Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school...again. And that's the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he's angered a few of them. Zeus's master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect.

Now Percy and his friends have just ten days to find and return Zeus's stolen property and bring peace to a warring Mount Olympus. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the true thief: he must come to terms with the father who abandoned him; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and unravel a treachery more powerful than the gods themselves. (goodreads)

Significantly different from the movie. I can see why some things were changed and in some ways a few of them were for the better. (for a movie I mean) The actual plot in the book is much more interesting. The movie's way of go her then her then here reminded me a lot of Dora the Explorer. The book however gives you much more plot (of course). I did enjoy the movie though. The books however have sucked me in and I continue to blow through them like a storm. They are difficult to put down.