Fihayya+Plair+(Percy+Jackson+and+the+Lightning+Thief)

=Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel= By Fihayya Plair




 * Bibliographical Data:**

Author: Rick Riordan Illustrator: Attila Futaki Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 0141335394 ISBN-13: 9780141335391 Genre: Children's Comic Strip Mythological Fiction & Graphic Novels Series Title: Percy Jackson Reader's age: 10+

"The Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel" by Rick Riordan is about Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon; earth shaker, storm bringer, Greek god of the sea. Percy's life is turned upside down when he witnesses his mom being strangled into a speck of light by a mythical creature, and is brought to a camp call "Camp Half-Blood." Percy finds out his father is one of the Greek gods of Mount Olympus, and none of this is a myth. In fact Zeus is angry at his father and him as he is the main suspect for stealing Zeus's symbol of power: The master bolt. Percy must go on a quest to prove his innocence as well as his father's, in ten days or "all Hades will break loose" between the gods of Mount Olympus.
 * Summary:**

I really loved this graphic novel! The story line itself was captivating and interesting. It was a brief and quick read because of the comics. I feel that the comics was probably the best thing this story could ask for. Seeing the movie was just too different from the book, and the book was just too long for grasping this quick story. The comics gave it a suspenseful feeling and allowed the reader to read with a guided imagery but the mental freedom to imagine the scenes in-between each comic strip.
 * Review:**

Kids as young as first or second grade would want to dive into this series — either they saw the movie or their friends are excited about this series — but it can be intimidating if the child is a newly independent reader. The graphic novel resolves this issue by giving the reader the story synopsis in a way that is true to the chapter book with all the action and excitement but with less words and allows the illustrations to help tell the story. The inferring is an added benefit from reading the graphic novel version and I have found that it’s a nice complement to the chapter book. The illustrations are so alive and unique that it give you the feeling of watching a movie, yet the trill of still reading a novel.
 * Analysis of Literary Elements:**

Rick Riordan is an award-winning writer of adult mysteries. For fifteen years he taught at middle schools in the San Francisco Bay area and in Texas. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Rick's first novel featuring the heroic young demigod, was the overall winner of the Red House Children's Book Award in 2006.
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