On the first day of summer, 12-year-old Percy Jackson learns that he is a demigod. He joins Camp Half-Blood, where he learns the skills required to travel on a dangerous quest to retrieve Zeus' stolen lightning bolt. Selected (7) reading...

This is the official site for Rick Riordan which offers articles and quizzes about his books including Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard.

This page from Read Riordan focuses on his characters, both old and new. Students can click on a series and each of its characters to learn more about them. They can sort by Series or A-Z.

Using Rick Riordan's The Lightning Thief as a model, writers will find a rhythm in their writing by varying sentence lengths while creating a scene to draw in their readers. The writer will paint a picture with words in order to describe...

Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.

Fourth graders learn about traditional stories, focusing on common patterns in literature, specifically the quest. Students come to understand how literature helps us make sense of the world, and how literature from the past influences...

A Google Drive folder with instructional presentations, discussion questions, student activities, and assessments for the book, The Lightning Thief.