publishing Ltd 2008ff.; Meegan and her friends enter the world of Greek mythology)
  • Hercules (1997; Disney version of the legend of Hercules)
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000; the Odyssee, set in the Deep South in the 30ies)
  • SIMMONS, Dan: Ilium (HarperCollins 2003)
  • SIMMONS, Dan: Olympus (HarperCollins 2005)