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Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse - Percy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him. When Percy's mom finds out, she knows it's time that he knew the truth about where he came from, and that he go to the one place he'll be safe. She sends Percy to Camp Half Blood, a summer camp for demigods (on Long Island), where he learns that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea. Soon a mystery unfolds and together with his friends—one a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of Athena - Percy sets out on a quest across the United States to reach the gates of the Underworld (located in a recording studio in Hollywood) and prevent a catastrophic war between the gods. Title Page Books by Rick Riordan Copyright Dedication I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-algebra Teacher Three Old Ladies Knit the Socks of Death Grover Unexpectedly Loses His Pants My Mother Teaches Me Bullfighting I Play Pinochle with a Horse I Become Supreme Lord of the Bathroom My Dinner Goes Up in Smoke We Capture a Flag I Am Offered a Quest I Ruin a Perfectly Good Bus We Visit the Garden Gnome Emporium We Get Advice from a Poodle I Plunge to My Death I Become a Known Fugitive A God Buys Us Cheeseburgers We Take a Zebra to Vegas We Shop for Water Beds Annabeth Does Obedience School We Find Out the Truth, Sort Of I Battle My Jerk Relative I Settle My Tab The Prophecy Comes True Acknowledgments Preview of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Two: The Sea of Monsters Preview of Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book One: The Sword of Summer About the Author Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse-Percy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him. When Percy's mom finds out, she knows it's time that he knew the truth about where he came from, and that he go to the one place he'll be safe. She sends Percy to Camp Half Blood, a summer camp for demigods (on Long Island), where he learns that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea. Soon a mystery unfolds and together with his friends -- one a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of Athena -- Percy sets out on a quest across the United States to reach the gates of the Underworld (located in a recording studio in Hollywood) and prevent a catastrophic war between the gods Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is on the most dangerous quest of his life. With the help of a satyr and a daughter of Athena, Percy must journey across the United States to catch a thief who has stolen the original weapon of mass destruction—Zeus’ master bolt. Along the way, he must face a host of mythological enemies determined to stop him. Most of all, he must come to terms with a father he has never known, and an Oracle that has warned him of betrayal by a friend. After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods