Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.

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

Her freckles were orange, as if somebody had spray-painted her face with liquid Cheetos.

I always love it when I hear back from kids who say they discovered Percy Jackson and now wear their learning difference as a badge of honour.

Your lifeline...oh, the burning stick. Right." Leo resisted the urge to set his hand ablaze and yell: BWAH HA HA!

Running with a drowsy child of Hades was more like doing a 3 -legged race with a life size rag doll.

Your uncle," Poseidon sighed, "has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would've done well as the god of theater.