Percy Jackson is introduced as a 12-year-old boy diagnosed with dyslexia and ADHD, who has been expelled from every school he has attended in the past for behavior problems. He also has to deal with his step-father who he nicknames Smelly Gabe. As the action begins, he is on a field trip with Yancy Academy in New York. There, Percy exhibits supernatural capabilities of which he seems unaware, such as controlling water. One of his teachers transforms into a monster and attacks him; Percy defeats her, aided by his Latin teacher, who throws him a pen which transforms into a greek sword named "Anaklusmos" or, in English, "Riptide". After the incident, everyone acts as if nothing ever happened. Other incidents and denials further confuse Percy, who starts to suspect his friend Grover, and his Latin teacher Mr. Brunner. On a weekend excursion to Montauk Beach with his mother, they are advised to leave by Grover who appears as a satyr. They drive towards Half-Blood Hill but crash when they are attacked by the Minotaur. Percy defeats it and saves Grover but not his mother, who is captured by the Minotaur and taken to the Underworld. Percy drags an unconscious Grover to Camp Half-Blood.At Camp, he learns about his true nature as a demigod and that of his peers: Mr Brunner is really Chiron, a centaur, and Grover is a Satyr, a half goat/half human. He and his camp-mates begin a game of capture the flag, in which Percy gets proof of unusual powers which is explained after he is designated as the son of Poseidon. Later, he embarks on a quest to retrieve Zeus' master lightning bolt with two friends, Grover, the satyr, and Annabeth, daughter of Athena. Notable encounters include Medusa, Ares (god of war) and Hades (god of the underworld and death). He discovers it's a camp mate, Luke Castellan,son of Hermes, who has stolen the bolt, under the orders of the Titan Kronos. He also finds and saves his mother out of the Underworld.
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