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Rick Riordan. P ercy J ackson and T he O lympians The L ightning T hief. Rick Riordan is the author of The New York Times children’s best seller Percy Jackson ser - ies . Rick is 49 years old with a wife and two Sons, they live in San Antonio, Texas. Rick’s no
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Percy Jackson and The Olympians The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan is the author of The New York Times children’s best seller Percy Jackson ser- ies. Rick is 49 years old with a wife and two Sons, they live in San Antonio, Texas. Rick’s no vels are mostly based on Greek, Roman and Egyptian mythology which he taught for many years as a teacher. Rick Riordan is currently coming out with the 5th book of The Heros Of Olympus.
Important Events in Rick Riordan’s Life -June 5th, 1964 Rick Russell Riordan is born. -June 1st,1982 Rick graduates High school. -January 1st ,1986 graduates from the Univer- sary of Texas. -In 1997 Rick wrote and published his first book “Big Red Tequila’’ -June 28th , 2005 the day ‘’The Lightning Thief’’ gets published. -May 3rd ,2006 the second book of the Percy Jackson series ‘’Sea of Monsters’’ comes out. -In 2008 wins the Mark Twain Award for ‘’The Lightning Thief’’ . Also wins the Mark Twain Award in 2009 for ‘’Sea of Monsters’’ -In 1998 won the Shamus and Anthony Award for ‘’Big Red Tequila’’ -In 2011 won The Children’s Choice Book Award for Author of the Year. -October 19th,2002 gets the St. Mary Hall’s First Master Teaching Award. -2013 came out with ‘’House of Hades’’
Book Order Tres Navarre Series .Big Red Tequila (1997) .Widower’s Two-Step(1998) .The Last King of Texas (2000) .The Devil Went Down to Austin(2001) .South Town(2004) .Mission Road(2005) .Rebel Island(2007) Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series . The Lightning Thief (2005) .Sea of Monsters (2006) .The Titan’s Curse(2007) .The Battle of Labyrinth(2008) .The Demigod Files (2009) .The Last Olympian (2009) The 39 Clues series . The Maze of Bones (2006) . Introduction to The Black Book of Buried Secrets (2010) . Vespers Rising (2011)
The Kane Chronicles Series .The Red Pyramid (May 4, 2010) The Throne of Fire (May 9, 2011) The Serpent's Shadow (May 1, 2012) The Kane Chronicles Survival Guide (March 20, 2012) The Red Pyramid: The Graphic Novel (October 2, 2012) The Son of Sobek (May 9, 2013) The Heroes of Olympus Series .The Lost Hero (October 12, 2010) .The Son of Neptune (October 4, 2011) .The Demigod Diaries (August 14, 2012) .The Mark of Athena (October 2, 2012) . The House of Hades (October 8, 2013) .Book five (Fall 2014)
Book Summaries Percy Jackson& The Olympians The Lightning Thief is about a 12 year old boy who knows something is different about him. He takes a school trip to Metropolitan Museum of Art, where his teacher turns into a Fury and demands the lightning bolt. That’s when Percy is sent to Camp Half-Blood where he finds out he is the son of Poseidon. The book is about the travel to get the missing lightning bolt to Zeus before a war is started. The Sea of Monster is the second book in the Percy Jackson series. The book starts off with Percy’s mother telling him Camp Half-Blood is no longer safe, Percy and his friends agree to try to save the camp. They go on another quest togeth- er in order to find the answer to save Camp Half-Blood.
In The Titan’s Curse Grover finds two half-blood siblings which Percy, Annabeth and Thalia help escape from ‘’Dr.Thorn’’ but Annabeth is captured. Percy and his friends go on a quest to save Annabeth and find Artemis the goddess of hunt to influence her vote to start a war of the titans.