A Falsh Back in Time...

  I know that a lot of Percy Jackson fans out there were hooked at the very first page.

(A flash back in time sponsored by Percy Jackson)

“Look, I didn't want to be a half - blood.
If you're reading this because you think you might be
one, my advice is: close this book right now. Believe what-
ever lie your mom or dad told you about your birth and try
to lead a normal life.
Being a half - blood is dangerous. It's scary. Most of the
time, it gets you killed in painful, nasty ways.
If you’re a normal kid, reading this because you think
its fiction, great. Read on. I envy you for being able to
believe that none of this ever happened.
But if you recognize yourself in these pages- if you feel
something stirring inside -stop reading immediately. You
might be one of us. And once you know that, it’s only a

 matter of time before they sense it too, and they'll come for you.
Don't say I didn't warn you.


My name is Percy Jackson.
I'm twelve years old. Until a few months ago, I was a
boarding student at Yancy Academy, a private school for
troubled kids in upstate New York.
Am I a troubled kid?
Yeah. You could say that."

 

(I hope you enjoyed that flash back in time brought to you by Percy Jackson.)

 

  I can’t count how many good memories that one little page brings back.  Reading that page for the first time, I didn’t know how much these books would change my life.  On that day when I read Percy Jackson for the first time,I was just a girl trying to accept her dyslexia.  Today I am the same person, but Percy Jackson has become a big part of my life.  PJO has helped me accept dyslexia just like it has helped lots of other people with ADHD and or dyslexia. Please comment below and tell what was going through your mind with the first few chapters.

  So, now on to the real reason of this post…Do you realize how much has happened in just a few books?  We went from being introduced to the goofy twelve year-old to knowing and loving this almost eighteen year old who has been described as a god and has gone on many quest and saved the world.  I don’t know about you, but I find myself (after MoA especially) wanting to go back to that first page.  Wanting to go back to the moment when I was reading it for the first time.  Reading that first page you didn’t really know who this Percy was or really what this book was about, but you loved him instantly even if you didn’t realize it.  In that first few chapters, you didn’t know what was going to happen.  You didn’t know if Percy would get the lightning bolt, BUT you knew one thing.  You knew that this wasn’t going to be a one book thing.  You knew this would be a series and that meant that no matter what happened Percy would be safe.

  After MoA, even though Rick Riordan has said that Percy and Annabeth are safe, we are still scared.  We have come a long way with the characters and books, and they mean so much more to us now.  Even though we know that Percy and Annabeth are safe, when you think about it…they aren’t.  I don’t just mean that they aren’t safe in Tartarus, but that they will always have monsters attacking them.  They will, of course, be able to handle it; but the monsters will always come. 

  And when the books are all done and said for (I never EVER want to see that day.  EVER!), Rick Riordan will, for the sake of the fans, state that Percy and Annabeth have a good life and what not; however, the fans will always fear for the safety of the characters no matter what.

  Rick Riordan knows how much the fans can take. Yet, he goes miles past the boundary line and does things (like add the last chapter in MoA) to calm the fans so that it doesn’t seem like it is as bad as it could be.  In doing so, he extends the boundary line of what the fans can take.

  Just something to think about. Please comment below.

 Daughter of Athena
Shelby