The Lightning Thief
core novel 2005 Camp Half-Blood Chronicles
Record
| First published | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.31 (3,542,083 ratings, collected 2026-08-06) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780786838653 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Where it sits
- Universe: Camp Half-Blood Chronicles
- Series: Percy Jackson & the Olympians core; position 1 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Rick Riordan
Awards (verified)
- Red House Children's Book Award (Older Readers), 2006: won; UK children's-choice award.
- Mark Twain Award, 2008: won; Missouri Association of School Librarians reader award.
- Young Reader's Choice Award, 2008: won; Pacific Northwest Library Association reader award.
- Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award, 2009: won; Illinois reader award.
Notes
- From the series record (Percy Jackson & the Olympians): The original quintet (2005-2009): Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon, ages 12-16.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Percy Jackson & the Olympians: position 1 of 5: next The Sea of Monsters (2006)
- Internal chronology, within Camp Half-Blood Chronicles: position 1 of 19: next The Sea of Monsters (2006)
Sources
← Camp Half-Blood Chronicles dossier · All universes
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