Like your zodiac sign?’ Percy asked. ‘I’m a Leo.”No, stupid,’ Leo said. ‘I’m a Leo. You’re a Percy.

Do you know who I am?” she demanded.”Well, you’re Night, I suppose,” said Annabeth. “I mean, I can tell because you’re dark and everything, though the brochure didn’t say much about you.”Nyx’s eyes winked out...

Thalia had gotten herself turned into a pine tree when she was twelve. Me … Well, I was doingmy best not to follow her example. I had nightmares about what Poseidon might turn me intoif...

The plan had three phases: dangerous, really dangerous and insanely dangerous.

The Council agrees,” Zeus said. “Percy Jackson, you will have one gift from the gods.”I hesitated. “Any gift?”Zeus nodded grimly. “I know what you will ask. The greatest gift of all. Yes, if you want...

Legion, cuneum formate!’ Reyna yelled. ‘Advance!’ Another cheer on Jason’s right as Percy and Annabeth reunited with the forces of Camp Half-Blood. ‘Greeks!’ Percy yelled. ‘Let’s, um, fight stuff!’ They yelled like banshees and charged....

What-what do you want?” Annabeth asked, trying to maintain a tone of confidence.The voice cackled maliciously.’To curse you, of course! To destroy you thousand times in the name of Mother Night!'”Only a thousand times?” Percy...

Hey, can I see that sword you were using?”I showed him Riptide, and explained how it turned from a pen into a sword just by uncapping it.”Cool! Does it ever run out of ink?””Um, well,...

That’s me. Ancient history.

What I did next was so impulsive and dangerous I should’ve been named ADHD poster child of the year.

Atlantis?’ Jason asked.’That’s a myth,’ Percy said.’Uh…don’t we deal in myths?”No, I mean it’s a MADE-UP myth. Not like, an actual true myth.”So this is why Annabeth is the brains of the operation, huh?

Hestia shook her head. “I am here because when all else fails, when all the other mighty gods have gone off to war, I am all that’s left. Home. Hearth. I am the last Olympian

Percy muttered. ‘I want to drown her.’ ‘Be patient, water boy.’ ‘Don’t call me water boy.

Tell me when it’s over ” Thalia said. Her eyes were shut tight. The statue was holding on to us so we couldn’t fall but still Thalia clutched his arm like it was the most...

Grover and Nico came back from their walk, and Grover helped me fix up my wounded arm.”It’s green!” Nico said with delight.

This was a few weeks ago,” Annabeth said. “Percy told me a crazy story about meeting a boy our near Moriches Bay. Apparently this kid used hieroglyphs to cast spells. He helped Percy battle a...

Please tell me your master isn’t Aeolus.””That airhead?” Favonius snorted. “No, of course not.””He means Eros.” Nico’s voice turned edgy. “Cupid, in Latin.”Favonius smiled. “Very good, Nico di Angelo. I’m glad to see you again,...

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...

Nico: I love you.Percy: What?Nico: Did you say something Jason?Jason: What?Nico: You just said you love Percy?Jason: Wait, what? No, I didn’t, wait,Percy: Dude. What the Tartarus?Jason: No, Nico’s the one who loves you.Nico: *Pushes...

Percy was getting tired of water.If he said that aloud, he would probably get kicked out of Poseidon’s Junior Sea Scouts, but he didn’t care.

Sometimes the hardest power to master is the power of yielding. -Hestia

I had a fair idea how it felt to get spanked with a large flat surface, and my rump clenched in sympathy.

You must forge your own path for it to mean anything.

Dude! said a party pony as he unloaded his gear. Did you see that bear guy? He was all like: ‘Whoa, I have an arrow in my mouth!

When I got across, I looked back and saw Tyson giving Grover a piggyback ride (or was it a goatyback ride?).

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...

One down,” Beckendorf said. “About five thousand to go.” He tossed me a jar of thick green liquid—Greek fire, one of the most dangerous magical substances in the world. Then he threw me another essential...

I turned and faced the Olympians.”We need a shroud,” I announced, my voice cracking. “A shroud for the son of Hermes.

I’m Crusty,” he said, with a tartar-yellow smile.I resisted the urge to say, Yes, you are.

As soon as the rocky coast line of the island came into view, I ordered one of the ropes to wrap around Annabeth’s waist, tying her to the foremast. “Don’t untie me,” she said, “no...

As Hazel marched down the hill, she cursed in Latin. Percy didn’t understand all of it, but he got son of a gorgon, power-hungry snake, and a few choice suggestions about where Octavian could stick...

Dreams like a podcast,Downloading truth in my ears.They tell me cool stuff.””Apollo?” I guess, because I figured nobody else could make a haiku that bad.He put his finger to his lips. “I’m incognito. Call me...

I missed you, Percy.”Percy wanted to tell her the same thing, but it seemed too small a comment. While he had been on the Roman side, he’d kept himself alive almost solely by thinking of...

THAT’S IT!” Terminus cried. “That’s AGAINST THE RULES!”Polybotes frowned, obviously confused that he was being told off by a statue. “What are you?” he growled. “Shut up!”He pushed the statue over and turned back to...

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 the garment was stitched of trapped souls from the Fields...

Not knowing is half the fun,” Aphrodite said, “Exquisitely painful isn’t it? Not being sure who you love and who loves you? Oh, you kids! It’s so cute I’m going to cry!

Percy!” he bellowed. He dropped his broom and ran at me. If you’ve never been charged by an enthusiastic Cyclops wearing a flowered apron and rubber cleaning gloves, I’m telling you, it’ll wake you up...

Your uncle,” Poseidon sighed, “has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would’ve done well as the god of theater.

Jason’s fingers itched to draw his sword. He’d met plenty of scary demigods, but he was starting to realize that Nico di Angelo–as pale and gaunt as he looked–might be more than he could handle.

Now, if you have never been hit by a flying burrito, count yourself lucky. In terms of deadly projectiles, it’s right up there with grenades and cannonballs.

Aphrodite: Pfft. That’s not the point. Follow your heart.Percy: But… I don’t know where it’s going. My heart, I mean.

That is correct,” Zeus said. “The blood of Olympus was spilled. She is fully conscious.””Oh, come on!” Percy complained. “I get a little nosebleed and I wake up the entire earth? That’s not fair!

Headache!” Zeus bellowed. “Bad. bad headache!”As if to prove his point, the lord of the universe slammed his face into his pancakes, which demolished the pancakes and the plate and put a crack in the...

Nico drew his sword. His smile was even more unsettling than his scowl.”Underground,” he said. “My favorite place.”Underground was not Jason’s favorite place.

I was wondering how you got all that out of a single moooooo

You’re cute when you’re worried. Your eyebrows get all scrunched together.

Because I’m not kissing you until you do. And brush your hair while you’re at it.

Forget the chicken-nugget smoke screen. Percy wanted Leo to invent an anti-dream hat.

The rivalry ends here,” [Percy] said. “I love you, Wise Girl.

Argh!” Thalia pushed me, and a shock went through my body that blew me backward ten feet into the water. Some of the campers gasped. A couple of the Hunters stifled laughs.”Sorry!” Thalia said, turning...