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- I saw 'The 39 Clues' as a potential vehicle for doing some education in a fun way - to take some of these amazing stories…
- My modus operandi hasn't really changed that much from when I was an English teacher. I wanted my students to leave my classroom loving reading…
- I get letters from college kids who have read Percy Jackson when they were younger who tell me, 'I just passed my Classics exam.' The…
- I always love it when I hear back from kids who say they discovered Percy Jackson and now wear their learning difference as a badge…
- In a way, it's nice to know that there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame when things go wrong. For…
- He was slumped over, blood trickling from the side of his mouth. I shook his furry hip, thinking, No! Even if you are half barnyard…
- Hades raised an eyebrow. When he sat forward in his throne, shadowy faces appeared in the folds of his black robes, faces of torment,as if…
- We only came close to dying six or seven times, which I thought was pretty good. Once, I lost my grip and found myself dangling…
- There were a lot of answers I might've given, from "I knew that" to "LIAR!" to "Yeah right, and I'm Zeus." - Percy, after Quintus…
- The main courtyard was filled with warriors - mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human bodies from the waist up, except their…
- All I could think of was that the teachers must've found the illegal stash of candy I'd been selling out of my dorms room. Or…
- We walked on the beach, fed blue corn ships to the seagulls, and munched on blue jelly beans, blue saltwater taffy and all the other…
- Safety from what? Who's after me?" Oh, nobody much," Grover said, obviously still miffed about the donkey comment. "Just the Lord of the Dead and…
- Monkey bar," Annabeth said. "I'm great at these." She leaped onto to the first rung and start swinging her way across. She was scared of…
- And, whoa!" He turned to Mr.D. "Your the wine dude? No way!" Mr.D turned hi eyes away from me and gave Nico a look of…
- Mr. D, wearing his leopard-skin jogging suit and rummaging through the refrigerator. He looked up lazily. "Do you mind?" Where's Chiron!" I shouted. How rude."…
- The wood nymph instructors left me in the dust. They told me not to worry about it. They'd had centuries of practice running away from…
- If I had my way," Dionysus said, "I would cause your molecules to erupt in flames. We'd sweep up the ashes and be done with…
- I've been waiting a long time for a quest, seaweed brain," she said. "Athena is no fan of Poseidon, but if you're going to save…
- You're pretty smug, Lord Ares, for a guy who runs from Cupid statues.
- Percy," my mom said. "I give you my blessing." "Be safe brother!" Tyson pleaded. "Enchiladas!" Grover said. I wasn't sure where that came from, but…
- The other thing that troubled me: Dad was clutching his workbag. Usually when he does that, it means we're in danger. Like the time gunmen…
- At first I was protecting you two because I promised. Now even if I hadn't promised, I would. You two are like kittens to me.…
- I wasn't sure whether I was supposed to kneel or buy stamps from him or what.
- I just love family meetings. Very cozy, with the Christmas garlands round the fireplace and a nice pot of tea and a detective from Scotland…
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