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The Lightning Thief provides a high-interest, humorous introduction to the Greek myths. It encourages young readers to explore elements of the classical hero’s quest rendered in a modernday setting, and to discuss such relevant issues as learning disabilities, the nature of family, and themes of loyalty, friendship and faith.  \n| TABLE OF CONTENTS |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| PLOT SUMMARY\u003Cbr>GREEK MYTHOLOGY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES ABOUT THE AUTHOR REFERENCE RESOURCES | 2612162023 |\n|  |  |\n\nP L O T S U M M A R Y  \nDuring a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Percy Jackson begins to suspect that his life is not what it seems when his math teacher transforms into a Fury and attacks him. Percy manages to vaporize the monster with an ancient bronze sword, but afterwards he wonders if the incident was a hallucination. Everyone, including Percy’s best friend Grover, claims that the math teacher who attacked him never existed.  \nAt the end of the year, Grover insists on escorting Percy home from boarding school. Grover’s nervousness and cryptic comments about Percy being in danger make Percy uneasy.  \nPercy’s home life is far from perfect. His mother Sally Jackson is a kind woman who never had any luck in life. She dreams of being a writer, but works at a candy shop to make ends meet and is married to “Smelly” Gabe Ugliano, Percy’s abusive stepfather, who expects Percy to provide him with poker-playing money in exchange for room and board. Percy struggles to understand why his mother, who obviously loves him, takes such pains to send him away every year to a different boarding school.  \nWhen Percy and his mother go for a weekend retreat to the beach, their time together is interrupted by a storm and a horrible wailing in the middle of the night. Percy’s friend, Grover, appears at their door and reveals himself as a satyr. He has been keeping an eye on Percy until Percy is old enough to attend Camp Half Blood, a summer camp for training demigods. Grover tells Percy that monstrous forces are now after him in earnest, and they have no choice but to flee to Camp Half Blood.  \nOn the way, they are attacked by the Minotaur. Percy defeats the monster, but not before it knocks out Grover and squeezes Percy’s mother until she disappears in a shower of gold. Heartbroken, assuming his mother is dead, Percy pulls Grover to safety over the property line of Camp Half Blood.  \nOnce at camp, Percy is reunited with his Latin teacher, who in his true form is Chiron, the immortal centaur and trainer of heroes. Percy learns that the Greek gods are alive and well—an integral part of the collective consciousness called Western Civilization. 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