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Different elevator music was playing since my last visit-that old disco song "Stayin' Alive." A terrifying image flashed through my mind of Apollo in bell-bottom pants and a slinky silk shirt.

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There's no point in defending camp if you guys die. All our friends are here.

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Cacus. I'd had years of practice looking dumb when people threw out Greek names I didn't know. It's a skill of mine. Annabeth keeps telling me to read a book of Greek myths, but I don't see the need. It's easier just to have folks explain stuff.

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After all the dangerous adventures I'd had, I couldn't die like this. Sadie would be devastated. Then, once she got over her grief, she'd track down my soul in the Egyptian afterlife and tease me mercilessly for how stupid I'd been.

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"To business." Tux Dude extended his hand. "I am Prometheus." I was too surprised to shake. "The fire-stealer guy? The chained-to-the-rock-with-the-vultures guy?" Prometheus winced. He touched the scratches on his face. "Please, don't mention the vultures. But yes, I stole fire from the gods and gave it to your ancestors. In return, the ever merciful Zeus had me chained to a rock and tortured for all eternity.

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Christmas in the Underworld was NOT my idea. If I'd known what was coming, I would've called in sick. I could've avoided an army of demons, a fight with a Titan, and a trick that almost got my friends and me cast into eternal darkness. But no, I had to take my stupid English exam.

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Eat bitter, taste sweet," Frank said. "I hate that proverb." "But it's true. What do they call it these days—no pain, no gain? Same concept. You do the easy thing, the appealing thing, the peaceful thing, mostly it turns out sour in the end. But if you take the hard path—ah, that's how you reap the sweet rewards. Duty. Sacrifice. They mean something.

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I had nightmares about what Poseidon might turn me into if I were on the verge of death-plankton maybe.
Percy Jackson

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Frank imitated the voice of Vitellius: 'They're wimps! Back in my day, we died all the time, and we liked it!

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He had a note excusing him from PE for the rest of his life because he had some kind of muscular disease in his legs. He walked funny, like every step hurt him, but don't let that fool you. You should've seen him run when it was enchilada day in the cafeteria.

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I can try to disable it," I said, "but if I mess up, this whole apartment is going to fill with gas. We'll die." Thalia swallowed. " I trust you. Just... don't mess it up.

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What are you? She demanded. My dad? Osiris? Are you even alive? Dad looked at Anubis. What did I tell you about her? Fiercer than Ammit, I said. You didn't need to tell me that. Anubis's face was grave. I've learned to fear that sharp tongue. Sadie looked outraged. Excuse me?

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I guess it started in London, the night our dad blew up the British museum.

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Mythologically speaking, if there's anything I hate worse than trios of old ladies, it's bulls. Last summer, I fought the Minotaur on top of Half-Blood Hill. This time what I saw up there was even worse: two bulls. And not just regular bulls - bronze ones the size of elephants. And even that wasn't bad enough. Naturally they had to breathe fire, too.

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Words had started swimming off the page, circling my head, the letters doing one-eighties as if they were riding skateboards.

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CHEERS, CARTER. At least you have the sense to hand me the microphone for important things. Honestly, he drones on and on about his plans for the Apocalypse, but he makes no plans at all for the school dance. My brother's priorities are severely skewed. Sadie Kane

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I think kids want the same thing from a book that adults want - a fast-paced story, characters worth caring about, humor, surprises, and mystery. A good book always keeps you asking questions, and makes you keep turning pages so you can find out the answers.

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I don't define myself by the boys who may or may not like me.

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We wandered the halls of an infinite magic nursing home, led by a hippo nurse with a torch. Really, just an ordinary night for the Kanes.

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No one can hate you with more intensity than someone who used to love you.

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You can't control every contingency. You have to accept that. Let it scare you. Trust that it'll be okay anyway.

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