Words had started swimming off the page, circling my head, the letters doing one-eighties as if they were riding skateboards.

back from when they watched black and white TV and hunted dinosaurs.

Why did adults have to be so thick? They always say “tell the truth,” and when you do, they don’t believe you. What’s the point?

June smiled. "So what will it be? Safety, or a future of pain and possibility?"

My glowing form was so heavy, its feet sank into the top of the tank. “Sekhmet!” I yelled. The lioness whirled and snarled, trying to locate my voice. “Up here, kitty!” I called. She spotted me and her ears went back. “Horus?” ‘Unless you know another guy with a falcon head.

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 wasn't aiming at the school bus, but of course I got expelled anyway.