Rick Riordan

(author of the Percy Jackson books, the Kane Chronicles, the Trials of Apollo books, and more)


I first stumbled on Rick Riordan years before my kids were even close to old enough to read them. I read the first set of Percy Jackson books because everyone online seemed to be talking about them. And they were good. I very much enjoyed them. But then, I stuck them in a corner and moved on to other stories.

Fast forward several years. 

I went to enroll my kids into their new schools after our move. The school was giving away ...

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