Just remember if we get caught, you're deaf and I don't speak English.

His lion and hippo legs twitched. I wondered if netherworld monsters dreamed of chasing rabbits.

Shut up, me,” Leo said aloud. “What?” Piper asked. “Nothing,” he said. “Long night. I think I’m hallucinating. It’s cool.” Sitting in front, Leo couldn’t see their faces, but he assumed from their silence that his friends were not pleased to have a sleepless, hallucinating dragon driver. “Just joking.” Leo decided it might be good to change the subject.

We tend to think of divorced or complicated families as a modern invention, and that is not at all true. You only have to read the Greek myths to see broken homes, widows, divorce, stepchildren, children trying to get along with new parents.

Words are the source of all power. And names are more than just a collection of letters.

Wow," Thalia muttered. "Apollo is hot." "He's the sun god," I said. "That's not what I meant.

What about King Tut’s tomb?” I protested. “That boy king?” Zia rolled her eyes. “Boring. You should see some of the good tombs.