<Tr> <Th> LC Class </Th> <Td> PZ7. R4829 Li 2005 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> The Sea of Monsters </Td> </Tr> <P> The Lightning Thief is an American fantasy - adventure novel based on Greek mythology, the first young adult novel written by Rick Riordan in the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series . The manuscript was sold in an auction to Miramax Books, an imprint of Hyperion Books for Children and thus Disney Publishing (succeeded by the Disney Hyperion imprint). </P> <P> The novel charts the adventures of modern - day twelve - year - old Percy Jackson as he discovers he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and the Greek god Poseidon . Percy and his friends Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood go on a quest to find Zeus' stolen lightning bolt and prevent a war between the gods Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades . </P>

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