Introduction to the book

Author´s Bibliography

Rick Riordan (Richard Russell Riordan Jr. was born on June 5, 1964 in San Antonio, Texas. He is an American writer. He has been recognized mostly for his Percy Jakson and the Olimpians book series. He received a BA in History and English from the University of Texas at Austin. Later he was a teacher at the University of Texas at San Antonio, but he resigned from being a teacher to devote himself to being a full-time writer, giving way to the Percy Jackson book series.

Preface

This book tells the story of a demigod "the son of a Greek god and a normal human being." However it addresses different moments before and after Percy found out that he was a demigod and not just any demigod but the son of Poseidon. Between those moments, Percy is known as a normal human being with different problems (dyslexia and concentration problems), however when he learns that he is a demigod and is sent to a demigod training camp, he realizes that his problems in the normal world are actually his abilities as demigods. Also during the time that Percy was in that camp he had to learn to use his demigod powers. He also had to learn to work as a team and to fight to find the lightning bolt and to know the true story of it.