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A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve.

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Rick Riordan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 5
Author
Novelist
Teacher
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Military City
USA
Richard Russell Riordan
Jr.
Richard Russell Riordan Jr
Hero
Challenges
Anyone
Long
Nerve
Nerves
Anywhere
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He was rewarded with a silver-and-red can of soda. He brandished it at the dolphin warriors as if spraying them with bug repellant. Behold! Percy shouted. The god's chosen beverage. Tremble before the horror of Diet Coke! The dolphin-men began to panic. They were on the edge of retreat. Percy could feel it.
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Before Keto could notice, Hedge pointed towards the top of the amphitheater. It looked like he might be screaming, Gods of Olympus, what is that? Keto turned. Coach Hedge promptly took off his fake foot and ninja-kicked her in the back of the head with his goat hoof.
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If you've ever tried ba travel, I wouldn't recommend it-- unless of course you fancy turning into a phantom chicken and rafting uncontrollably through the currents of the Duat.
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Grover and Nico came back from their walk, and Grover helped me fix up my wounded arm. It's green! Nico said with delight.
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I think anytime you're writing to the middle grades, you're writing to young readers who are trapped in a number of ways between two worlds: between childhood and adulthood, between their friends and their parents.
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So I took her hand, and I don't know what everybody else heard, but to me it sounded like a slow dance: a little sad, but maybe a little hopeful, too.
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I should've blown more stuff up. -Coach Gleeson Hedge
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The Friday before winter break, my mom packed me an overnight bag and a few deadly weapons and took me to a new boarding school.
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The way Leo figured it, he spent more time crashing than he did flying. If there was a rewards card for frequent crashers, he'd be, like, double platinum level.
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They're Lares. House gods. House gods, Percy said. Like...smaller than real gods, but larger than apartment gods?
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You seem to be clean, Terminus decided. Do you have anything to declare? Yes, Percy said. I declare this is stupid.
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Thank Artemis, it is you! That little scar on your lip--you tried to eat a stapler when you were two! ... Hedge nodded like he approved of Jason's taste. Staplers--excellent source of iron.
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They're not so bad. They just need some attention. ...Like pets. Or my brother.
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The last thing I wanted to do was blow up another school.
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Yeah, well,” Nico said, “not giving people a second thought…that can be dangerous.
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Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.
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Hercules,huh? Percy frowned. That guy was like the Starbucks of Ancient Greece. Everywhere you turn--there he is.
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I'm so glad you're here, Aphrodite said. War is coming. Bloodshed is inevitable. So there's really only one thing to do. Uh... and that is? Annabeth ventured. Why, have tea and chat, obviously
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