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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Book 2

The Sea of Monsters (2006) (edit title/settings)

by Rick Riordan (Author) (edit contributors)

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Description

Percy Jackson’s seventh-grade year has been surprisingly quiet. Not a single monster has set foot on his New York prep-school campus. But when an innocent game of dodgeball among Percy and his classmates turns into a death match against an ugly gang of cannibal giants, things get...well, ugly.... read more

Cast of Characters/Important People

  • Percy Jackson: The main character, son of Poseidon. His best friends are Tyson, Annabeth, and Grover. Feels like his father has abandoned him.
  • Grover: He is a Satyr, also nicknamed G-Man by Percy. Percy's best friend since sixth grade. Strikes as pliable wimp who Percy had to protect ever since they became friends, but showed his strength of character later when he decided to go alone on the dangerous quest to find Pan, the God of wilderness who had vanished without a trace aeons ago. Loves enchiladas.
  • Tyson: Percy's friend.
  • Annabeth Chase: Percy's friend, a half-blood daughter of Athena. Apart from being clever, she's sarcastic, brave, pretty and has issues with her family. Her fatal weakness is pride. She's been at Camp Half-Blood longer than any of the other attenders.
  • Athena: Annabeth's mom, is the Goddess of war, civilization, wisdom, strength, strategy, craft, justice and skill (in short, not someone who can be messed with) . She and the Sea God have been rivals ever since her contest with Poseidon for dominion of Athens; and she dislikes the fact that her daughter Annabeth is loyal to his son.
  • Tantalus: Camp Half-Blood's new activities director from the underworld.
  • Chiron: Camp Half-Blood's old activities director, a kindly centaur.
  • Clarisse: The half-blood daughter of Ares. Has an enmity with Percy.
  • Luke: He hates being the son of Hermes, for he feels just as abandoned as Percy, though he shows it in a more hateful way. Tried to kill Percy.
  • Polyphemus: Almost blind Cyclops. Has grudge against Odysseus, who tricked him by saying his name was "Nobody".
  • Hermes: God of travel, hospitality, thieves, and much more. Father of Luke.
  • Circe: Daughter of Hecate. Sorceress.
  • Thalia: A half-blood daughter of Zeus, turned into a pine tree years ago by her father so she wouldn't be killed.
  • Poseidon: Percy's powerful father, God of the oceans, the brother of Zeus and Hades. He and Athena have been rivals ever since her contest with Poseidonfor dominion of Athens. However unlike Athena, he has no issues with Percy being a close friend of her daughter.
  • Ares: God of War, Clarisse's father, has a grudge against Percy because of the duel in 'The Lightening Thief'
  • George and Martha: The snakes to Hermes' staff, George likes Rats, Martha is sensible. Become a cell phone when Hermes shrinks his staff.
  • Circe: Sorceress in the Sea of Monsters
  • Tyson: Cyclops, the son of a nature spirit and a god, an 'accident', an orphan, Percy's friend from Meriwether.
  • C.c.: Add a description of this character.
  • Matt Sloan
  • Andromeda
  • Cyclopes
  • Cyclops
  • Zeus: Father of Thalia god of the Sky
  • Anne
  • Kronos: Titan father of most of the older gods
  • Nunley
  • Joe Bob
  • Charybdis
  • Jason
  • Meriwether
  • Dionysus: Mr. D, Camp Director, god of wine
  • Hydra for Monster donut: Five headed, if head cut off, two grow back
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Memorable Quotes

  • “Seaweed Brain.”
    Annabeth
  • “'Well, well if it isn't Peter Johnson. My millenium is complete.' I gritted my teeth. 'Percy Jackson...sir.' Mr. D sipped his diet coke. 'Yes. Well, as you young people say these days: Whatever.'”
    Mr. D and Percy Jackson
  • “"Poseidon," I murmured, "accept my offering." And send me some help while you're at it, I prayed silently. Please.”
    Percy Jackson
  • “This was so completely unfair, I told Tantalus to go chase a doughnut, which didn't help his mood.”
    Percy Jackson
  • “The happy man said . . . bowling practice?”
    Tyson
  • “Then it changed colors. I saw myself -- a reflection, but not a reflection. Shimmering there on the cloth was a cooler version of Percy Jackson --- with just the right clothes, a confident smile on my face. My teeth were straight. No zits. A perfect tan. More athletic. Maybe a couple inches taller. It was me, without the faults. "Whoa", I managed.”
    Percy Jackson
  • “"Thanks . . ." I faltered. "I'm really sorry—" Before I could figure out how to apologize for being such an idiot, she tackled me with a hug, then pulled away just as quickly. "I'm glad you're not an guinea pig." "Me, too." I hoped my face wasn't as red as it felt.”
    Percy Jackson and Annabeth
  • “Families are messy. Immortal families are eternally messy. Sometimes the best we can do is to remind each other that we're related, for better or worse . . . and try to keep the maiming and killing to a minimum.”
    Hermes
  • “That's what makes heroes so special. You carry the hopes of humanity into the realm of the eternal.”
    Chiron
  • “A minute later Annabeth hit a slippery patch of moss and her foot slipped. Fortunately, she found something else to put it against. Unfortunately, that something was my face. 'Sorry.' she murmured. 'S'okay,' I grunted, though I'd never really wanted to know what Annabeth's sneaker tasted like.”
    Annabeth Chase + Percy Jackson
  • “The Bridge fell away into the chasm, and the Cyclops howled... with delight, because he was standing right next to us. 'Failed!' he yelled gleefully. 'Nobody failed!'”
    Polyphemus
  • “Nobody was going to swat down my friends like that! I mean... nobody, not Nobody. Ah, you know what I mean.”
    Percy Jackson
  • “'Tyson, the Fleece. Can you get it for me?' 'Which one?' Tyson said, looking around at the hundreds of sheep.”
    Percy Jackson and Tyson
  • “Not failing would be good.”
    Percy Jackson
  • “'Well,' said Dionysus dryly, 'some unplanned dinner entertainment.'”
    Dionysus
  • “'Dude!' the centaur groaned, almost buckling under Tyson's weight. 'Do the words 'low-carb diet' mean anything to you?'”
    A Centaur
  • “Annabeth glared at me, and I started to wish I hadn't asked her about this while she was holding a knife.”
    Percy Jackson
  • “She rushed over and rummaged through my pockets. But instead of bringing out Riptide, she found the bottle of Hermes multivitamins and started struggling with the cap. I wanted to scream at her that this wasn't the time for taking supplements! She had to draw the sword!”
    Percy Jackson
  • “I go get donuts”
    Tyson
  • “We only came close to dying six or seven times, which I thought was pretty good.”
    Percy Jackson
  • “Chicken-Ponies”
    Tyson
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Setting & Important Places

Organizations

  • Camp Half-Blood: A place where demigods spend much of their time, training and getting to know the others like them. Only half-bloods can enter on their own; anyone else needs permission. Run by Dionysus as a punishment to him.

First Sentence

My nightmare started like this.

Table of Contents

1. My Best Friend Shops for a Wedding Dress
2. I Play Dodgeball with Cannibals
3. We Hail the Taxi of Eternal Torment
4. Tyson Plays with Fire
5. I Get a New Cabin Mate
6. Demon Pigeons Attack
7. I Accept Gifts from a Stranger
8. We Board the Princess Andromeda
9. I Have the Worst Family Reunion Ever
10. We Hitch a Ride with Dead Confederates
11. Clarisse Blows Up Everything
12. We Check In to C.C.'s Spa & Resort
13. Annabeth Tries to Swim Home
14. We Meet the Sheep of Doom
15. Nobody Gets the Fleece
16. I Go Down with the Ship
17. We Get a Surprise on Miami Beach
18. The Party Ponies Invade
19. The Chariot Race Ends with a Bang
20. The Fleece Works Its Magic Too Well

Glossary

  • Half-Blood: The son/daughter of a mortal and a god
  • Mist: The mythological force that prevents mortals from seeing Mt. Olympus, Camp Half-Blood, and the Greek gods.
  • Satyr: Half human half goat
  • Centuar: Half human half horse.

Errata

'like was he'

like he was

Chapter 1

Series

This is book 2 of 6 in Percy Jackson and the Olympians.

Preceded by The Lightning Thief, and followed by The Titan's Curse.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Rick Riordan (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. John Rocco (Illustrator)
  2. Christine Kettner (Designer)

First Edition

Original Language: English
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 0786856866
Page Count: 288

More Books Like This

   
  • Crocodile Tears
  • The Lightning Thief
  • The Last Olympian
  • The Battle of the Labyrinth
  • The Titan's Curse
  • The Demigod Files

Books with Additional Background Information

   
  • The Demigod Files
  • Percy Jackson & The Olympians

Books That Influenced This Book

   
  • The Lightning Thief

Books Influenced by This Book

   
  • The Titan's Curse
  • The Battle of the Labyrinth
  • The Last Olympian

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