The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

I was finally able to read this book, after a whole slew of my students were reading it. In fact, my copy was checked out so much from my classroom library that I had to buy it for my Kindle to read it myself! I have to agree with the kids, this book is very good for young and old readers. Percy goes through many different challenges to complete the quest he has been sent on after finding out he is half god-half human, making him a "hero." Riordan combines adventure, suspense, fantasty, and comedy in this novel of good vs. evil. Eventually I hope to get around to reading the other novels in the Percy Jackson series, as well as seeing the movie they created based off of this book.