The Lightning Thief

In this first installment in the Percy Jackson series, we meet Percy, a teenager who thinks he is going out of his mind because he keep s seeing weird things happening  His mother finally assures him he is not, and that he is seeing them because he is actually a demi-god, a child of a human and a god.  He is the child of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea.  He is sent to Camp Half-Blood where all half-bloods train and learn about their powers.  It is there he meets two friends who will accompany him on a quest to return a stolen lightning bolt to Zeus himself to avert a war between the gods.  It an action-packed, thrilling book.  If you like mythology, you will love this series, as well as his others, based on Egyptian and Roman gods, too. (FIC RIO)