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I think kids will read more good books than we can possibly produce.

Rick Riordan

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Rick Riordan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 5
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Military City
USA
Richard Russell Riordan
Jr.
Richard Russell Riordan Jr
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The vulture Nekhbet, who'd one possessed my gran (long story) the crocodile Sobek, who'd tried to kill my cat (longer story) and the lion goddess Sekhmet, whom we'd once vanished in hot sauce ( don't even ask) - page 9
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Quintus... Geryon mused. Short gray hair, muscular, swordsman? Yeah. Never heard of him.
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Love and war always go together. They are the peaks of human emotion! Evil and good, beauty and ugliness
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What's Cabin Nine? Leo asked. And I'm not a Vulcan! Come on, Mr. Spock, I'll explain everything.
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Curse us eh/I'll make you pay!/I don't want to rhyme all day!
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Don't Worry, Be Hapi.
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so mortals tend to see only what they can understand.
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Not all powers are spectacular. Hestia looked at me. Sometimes the hardest power to master is the power of yielding.
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Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
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I can't promise that every child with learning differences will become a novelist, but I do think all children can become lifelong readers.
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Beckendorf, whose legs were now working fine (nothing like being chased by a huge monster to get your body back in order) shook his head and gasped for breath. “You shouldn’t have turned it on! It’s unstable! After a few years, automatons go wild!
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Leo,” Hazel gasped, “I can’t—my arms—” “Hazel,” he said. “Do you trust me?” “No!” “Me neither,” Leo admitted.
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Um, dad? I called How's it going? Percy! Annabeth whispered. We're in a hurry!
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[Percy] kept hoping things would get better for Annabeth and him, but their lives just got more dangerous, as if the Three Fates were up there spinning their futures with barbed wire instead of thread just to see how much two demigods could tolerate.
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Coach Hedge grunted like he was pleased to have an excuse. He unclipped the megaphone from his belt and continued giving directions, but his voice came out like Darth Vader's. The kids cracked up. The coach tried again, but this time the megaphone blared: The cow says moo!
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Can’t this thing go any faster?” Thalia demanded. Zoe glared at her. “I cannot control traffic.” You both sound like my mother,” I said. Shut up!” they both said in union.
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Annabeth looked at me. We have to get out of here. You think I want to be in the girls' restroom? I mean the ship, Percy! We have to get off the ship. Smells bad, Tyson agreed. And dogs eat all the eggs. Annabeth is right. We must leave the restroom and the ship.
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Piper!” Frank yelled. “Counter those empousai! We need some chaos.” “Thought you’d never ask.” She started catcalling at the female demons: “Your makeup is smeared! Your friend called you ugly! That one is making a face behind your back!
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She had to face the fact that she couldn't protect everyone she loved. She couldn't solve every problem.
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