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The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan
2005
The Book of Three
Lloyd Alexander · 1964
224 pages
Taran, an assistant pig-keeper who wants only to be a hero, loses the oracular pig Hen Wen and follows her into the land of Prydain. With a bard, a princess and a creature named Gurgi, he stumbles into a war against the Horned King.
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Quest, Coming of Age, Found Family, Epic Fantasy, Wise Mentor, Mythology Retelling
