Sally drives the two kids to camp using Gabe's car. Grover urgently comes to Montauk and tells Percy's mother that Percy must flee to a specific camp, Camp Half-Blood. Though they run into some complications, namely Percy's stepfather, Gabe Ugliano, they are able to leave for their destination. She tells him that, as a treat, they would get to go on a vacation to Montauk for a couple of days, and that they are to leave immediately. Percy comes home to his mother, Sally Jackson. When they make it into Manhattan, Percy ditches Grover who has to go to the restroom. Percy is very frightened by this and assumes that the string of yarn that had just been cut off was his. The string in their hand is the lifeline of a person and when cut, it signifies the person's death. He explains to Percy that the Fates are the ones who decide the lifespan of a being. On his way home for the summer, he sees three very old women knitting, who turn out to be the Fates, cut a line of string, and Grover tells him this is worse than it really seems. Percy is almost led to believe this, too, until he eavesdrops on Grover and Mr. Percy, however, suspects that something is going on since whenever he asks Grover, he hesitates. Kerr, a teacher he has never once seen before. Dodds had never existed, and their pre-algebra teacher is Mrs. Percy kills the Fury in self-defense.įor the rest of the year, everyone in the campus thinks that Mrs. Brunner, charges in and throws Percy a pen that suddenly changes into a sword when he uncaps it. However, she suddenly turns into a Fury, a mythical creature known from Greek mythology, and tries to kill him. Dodds, takes Percy for a private talk, presumably to scold him. Percy is outraged, and suddenly, water from a nearby fountain drenches Nancy in a very unnatural way but the Mist makes it look like Percy pushed her. While he is in sixth grade on a field trip, a classmate of his, Nancy Bobofit, bullies his best friend Grover Underwood. Voiced charmingly and in a goofy fashion by Jesse Bernstein, the audiobook is a joy to listen to.Percy Jackson is a twelve-year-old boy diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia, and he has been expelled from every school he has ever attended. Apparently, the gods of Olympus are alive, and rather pissed off at him: Zeus’s lightning bolt is missing, and he’s the primary suspect.įilled with fun and adventure, The Lightning Thief is the first installment in the bestselling Olympians Pentalogy that introduces you to a host of new and (very, very) old characters. Suddenly, he’s thrust into the midst of mythological beings. Why can’t he just have a life as any regular kid? But then again, no regular kid has a teacher who turns into a monster and tries to kill him or a best friend who turns out to be a minotaur. Percy keeps getting into trouble again and again and again. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief In today’s article, we are going to look at some of the best Percy Jackson audiobooks perfect both for those looking to enter this world or those already familiar with it. Loved worldwide for the wry humor and candid prose, the Percy Jackson series and further spin-offs are a perfect read whether you’re interested in mythological retellings, or even just into fantasy stories. A half-blood, that is the offspring of a God (Poseidon) and a mortal (Sally Jackson), Percy has featured in several adventures now across places, both real and mythological. Created on the request of his daughter Haley asking Rick Riordan to tell her stories based on Greek mythology, Percy Jackson is undoubtedly one of the most popular literary figures in recent times.
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