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Rick Riordan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 5
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Richard Russell Riordan
Jr.
Richard Russell Riordan Jr
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The store had a hand-painted sign the read: MOOSE PASS GAS. That's just wrong, Frank said.
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All I could think of was that the teachers must've found the illegal stash of candy I'd been selling out of my dorms room. Or maybe they'd realized I got my Essay on Tom Sawyer from the Internet without ever reading the book and now they were going to take away my grade. Or worse, they were going to make me read the book.
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Why can't you place a blessing like that on us? I asked. It only works on wild animals. So it would only affect Percy, Annabeth reasoned. Hey! I protested.
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Great, Percy said. Seven of us against Hercules. And a satyr! Hedge added. We can take him.
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I couldn’t miss Percy’s fifteenth birthday,” Poseidon said. “Why, if this were Sparta, Percy would be a man today!” That’s true,” Paul said. “I used to teach ancient history.” Poseidon’s eyes twinkled. “That’s me. Ancient history.
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Your destiny grows clearer, Jason Grace. When the choice comes again- storm or fire- remember me. And do not despair.
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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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Some risks are worth taking, even if it means losing a life.
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As for me, I did the stupidest thing in my life, which is saying a lot. I attacked the Titan Lord Atlas.
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I blinked the sleep out of my eyes and realized my head was in Khufu’s lap. The baboon was foraging my scalp for munchies. “Dude.” I sat up groggily. “Not cool.” “But he gave you a lovely hairdo,” Sadie said. “Agh-agh!” Khufu agreed.
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[Iris] squeezed his hand. Don't lose hope, Frank. Rainbows always stand for hope.
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I'll let you and Zia have some quality time, she told me. Just the two of you and your coat.
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Even little Herley, who couldn't have been more than eight, looked like he could go six rounds with Chuck Norris without breaking a sweat.
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Their goal was in sight. They had a Titan with a very loud kitten on their side. That had to count for something.
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