Welcome to Based on a Book’s three-part April Adventures special, where we are diving into The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan–along with its 2023 Disney+ TV adaptation and the 2010 movie version.

In Part 3, we’ll reluctantly visit the infamous 2010 movie adaptation and wrap things up by finding out which godly parent would claim us if we were demigods in the Percy Jackson universe.

Hosted by Keri with co-hosts Lindsey and Crystal.

Books & Adaptations Mentioned:

• The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
• Percy Jackson & The Olympians Disney+ TV Show
• The Lightning Thief Movie 
• Greek Travel Tellers Blog - All the Greek Mythology & Percy Jackson Connections 

Question of the Episode:

• If you were a demigod, who do you wish was your parent out of all the Gods?

Bonus: We took this quiz, so you should too!

Percy Jackson Quiz - Which Greek God Could You Be the Child of? 

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Chapters:

(00:00) Introductions

(1:52) Extra Content from Parts 1 and 2

(12:02) Movie Breakdown

(44:34) Final Verdicts

(45:53) Question of the Episode