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Kids & Family · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

The Lightning Thief

by Rick Riordan · narrated by Jesse Bernstein

#5 in Kids & FamilyBook 1 of Percy Jackson and the OlympiansFirst published 2005

Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson finds out he's the son of a Greek god, and gets sent on a cross-country quest to find Zeus's stolen lightning bolt before war breaks out.

Narrated by: Jesse Bernstein

Grumpy’s take“Greek gods, sea monsters, and a quest. All you have to do is sit there. Heroic!”

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