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The lightning thief, the first in the percy jackson series, by rick riordan, begins with percy jackson taking a school trip to the metropolitan museum of art. During a school trip to a museum, a bully, nancy bobofit, bullies percy s friend grover. What is a short 1 paragraph summary for percy jackson and. Percy tells us that he has dyslexia and attention deficit disorder, and i had never made above a c in my life 1. Critical essays are a source for examples, essay notes, essay prompts, and essay topics. The lightning thief study guide from litcharts the creators of. Need help with chapter 1 in rick riordans the lightning thief. Based on greek mythology, it is the first book in the percy jackson and the olympians series. It follows the adventures of twelveyearold percy jackson, a boy who discovers that he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and the greek god poseidon. Zeus accuses him of stealing his lightning bolt and percy has no.
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