How about you start from the top—of the story, not the backpack.

Even Cronus, the Titan who literally had his kids for breakfast, would find these facts hard to swallow.

Tempting,” Percy called down.

Annabeth realized that if six of them went on these two quests, it would leave Percy alone on the ship with Coach Hedge, which was maybe not a situation a caring girlfriend should put him...

So your brother is a winged horse. But you’re also my half brother, which means all the flying horses in the world are my…You know what? Lets’ forget it.

That makes absolutely no sense.

No, Pipes. It could be a random group of giant eagles flying in perfect formation. Of course they’re Roman!

This coming from the god who zinged Guinevere and Lancelot while King Arthur was away slaying dragons.

Please, Percy…change your clothes. You smell like you’ve been run over by an electric horse.

This is the Wilderness School. ‘Where the Kids are animals

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...

Percy?” Annabeth gripped his arm.”Oh, bad,” he muttered. “Bad. Bad.” He looked across the table at Frank and Hazel. “You guys remember Polybotes?””The giant who invaded Camp Jupiter,” Hazel said. “The anti-Poseidon you whacked in...