Percy Jackson And The Olympians Summary

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“Percy Jackson and the Olympians,” is a story about a young boy named Percy Jackson. He has had a troubled life where he is constantly getting kicked out of boarding schools. He meets one of his best friends named, Grover Underwood. Grover was exceptionally nice to Percy and he never figured out why until it all came down to one day. On a class field trip to a history museum, Percy finds out that his Pre-Algebra teacher, Mrs.Dobbs, is a monster. Percy pulls out the pen that Mr.Brunner gave him earlier and it turns into a giant sword. He slays Mrs.Dobbs with it and nobody has any memory of Mrs.Dobbs after that. Percy quickly starts to see more and more stuff happening like a minotaur attacking his mother and taking her to Hades, the god of the

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