I saw 'The 39 Clues' as a potential vehicle for doing some education in a fun way - to take some of these amazing stories from history, dust them off and make them alive.
Rick RiordanNow, as far as I knew, he (Luke) was still sailing around on his demon-infested cruise ship while the chopped-up Lord Kronos re-formed, bit by bit, in a golden sarcophagus, biding his time until he had enough power to challenge the Olympian gods. In demigod-speak, we call this a โproblem.โ - Percy, 'The Battle of the Labyrinth
Rick RiordanA tinkerer,โ snapped Pasiphaรซ. โEven worse. I knew Daedalus. His inventions brought me nothing but trouble.โ Leo blinked. โDaedalusโฆlike, the Daedalus? Well, then, you should know all about us tinkerers. Weโre more into fixing, building, occasionally sticking wads of oilcloth in the mouths of rude ladiesโ
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