This book makes good reading because it's action-packed and humorous.
A dyslixic kid who has ADHD called Percy Jackson learns about his enigmatic father who turns out to be one of the gods of Olympus. He learns that there are gods alive and that Olympus is in New York. Regaining from the shock, he starts training at a camp for demigods like him called 'Camp Half-Blood'. Then the Oracle tells him to set out for a quest in search for the sky god's lost weapon...