The Friday before winter break, my morn packed me an overnight bag and a few deadly weapons and took me to a new boarding school. We picked up my friends Annabeth and Thalia on the way.

It was an eight-hour drive from New York to Bar Harbor,Maine. Sleet and snow pounded the highway. Annabeth,Thalia, and I hadn't seen each other in months, but between the blizzard and the thought of what we were about to do, we were too nervous to talk much. Except for my morn. She talks more when she's nervous. By the time we finally got to Westover Hall, it was getting dark, and she'd told Annabeth and Thalia every embarrassing baby story there was to tell about me.

WHEN PERCY JACKSON receives an urgent distress call from his friend Grover, he immediately prepares for battle. He knows he'll need his powerful demigod allies, Annabeth and Thalia, at his side; his trusty bronze sword, Riptide;and.., a ride from his morn.

The demigods race to the rescue, to find that Grover has made an important discovery: two new powerful half-bloods whose parentage is unknown. But that's not all that awaits them. The Titan lord,Kronos, has set up his most devious trap yet, and the young heroes have just fallen prey.

Hilarious and action-packed, this third adventure in the series finds Percy faced with his most dangerous challenge so far: the chilling prophecy of the Titan's curse.

1. My Rescue Operation Goes Very Wrong / 1

2. The Vice Principal Gets a Missile Launcher / 17

3. Bianca di Angelo Makes a Choice / 29

4. Thalia Torches New England / 44

5. I Place an Underwater Phone Call / 56

6. An Old Dead Friend Comes to Visit / 74

7. Everybody Hates Me but the Horse / 90

8. I Make a Dangerous Promise /111

9. I Learn How to Grow Zombies / 121

10. I Break a Few Rocket Ships / 138

11. Grover Gets a Lamborghini /148

12. I Go Snowboarding with a pig/161

13. We Visit the Junkyard of the Gods / 175

14. I Have a Dam Problem / 199

15. I Wrestle Santa's Evil Twin / 220

16. We Meet the Dragon of Eternal Bad Breath / 241

17. I Put on a Few Million Extra Pounds / 262

18. A Friend Says Good-bye / 276

19. The Gods Vote How to Kill Us / 284

20. I Get a New Enemy for Christmas / 301