The Basics
The title of the book
The Lighting Thief
The narrator and main character who attends Yancy Academy
Percy Jackson
Percy’s class takes a field trip to this famous museum in New York City.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Percy attends this type of school at the beginning of the novel.
A private, boarding school
The author of the book
Rick Riordan
Percy’s best friend at Yancy Academy
Grover
The class is studying this subject during their museum visit
Ancient Greek Mythology
Percy is often considered a troublemaker because of incidents like this.
He gets into fights
This is the title of Chapter 1.
“I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher”
This teacher accompanies Percy’s class on their field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Mr. Brunner
Percy is particularly interested in this type of ancient Greek artwork and artifacts
Greek statues and mythology-related artifacts
Nancy Bobofit does this to Grover during the field trip.
She steal from and throws food on him.
Percy has difficulty with this school subject taught by Mr. Brunner.
Latin
This student frequently bullies Percy and is the leader of a group of troublemakers.
Nancy Bobofit
Mr. Brunner uses this ancient figure to help teach Percy about Greek mythology
Kronos
Percy becomes angry with Nancy because he sees her doing this to Grover.
She bullies him.
The chapter ends with Percy realizing something strange has happened to this teacher.
Mrs. Dodds
This person is Percy’s mother, whom he looks forward to seeing after school.
Sally Jackson
This is the subject Percy struggles to stay interested in during the field trip.
Ancient History
Percy’s reaction to Nancy’s behavior leads to an unusual event involving this.
Percy pushes her into the fountain