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**Mythology Today: The Lightning Thief**

**by Alejandra Fernandez, Ponce de Leon Middle School **

**This is a literature web quest designed for 8th graders. **

= = ====**Would you like to be demi-god or goddess? **====

====** In the first installment of the //Percy Jackson & the Olympians// series //The Lightning Thief//, Percy Jackson discovers he is the son of a Greek god, and must venture on a quest with his friends to prevent a war between the three main Greek gods: Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. Understand Percy's plight more by researching and learning about Greek mythology and its parallels with this series, as well as the Hero's Journey. **====