Rick Yancey

In the thrilling novel The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy, Percy, whose alias is the Scarlet Pimpernel, dedicates his life to freeing innocent aristocrats from certain death by the guillotine. He does this at a time when it is very dangerous to do so, with the Chauvelin awaiting his capture, and traitorous people everywhere ready to turn him in. Even in the face of adversary, Percy never stopped liberating the nobility of France from certain death. Throughout the story, Percy exemplified bravery

In the book, The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan, the main character Magnus and the Sword of Summer (or Sumarbrander, in Norse) had a relationship that changed through the storyline. In the beginning they don’t know or trust each other, but later in the book they developed a bond of friendship. At first, Magnus and the sword were total strangers to each other. Magnus and the sword first met when Magnus pulled it up from the bottom of the Charles river to fight the fire giant king Surt

On December 2, 2010 Steven Hayes was condemned to death in Connecticut. He was found guilty on 16 out of 17 counts related to the home invasion murders of Jennifer Hawke-Petit, age 48, and her daughters Hayley Petit, 17, and Michaela Petit, 11. William Petit, husband / father of the deceased, survived the attack. Hayes and his accomplice, Joshua Komisarjevsky, 33, followed Jennifer Hawke-Petit, 48, and her two daughters, Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11, to their Cheshire home on July 23, 2007, as a

“I ACCIDENTALLY VAPORIZE MY PRE-ALGEBRA TEACHER”. Chapter titles usually go overlooked, but titling the first chapter with a statement so bold and outrageous made it impossible for me to not check out the The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan from my school library in fourth grade. Almost nine years later, I'm still a fan of the Percy Jackson series. I connected so strongly to this series because I saw myself in the main character, Percy Jackson. We were both born in August and lived in New York,

will not even look at the book if it does not pop out. Even though the book that they passed up may have actually been a decent one to read after all. When the author had not given his story, an interesting title he will tend to lose many readers. Rick Riordan found that by setting your main event as the title that maybe it would draw people into reading his book. The information in the book deals a lot with the Mythical Greek Gods. The author has provided you with a series of book to provide you

The book Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters is story about Greek Gods and Demi Gods. Percy Jackson is the main character and also a Demi God. Annabeth is Percy’s friend and also a Demi God. Tyson is a big strong Cyclops and also Percy’s friend. The story takes you through their adventure of finding the Golden fleece to save to save camp Half-blood from being exposed to the mortal world. The story begins with Percy having a nightmare about Grover being in trouble. Percy hears Grover in his nightmare

In the book The Lighting Thief, by Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson is a troubled, dyslexic kid who is soon to figure out he’s a demi-god. He has to return the Master Lightning Bolt back to Zeus before the summer solstice, and figure out the riddle of the Oracle which instates he will be betrayed. Also on his quest, he has to avoid monsters because he is a demi-god and monsters can sense him. Throughout the novel, Percy Jackson is a known trouble-maker, sent to a school for troubled kids, called “Yancy

Brian McCall is the chancellor of Texas State University System, the first university system established in Texas. He also served in Texas House of Representatives as chairman of the House Calendars Committee and as a member of the Higher Education Committee. During his session, he passed one of the largest tax-cut bills in Texas history. The honorable McCall hold a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University, a master’s degree from Southern Methodist University, and a doctor of philosophy degree from

Mario R. Hubilla III Kaycee Abreu The Hero Myth THE CALL TO ADVENTURE 1.1 Percy and his class are on a field trip. He has a friend called Grover ( who turns out to be a satyr sent to look after him and a teacher he feels he can trust and who believes in him( who turns out to be the centaur, Chiron) Outside of the museum Percy gets into a fight with the local bully and ends up knocking her down with water from the fountain, although no one really understands what has happened. This is a manifestation

exceptions that do not preach this value; one being “Green Willow”. Retold by Paul-Jordan Smith, this myth follows the life of a samurai who meets his lover on his quest, and abandons all else for her. Similarly, “Percy Jackson: the Lightning Thief” by Rick Riordan showcases Percy Jackson and his journey to find Zeus’s stolen lightning bolt, while “Theseus and the Minotaur” by Gavin O'Rahilly illustrates Theseus’s quest to kill the minotaur, a half-bull half-man monster. The final myth, Michael Gibson's