Really? That would be a first. I'm the son of , Jason. I might as well be covered in blood or sewage, the way people treat me. I don't belong anywhere. I'm not even from this . But that's not enough t...
Percy stormed over to the magical cooler. No one tried to stop him. He knocked open the lid and rummaged throught the ice. There had to be one. Please. He was rewarded with s silver-and-red can of sod...
Nico scowled. ‘It’s none of your business, but I don’t belong. That’s obvious. No one wants me. I’m a child of –’ ‘Oh, please.’ Will sounded unusually angry. ‘Nobody at Camp Half-Blood ever pushed you...
I could have killed you.Or I could have killed you, Percy said. Jason shrugged. If there’d been an ocean in Kansas, maybe.I don’t need an ocean—Boys, Annabeth interrupted, I’m sure you both would’ve b...
I loved the idea of making history interesting for kids! When Scholastic approached me about 'The 39 Clues', I immediately started going through the 'greatest hits' from my years as a social studies t...
Young people don't always do what they're told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderful, sometimes they escape punishment.
You want us to fly off to save the world on Happy The Dragon?
Yeah, you bet Romani.' Percy bared his forearm and showed them the brand he'd got at Camp Jupiter- the SPQR mark, with the trident of Neptune. 'You mix Greek and Roman, and you know what you get? You...
Would Grandmother scold him? Would she say, Frank! Thank the gods, you've come. I'm surrounded by monsters.More likely she'd scold him, or mistake them for intruders and chase them off with a frying p...
With great power... comes need to take a nap. Wake me up later
We stepped back and looked at the king of the gods, slumped in his chair snoring, and cradling his crook like a teddy bear. I placed the war flail across his lap, hoping it might make a difference—may...
This is Annabeth, Jason said. Uh, normally she doesn't judo-flip people.
She'd expected some backlash; it happened every time she shared her strength. But she hadn't anticipated so much raw anguish from Nico di Angelo… If this was only a portion of Nico’s pain… how could h...
No, I said. I choose the prophecy. It will be about me.Why are you saying that? she cried. You want to be responsible for the whole world?It was the last thing I wanted, but I didn't say that. I knew...
Leo’s voice boomed over the loudspeaker: ‘SURRENDER! YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY ONE SPANKING HOT WAR MACHINE!’ The giant Enceladus howled in outrage. ‘Valdez!’ ‘WHAT’S UP, ENCHILADAS?’ Leo’s voice roared b...
In that moment, he chose Greek. He threw in his lot with Camp Half-Blood-and the horses changed. The storm clouds inside burned away, leaving nothing but red dust and shimmering heat, like mirages on...
I thought maybe she'd whisk us off by magic, or at least hail a taxi. Instead, Bast borrowed a silver Lexus convertible.Oh, yes, she purred. I like this one! Come along, children.But this isn't yours,...
He’d learned years ago it was better not to dwell too much on who was related to whom on the godly side of things. After Tyson the Cyclops adopted him as a brother, Percy decided that that was about a...
He'd gone from sixteen to seventy-five in a matter of seconds, but the old-man smell happened instantly, like boom. Congratulations! You stink!
He scowled at Jason. And please, I don't like being touched. Don't ever grab me again.