Imagine, you are on a field trip and it suddenly turns into a quest to help the lord of the Greek gods, one being your father. Well, that’s exactly what happened in Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, written by Rick Riordan. This book, being a great read for fantasy lovers, has astonishing adventures that Percy goes on. Let’s go from the start. Percy Jackson was a regular boy, and just didn’t ever know his dad. He went to a school far away from his mother and his stinky step dad. Accordingly, Percy was confused about life, but little did he know that he was a special kid who needed to help the gods. friendship, love, betrayal, family This book is a great story about friendship, love, betrayal, and family. Percy and his friend need to find …show more content…
Like him, I was not always a good student in school. Percy is also based on many students I have taught in the past, and partly on my son’s own struggle with ADHD/dyslexia.”(“An Interview With Rick”) Overall, the inspiration for Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief comes from Riordan’s life experiences. Even though Riordan is a serious writer, he always infuses humor into his novels to make them more interesting and fun to read. Sadie and Carter always have sibling fights.“[Yeah, thanks a lot, Sadie. You get to tell the part about the Land of the Dead. I get to describe Interstate 10 through Texas.” (The Red Pyramid 367) Sadie always has had fun trying to tease and annoy Carter. Now, Sadie is ready to make fun of Carter all the time. Carter obviously likes Zia, but doesn’t admit it. “Right, I’m [Sadie] taking the microphone. There is no chance Carter would tell this part properly, as it’s all about Zia. Shut up, Carter. You know, it’s true. ]” (The Red Pyramid #) As you can see, Carter has a big fat crush on this girl Zia. Sadie isn’t going to let him say anything!Rick Riordan has a great sense of humor that he