He also tells Percy why there are no children of Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades at camp: they promised after World War II to not father more children. One afternoon, Grover shares that his assignment to protect Percy isn’t over yet.
Several odd things happen: Percy performs a tricky sword maneuver after dumping water on himself, and he’s exceptionally good at canoeing. He also begins to understand why some kids, like Luke, resent their immortal parents. Percy falls into a routine at camp, but he focuses on the possibility that Mom is imprisoned in the Underworld. Annabeth believes that something was stolen, and she desperately wants to go on a quest to find it. The weather seems like the gods are fighting, and it’s been this way since the winter solstice. Annabeth and Percy discuss what’s going on. Until Percy’s father steps up, he’ll have to stay in the Hermes cabin. Percy is shocked to discover that his father is one of the Greek gods-but his father might never claim him. Later, one of Ares’s daughters, Clarisse, tries to shove Percy’s face in a toilet, but he somehow makes the water shoot back into her face. At the Hermes cabin, Percy meets his counselor, Luke. Chiron and a girl named Annabeth take Percy on a tour of Camp Half-Blood, where the campers are all demigods (children of one god parent and one mortal parent).
Chiron explains that the Greek gods are real Mount Olympus is in New York City. D reveals that he’s Dionysus, the god of wine. Brunner says that isn’t his real name-he’s the centaur Chiron. When he wakes, Grover takes Percy to meet Mr. Percy manages to slay the Minotaur before passing out. Percy and Mom try to get Grover, who’s injured, past a huge pine tree, but the Minotaur snatches Mom and she dissolves. Mom tries to drive Percy to a summer camp where he’ll be safe, but lightning strikes the car and a Minotaur attacks them. Grover shows up, but he has the lower body of a goat and says that “he” is after them. The vacation starts out normal-they talk about Percy’s father, who left when Mom was pregnant-but a hurricane rolls in. Mom announces that she and Percy are going to Montauk for the weekend without Gabe. Percy ditches Grover, evades Smelly Gabe ( Mom’s horrendous husband), and waits for Mom. This freaks Grover out, so he asks to walk Percy to his apartment. Percy and Grover see a roadside fruit stand where three old ladies are knitting and cutting thread. Percy’s grades slip, and he gets expelled at the end of the year.Īs Percy and Grover ride the Greyhound bus home, the bus breaks down. Dodds was real, but he won’t confirm this. Only Percy’s best friend, Grover, seems aware that Mrs. Everything goes back to normal-but other students believe that someone named Mrs. Brunner appears and tosses Percy a pen that turns into a sword, and Percy slays Mrs. She takes Percy into the museum alone and transforms into a monstrous creature. He tries hard to be good because he admires his Latin teacher, Mr. Percy has ADHD and dyslexia, and he’s gotten expelled from six schools already. His story begins with a school field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson warns the reader that if they recognize themselves in the story to follow, they should stop reading: being a demigod is rough.