Maybe being home schooled, Carter didn’t realize that “test” is normally a bad thing.

Hey, ugly!" Annabeth yelled. I hoped she was talking to the giant, not me.

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.

I come to writing the same way I come to teaching, which is that my goal is always to create life-long readers.

the best people have the rottenest luck

[Carter just asked when I became a ram whisperer. Do shut up, Carter]

As an author, I don't really think too much about being a celebrity. It's not like being a movie star or a TV star. It's not as if people recognize me when I walk down the street. That hardly ever happens, and it's just as well. But it is great when people know my books, when I walk through an airport and see them in the bookstore, or when I see someone reading a book on a plane or on a train, and it's something I've written. That's a wonderful feeling.