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

Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood.

Contrary to what you might think, I don't spend every waking hour thinking about boys." "Just most waking hours?

Identify the moral dilemma driving the novel. the successful novel will haunt a reader because it deals with some ethical or moral dilemma that makes the reader wonder what he or she would do in the protagonist's place.

Mrs. O' Leary is my pet. I couldn't let you stick a sword in her rump, now, could I? That might've scared her.

Ever had a flying burrito hit you? Well, it's a deadly projectile, right up there with cannonballs and grenades.

I remembered what she'd told me in New York, about building something permanent, and I thought - just maybe - we were off to a good start.