Name: Percy Jackson (series)
Author: Rick Riordan

Synopsis

Percy is a twelve-year-old with dyslexia and ADHD who keeps getting into trouble, until he finds out he is the son of a Greek god. At Camp Half-Blood he sets off on quests across the United States, where the monsters and gods of Olympus are still very much alive.

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What looked like flaws (dyslexia, ADHD) were signs of another nature: a brain wired for ancient Greek and battle instincts
Loyalty is Percy's great strength and also his fatal flaw
The gods are powerful but flawed, selfish and absent as parents
Greek mythology retold in the modern world: Olympus on top of the Empire State Building, the Underworld in Los Angeles
Annabeth: intelligence and planning are worth as much as strength
Grover: courage isn't the absence of fear
Luke shows how resentment towards your parents can be used by someone worse
Prophecies come true, but never the way you expect
The unclaimed demigods: being ignored hurts more than being hated
Choices matter more than where you come from

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