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Eternity with Artemis?" He heaved a big sigh. Thalia rolled her eyes. "You satyrs. You're all in love with Artemis. Don't you get that she'll never love you back?" "But she's so…into nature," Grover swooned. "You're nuts," said Thalia. "Nuts and berries," Grover said dreamily. "Yeah.
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His hair was permed and gelled like a New Jersey girl's on homecoming night. Percy Jackson
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Thank Ra! She exclaimed. Yeah, I'm alive. No, I almost jumped in after you. I hate the water!
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I imagined loading the God of the Sea into a taxi and taking him to the Upper East Side.
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A person's shadow stood for his legacy, his impact on the world. Some people cast hardly any shadow at all. Some cast long, deep shadows that endured for centuries.
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I may be biased, but I think jackals are cute and cuddly, even if they were known for digging up graves in Ancient Egypt.
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If my mom told one more story about how cute I looked in the bathtub when I was three years old I was going to burrow into the snow and freeze myself to death.
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A Vampire!" I stammered. Then I noticed her legs. Below the cheerleader skirt, her left leg was brown and shaggy with a donkey's hoof. Her right leg was shaped like a human leg was it was made of bronze. "Uhh, a vampire with-" "Don't mention the legs!" Tammi snapped. "It's rude to make fun.
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With her braided hair and white dress, she seemed to glow in the moonlight.
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What I did next was so impulsive and dangerous I should've been named ADHD poster child of the year.
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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, by the way. It's been a long time.
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Caesar broke the law when he crossed the Rubicon," Frank said. "Great leaders have to think out side the box sometimes.
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You're pretty smug, Lord Ares, for a guy who runs from Cupid statues.
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There is always a way out for those clever enough to find it.
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But how do we even get to the land of the dead? I asked. I mean…without dying.
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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.
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With great power... comes great need to take a nap. Wake me up later.
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I missed him so much I would sometimes turn to tell him something before I forgot he was gone. In spite of all that, and all the emotion boiling around inside me, all I could think of to say was: You're blue.
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To all my librarian friends, champions of books, true magicians in the House of Life. Without you, this writer would be lost in the Dust.
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You're that lady, Leo said. The one who was named after Caribbean music. Her eyes glinted murderously. Caribbean music. Yeah. Reggae? Leo shook his head. Merengue? Hold on, I'll get it. He snapped his fingers. Calypso!
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I'll succeed,' Hazel promised. 'And Hecate? I'm not choosing one of your paths. I'm making my own.
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I looked into his eyes, and I realized he was the same man I'd seen in my dreams. His face might be totally different, but the same soul was in there, the same intelligence and all the sadness.
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I'd love to tell you I had some deep revelation on my way down, that I came to terms with my own mortality, laughed in the face of death, et cetera. The truth? My only thought was: Aaaaggghhhhh!
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With my sister perched on my arm, I walked to the elevator. A business man with a rolling suitcase was waiting by the doors. His eyes widened as he saw me. I must've looked pretty strange—a tall black kid in dirty, ragged Egyptian clothes, with a weird box tucked under one arm and a bird of prey perched on the other. How's it going? I said. I'll take the stairs. He hurried off.
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Where are you taking us?" Nico said. "You should be honored, my boy. You will have the opportunity to join a great army! Just like that silly game you play with cards and dolls." "They're not dolls! They're figurines! And you can take your great army and—
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Akmon squealed with delight. I knew you were as smart as Hercules! I will call you Black Bottom, the Sequel!
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Think about Isis, Jaz repeated. And Sadie…there is a purpose. You taught us that. We choose to believe in Ma'at. We create order out of chaos, beauty and meaning out of ugly randomness. That's what Egypt is all about. That's why its name, its ren, has endured for millennia. Don't despair. Otherwise Chaos wins.
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We are servants of Ma'at—order and justice. We don't kill our enemies for things they might do in the future.
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Carter Kane, 14, died tragically in Paris when he was eaten by his sister's cat Muffin.
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I will deny I ever said this, of course, but the gods need heroes. They always have. Otherwise we would not keep you annoying little brats around." I feel so wanted. Thanks.
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Born:
June 5, 1964
(age 60)
Bio:
Richard Russell "Rick" Riordan, Jr. is an American author. He is known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, which is about a twelve-year-old boy who discovers he is a son of Poseidon.
Known for:
The Lightning Thief (2005)
The Lost Hero (2010)
The Blood of Olympus (2014)
The Last Olympian (2009)
The Hidden Oracle (2016)
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