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Book Summary: Half-Blood

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Percy is a half-blood in sixth grade. After school, Percy’s friend Grover, escorts him home but Percy ditches him on the way there. When Percy gets home, he greets his stepdad, “Smelly Gabe.” At night, when Percy and his mom go on a beach trip, Grover manages to find them again. As they drive to Camp Half-Blood, they get attacked by a savage minotaur. Percy fights the minotaur and succeeds in vanishing it, but he must pay a very valuable price, his mom. Percy drags the unconscious Grover back to camp. Annabeth takes care of Percy and soon he is better. Percy finds out that his Latin teacher, Mr. Brunner, is a centaur named Chiron, and that the Greek gods are real. Percy gets placed in the Hermes cabin because they do not know who his father

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