雷克•莱尔顿，当今世界最畅销青少年图书男作家，与罗琳、梅尔比肩。

早年是一位英文老师及小提琴演奏者，教职达15年之久，非常了解青少年的心理现实和生活现实，也很有教育经验。他同时是两个男孩的父亲。

他将神话角色巧妙的融入冒险故事框架中创作出了“波西•杰克逊系列”小说，深受全球广大青少年读者喜爱，占据各大畅销排行榜，并获得诸多重要奖项。莱尔顿也经常到各地和大小读者交流写作与生活的心得，目前和家人住在美国德州的圣安东尼奥。莱尔顿曾为儿子患有读写困难症和多动症所困扰。当时儿子8岁，正在接受治疗。他在学校无法上课，拒绝读书，常常闷闷不乐。为了安慰儿子，他给儿子讲自己喜爱的希腊神话故事。

神话故事讲完了，就接着编新故事给儿子听。“我给他讲述一个患有读写困难症和多动症的小男孩的故事，但他之所以这样，是因为他是希腊神的儿子，负有拯救世界的使命。

Book Description

Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he cant seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worsePercy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him. Percys mom decides its time that he knew the truth about where he came from. She sends Percy to Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for demigods (on Long Island), where he learns that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea. Soon a mystery unfolds and together with his friendsone a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of AthenaPercy sets out on a quest across the United States to reach the gates of the Underworld (located in a recording studio in Hollywood) and prevent a catastrophic war between the gods. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves.

From School Library Journal

Grade 5-9–An adventure-quest with a hip edge. At first glance, Perseus Jackson seems like a loser (readers meet him at a boarding school for troubled youth), but he's really the son of Poseidon and a mortal woman. As he discovers his heritage, he also loses that mother and falls into mortal danger. The gods (still very active in the 21st-century world) are about to go to war over a lost thunderbolt, so Percy and sidekicks Grover (a young satyr) and Annabeth (daughter of Athena) set out to retrieve it. Many close calls and monster-attacks later, they enter Hades's realm (via L.A.). A virtuoso description of the Underworld is matched by a later account of Olympus (hovering 600 floors above Manhattan). There's lots of zippy review of Greek myth and legend, and characters like Medusa, Procrustes, Charon, and the Eumenides get updates. Some of the Labors of Heracles or Odysseus's adventures are recycled, but nothing seems stale, and the breakneck pace keeps the action from being too predictable. Percy is an ADHD, wise-cracking, first-person narrator. Naturally, his real quest is for his own identity. Along the way, such topics as family, trust, war, the environment, dreams, and perceptions are raised. There is subtle social critique for sophisticated readers who can see it. Although the novel ends with a satisfying conclusion (and at least one surprise), it is clear that the story isn't over. The 12-year-old has matured and is ready for another quest, and the villain is at large. Readers will be eager to follow the young protagonist's next move.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　–Patricia D. Lothrop, St. George's School, Newport, RI

From Booklist

Gr. 6-9. The escapades of the Greek gods and heroes get a fresh spin in the first book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, about a contemporary 12-year-old New Yorker who learns he's a demigod. Perseus, aka Percy Jackson, thinks he has big problems. His father left before he was born, he's been kicked out of six schools in six years, he's dyslexic, and he has ADHD. What a surprise when he finds out that that's only the tip of the iceberg: he vaporizes his pre-algebra teacher, learns his best friend is a satyr, and is almost killed by a minotaur before his mother manages to get him to the safety of Camp Half-Blood--where he discovers that Poseidon is his father. But that's a problem, too. Poseidon has been accused of stealing Zeus' lightning bolt, and unless Percy can return the bolt, humankind is doomed. Riordan's fast-paced adventure is fresh, dangerous, and funny. Percy is an appealing, but reluctant hero, the modernized gods are hilarious, and the parallels to Harry Potter are frequent and obvious. Because Riordan is faithful to the original myths, librarians should be prepared for a rush of readers wanting the classic stories.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Chris Sherman

Book Dimension

length: (cm)21.3 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)14.5