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 godsI 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 — 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 — Prophecy comes true
