Lightning Thief : Illustrated Edition - by Rick Riordan (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br> A must-have for Percy Jackson fans, this deluxe gift edition of the internationally bestselling first book in the series features gorgeous full-color artwork on nearly every page by series illustrator Rocco, along with shiny foil type on the front cover, a red marker ribbon, and full-color endpapers. <p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br> <b>Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school . . . again.</b><b>And that's the least of his troubles.</b> Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect.<br> Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus's stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with the father who abandoned him; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves.<br><b> This deluxe gift edition of the internationally best-selling first book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, lavishly illustrated by series artist John Rocco, is a must-have for Riordan fans.</b> <p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br> *A riotously-paced quest tale of heroism.--<i><b>Kirkus Reviews (starred review)</b></i> </br></br>*An adventure quest with a hip edge.--<i><b>School Library Journal (starred review)</b></i> </br></br>Packed with humorous allusions to Greek mythology . . . along with rip-snorting action sequences, [this] book really shines.--<i><b>Horn Book</b></i> </br></br>Perfectly paced, with electrifying moments chasing each other like heartbeats.--<i><b>New York Times Book Review</b></i> <p/><br></br><p><b> About The Author </b></p></br></br> <b>Rick Riordan</b>, dubbed "storyteller of the gods" by <i>Publishers Weekly</i>, is the author of five #1 <i>New York Times</i> best-selling middle grade series with millions of copies sold throughout the world: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, and the Trials of Apollo, based on Greek and Roman mythology; the Kane Chronicles, based on Ancient Egyptian mythology; and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, based on Norse mythology. Rick collaborated with illustrator John Rocco on two #1 <i>New York Times</i> best-selling collections of Greek myths for the whole family: <i> Percy Jackson's Greek Gods </i>and<i> Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes</i>. Rick is also the publisher of an imprint at Disney-Hyperion, Rick Riordan Presents, dedicated to finding other authors of highly entertaining fiction based on world mythologies. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts with his wife and two sons. Follow him on Twitter at @camphalfblood. <p/> <p/>John Rocco (www.roccoart.com) studied illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design and the School of Visual Arts. In addition to writing and illustrating several of his own picture books, including <i>Blizzard</i> and the Caldecott Honor-winning and <i>New York Times</i> best-selling <i>Blackout</i>, he has created all of the cover art for Rick Riordan's best-selling Percy Jackson, Kane Chronicles, Heroes of Olympus, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, and Trials of Apollo series. He collaborated with Rick on two #1 <i>New York Times</i> best-selling collections of Greek myths for the whole family: <i> Percy Jackson's Greek Gods </i>and<i> Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes</i>. Before becoming a full-time children's book creator, he worked as an art director on <i>Shrek</i> for DreamWorks, and for Disney Imagineering. He lives in Los Angeles.
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