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Jason has a problem. He doesn’t remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently she’s his girlfriend Piper, and his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they’re all students in the Wilderness School, a boarding school for “bad kids.” What he did to end... read more
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Summary edit
A teenage boy named Jason wakes up on a school bus not remembering anything from his past, including anything about who he is. He is sitting next to Piper McLean, a girl who appears to be his girlfriend, and a boy, Leo Valdez, who says he is Jason's best friend. The bus is taking them, along... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Jason Grace: A half-blood who can't remember much beyond his first name. He doesn't remember having a girlfriend named Piper, but she insists that they're dating. He has closely-cropped, sandy blonde hair and blue eyes.
- Piper Mclean: One of the main characters. As a daughter of Aphrodite, Piper is "seriously pretty." In the very beginning, Piper tries to hide her beauty and is not pleased to be a daughter of Aphrodite. While not much of a fighter, Piper has a powerful gift of charm-speak that often saves the day. She lacks the shallowness expected of other children of Aphrodite, and is one of her mother's favorites. Her dad is a famous (and gorgeous) Cherokee movie star at odds with his heritage. She thought she was dating Jason and is still seriously in love with him, though neither of them will readily admit their feelings.
- Leo Valdez: Demigod son of Hephaetus. Leo is very much like his father; when he's nervous or bored, he starts to fiddle with gadgets. He also falls for pretty much any girl that's out of his league; again like his father. Leo is fluent in both Spanish and English. He apparently has many traits that belong to the Hermes cabin, like pointy ears and a mischievous side.
- Percy Jackson: Percy Jackson is the Half-Blood Hero that killed Kronos, and ended the Great Titan War. He is a Son Of Poseidon, and great at fighting with his celestial bronze pen-sword. Due to unclear reasons he disappears shortly before the arrival of Jason, Leo, and Piper.
- Annabeth Chase: Annabeth is the daughter of Athena. She has become a leader amongst the campers at Camp Half-Blood since her first quest in The Lightning Thief. Her boyfriend is Percy Jackson.
- Thalia Grace: A Daughter of Zeus, and leader of the Hunters of Artemis. Thalia used to be a tree until the end of The Sea of Monsters. She was one of three potential candidates for the prophecy in Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
- Drew: Drew is the leader of the Aphrodite Cabin and is very mean to Piper, as well as everyone else in the cabin. She uses charmspeaking to get people to do what she wants. She wasn't elected, but rather inherited the spot since she was the oldest. Drew has never gone on a quest, but still regards herself superior to everyone else in the Aphrodite Cabin.
- Dylan: One of the venti (a ventus or storm spirit) that tries to kill Leo, Jason, Piper, and Coach Hedge. But first, he tries to gain impression from Piper. According to Jason, Dylan has a very bright smile.
- Tristan McLean: Piper's father. He is also a huge movie star that tries to protect Piper from all harm.
- Medea: The mortal princess of Colchis, and she poses as an evil saleswoman.
- Rachel Elizabeth Dare: The new oracle of Camp Half-Blood. Speaker of the Great Prophecy.
- Festus: Festus, which means "Happy" in Latin, is a mechanical dragon. When Leo, Piper, and Jason first arrive at camp, Festus's wiring was broken. This caused Festus to go on a rampage, and didn't stop until Leo rewired him. After he was rewired, Festus helped Leo, Jason, and Piper on their quest. Everybody loves "Happy" the Dragon!
- Butch: Butch is the son of Iris, the goddess of the rainbow. Very tough, yet very soft and kind.
- Hephaestus: God of Fire, Forges, Mechanics.... that kind of stuff. Lives underwater
- Kronos: Titan god of Time. Zeus's father. Bad guy.
- Lityerses: The son of Midas. Is good at combat. He was known as the 'Reaper of Men'.
- Khione: The goddess of snow, and the daughter of Boreas.
- Lycaon: The first werewolf and the King of Wolves who battles the group at the Wolf House and confronts them on Pikes Peak.
- Lupa: The wolf who raised Romulus and Remus. She is the head of the Roman camp and trains all of the demigods to be brave fighters.
- Mr. Aeolus: God of the wind. Makes a weather forecast every twelve minutes, because he must constantly change the winds due to demands from the Gods, depending on where and who they're happy or unhappy with. He acts pretty much insane.
- Mellie: Mellie is the worker for Aeolus at the time that Piper, Jason, and Leo arrive. She said that she had been working for Aeolus longer than most of his employees, after working for twelve hours. She has a crush on Coach Hedge.
- Tia Callida: Leo's old 'psycho babysitter'. She attempted to kill him when Leo was six years old.
- Ma Gasket: Torque & Sump's mother. An evil northern cyclops.
- Torque Gasket: Son of Ma Gasket. A cyclops. He is beat around by his mother and doesn't seem very bright.
- Sump Gasket: Son of Ma Gasket. A cyclops. He is beat around by his mother and doesn't seem very bright.
- Hera: The Greek goddess of marriage. She is also called the mother of the gods and she is the wife of Zeus. She never had a demigod child. But favors Jason of the past and the present.
- King Boreas: The Greek god of the wind. The god of winter. Father of Khione, Calais, and Zethes.
- Clovis: The Head Counselor of Hypnos cabin. (He is asleep half the time) He tries and fails to restore Jason's memory.
- Clarisse: The Head Counselor of Ares Cabin. She is always getting into fights.
- Zeus: Zeus is the King of the Gods. He is the god of lighting, and is one of the Big Three.
- Zethes: Demigod son of Boreas who has a horrible fashion sense. His father granted him immortality so he could serve him. He wants his father to freeze Piper for him.
- Calais: Also known as Cal. A demigod son of Boreas who was granted immortality so he could serve his father. He loves hockey and pizza, but can only speak words with two syllables or less. He's also very destructive.
- Nyssa: Hephestus kid. One of Leo's half-sisters.
- Gleeson Hedge: The protector - a satyr - of Leo, Piper, and Jason. He pretends to be the gym coach, and he likes to smash and kill things. He is very violent, and wasn't allowed into the Council of Cloven Elders because of this, even though he is very old. Coach Hedge has a short temper, a annoying habit of yelling, and a courageous attitude to vanquish every foe. He also thinks that he can take down any opponent easily.
- Porphyrion: The giant king.
- Piper McLean: Piper is Jason's girlfriend she is also a daughter of Aphrodite. Is she fit for that and will her charmspeak be able to help them on their journey.
- Hermes: Messenger god. God of travel, medicine, and thiefs.
- Artemis: Goddess of the moon and hunt.
- Mr. D.: Dionysus god of wine.
- Chiron: Centaur who train demigod heros.
- King Midas: Cursed man by the gods that whatever he touches turns to gold.
- Poseidon: God of the seas and creater of horses. Father of Percy Jackson. One of the Big Three.
- Jason Grace: Memory stolen by Hera. Only way to get his memory back is to save Hera.
- Jane: Mr. McLean's personal assistant. Not entirely important.
- Aunt Rosa: Leo's aunt who rejects him when his mom dies from a warehouse fire.
- Iris: Goddess of the Rainbow.
- Travis Stoll: Head of Hermes cabin; brother to Conner Stoll
- Gaea: Mother Earth
- Helen: Helen of Troy; major mythological character. Caused the Trojan War.
- Tía Callida: Leo's babysitter. She attempted to kill him when Leo was two, five, and six years old.
- Aeneas: Hero who fought in the Trojan war. Escaped and landed in Italy.
- Gleeson Hedge: Piper, Leo, and Jason's protector. a.k.a. Coach Hedge.
- Athena: Goddess of Wisdom; Annabeth's mom.
- Charles Beckendorf: Former head of Hephaestus cabin; died in the war against the Titan, Kronus.
- Juno Moneta: Hera's Roman form. Goddess of marriage; wife to Zeus/Jupiter.
- Argus: Security at Camp Half-Blood. Created by Hera and has 100 eyes. Emotional when it comes to the goddess' safety.
- Miranda Gardiner: Head of Demeter cabin.
- Demeter: Goddess of the Harvest. Mother to Persephone. Zeus' older sister.
- Venus: Aphrodite's Roman counterpart. Goddess of Love. Mother to Piper McLean.
- Ouranos: Gaia's first partner. With him she had the Titans.
- Dad: Add a description of this character.
- Lacy: One of Piper's half-sisters. Member of the Aphrodite cabin.
- Luke Castellan: Son of hermes. Hosted Kronus in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. A traitor to CAmp Half-Blood. Former Hermes cabin counselor.
- Mitchell: One of Piper's half-brothers. Member of the Aphrodite cabin.
- Lord Jupiter: Zeus's Roman form.
- Grandpa Tom: Piper's Cherokee grandfather.
- Hecate: Goddess of magic.
- Seymour: Dionysus' stuffed animated leopard. Loves Snausages.
- Jake Mason: Counselor of the Hephaestus cabin. One of Leo's half-brothers.
- Lou Ellen
- Phoebe
- Jack London: Caused the fires of Londen in 1666
- Silena Beauregard: Child of Aphrodite. Kronos's spy into Camp Half-blood.
Quotes edit
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“He's got amnesia or something. We've got to tell somebody." ... "Who, Coach Hedge? He'd try to fix Jason by whacking him upside the head."”
Piper -
“But if you don’t remember me, that means I can reuse all my old jokes.”
Leo Valdez -
“The new guy had dark hair cut Superman style, a deep tan, and teeth so white they should've come with a warning label: DO NOT STARE DIRECTLY AT TEETH. PERMANENT BLINDNESS MAY OCCUR.”
Jason -
“Leo got up and brushed himself off. "I hate that guy." He offered Jason his arm like they should go skipping inside together. "'I'm Dylan. I'm so cool, I want to date myself, but i can't figure out how. You want to date me instead? You're so lucky!'" ... "Leo, you're weird.”
Leo and Jason -
“I had to say something," Hedge grumbled. He bellowed into his megaphone: "Everyone inside! The cow says moo! Off the skywalk!”
coach Hedge and Jason -
“Extraction squad? That sounds painful.”
Leo -
“Yo! Coach Supergoat, whatever you are - I just fell down the freaking Grand Canyon! Stop asking for challenges!”
Leo -
“Venti makes them sound like evil espresso drinks.”
Leo -
“That's it, Thalia Grace," said the goddess. "I will turn you into an aardvark, so help me-”
Hera -
“Beautiful..." Jason said. "Piper, you're a knockout!”
Jason -
“You named him Festus? You know that in Latin, 'festus' means 'happy'? You want us to ride off to save the world on Happy the Dragon?”
Jason -
“Leave," Jason ordered. "There is no food for you here." "Unless you want tofu burgers.”
Jason and Leo -
“Leo, I’m sorry about that stuff I said in Chicago. That wasn’t me. You’re not annoying and you do take stuff seriously—especially your work. I wish I could do half the things you can do.”Leo lowered his screwdriver. He looked at the ceiling and shook his head like, "What am I gonna do with this guy?“ "I try very hard to be annoying,” Leo said. “Don’t insult my ability to annoy. And how am I supposed to resent you if you go apologizing? I’m a lowly mechanic. You’re like the prince of the sky, son of the Lord of the Universe. I’m supposed to resent you.”“Lord of the Universe?”“Sure, you’re all—bam! Lightning man. And ‘Watch me fly. I am the eagle that soars—"“Shut up, Valdez.”“Yeah, see. I do annoy you.”“I apologize for apologizing.” “Thank you.” He went back to work, but the tension had eased between them. Leo still looked sad and exhausted—just not quite so angry. “Go to sleep, Jason,” he ordered. “It’s gonna take a few hours. I want sometime without you organic life forms.”
Leo and Jason -
“What about a compromise? I'll kill them first, and if it turns out they were friendly I'll apologize.”
Coach Hedge -
“Ah, I got duct tape and breath mints. I'll be fine.”
Leo -
“Leo laughed as he tried on a hat that seemed to be made of enchanted raccoon fur. It's ringed tail twitched, and its little legs moved frantically as Leo walked. Jason was ogling the men's sportswear. Boys interested in shopping for clothes? Definitely a sign they were under an evil spell.”
Piper (thoughts) -
“Nobody cared about him, just his big scary daddy standing behind him with the doomsday volt, as if to say, "Respect this kid or eat voltage!”
Jason (thoughts) -
“Gaea? Isn't that Mother Nature? She's supposed to have, like, flowers in her hair and birds singing around her and deer and rabbits doing her laundry" "Leo, that's Snow White.”
Leo Valdez, Piper McLean -
“You're a faun," Jason said. "Satyr!" Hedge snapped. "Fauns are Roman. But we'll talk about that later.”
Jason and Coach Hedge -
“Let's come to order. Lou Ellen, please give Miranda her nose back. Travis, if you'll kindly extinguish the flaming ping-pong ball, and Butch, I think twenty pencils is really too many for any human nostril.”
Chiron -
“Just because Aphrodite claimed me, doesn’t mean I have to be an airhead.”
Piper McLean -
“Happy The Dragon was not so happy.”
Piper (thoughts) -
“Appreciate it," Leo said. "I try not to get run through before lunchtime.”
Leo Valdez -
“He winked at Jason meaningfully. Then he pointed at himself, pointed two fingers at their hosts, and sliced a finger across his throat. Very subtle sign language.”
Coach Hedge, Jason (thoughts) -
“We could kill them again.”
Coach Hedge -
“Come on, Valdez! Pick up the pace! Let's chant. I'VE GOT A GIRL IN KALAMAZOO--" ... "Let's not," Thalia snapped. So they ran in silence.”
Thalia Grace and Coach Hedge -
“Chef Leo's Taco Garage is fixing you up! And by the way it's tofu, not beef, so don't freak beauty queen.”
Leo Valdez -
“Well, if you really don't remember me that means I can re-use all my old jokes!”
Leo Valdez -
“"Can we just call them storm spirits?” Leo asked. “Venti makes them sound like evil espresso drinks."”
Leo Valdez -
“He ran to the edge of the railing thinking "I'm a lunatic," and jumped over the side.”
Jason (thoughts) -
“The future for Commander Tool Belt was not looking so hot.”
Leo (thoughts) -
“What's our game plan?" ... "Climb the mountain. Kill everything except Pipers dad. Leave.”
Leo and Coach Hedge -
“Your mom is a rainbow goddess?" ... "Got a problem with that?" ... "No, no. Rainbows. Very macho.”
Leo and Butch -
“No, you Dolt! The Earth is claiming me hurry!”
Hera -
“Come, faulty dragon people. Follow us.”
Zethes -
“Yeah, well, ... somehow she got not dead anymore.”
Leo -
“First things first ... Survive today. Figure out crayon drawing of destiny later.”
Leo (thoughts) -
“DIE!”
Gleeson Hedge -
“Ghosts? Pfft. Nah. I'm cool. A storm spirit chucked me down the Grand Canyon this morning, but you know, all in a day's work, right?”
Leo -
“He didn't, like, die in this bed, did he?”
Leo -
“Dude, the old lady. The one in black. How many old ladies do you see over there?”
Leo -
“"Is that me?" Leo asked. "Like--me right now, having this dream--looking at me having a dream?"”
Leo -
“I’ve forgotten how funny satyrs are. When we rule the world, I think I’ll keep your kind around. You can entertain me while I eat all the other mortals.”
Enceladus -
“"Leo: Rainbows. Very macho. Annabeth: Butch is our best equestrian, he gets along great with the pegasi. Leo: Rainbows, ponies... Butch: I'm gonna toss you off this chariot."”
Leo, Annabeth and Butch -
“"Zeus looked like a really buff, really angry hippie."”
Jason -
“"Leo: "So...giants who can throw mountains. Friendly wolves that will eat us if we show weakness. Evil espresso drinks. Gotcha. Maybe this isn't the best time to bring up my psycho babysitter." Piper: "Is that another joke?"”
Leo and Piper -
“"Don't dwell on things. Don't stay in one place too long. It was the only way to stay ahead of the sadness."”
Leo -
“It was hard with all the Wheel of Fortune breaking in, and--" "Wheel of Fortune?" "Anyway....."”
Leo and Piper -
“"What about a compromise? I'll kill them first, and if it turns out they were friendly, I'll apologize"”
Coach Hedge -
“Everyone out the cow says moo!”
Coach hedge -
“The brave Jason, the beautiful Piper, and their friend Leo who sometimes made tacos”
Leo thoughts -
“The cow says moo! Get off the bus!a while later....The pig says oink.”
-
“Who's ready to beat stuff up?”
Coach Hedge -
“Bad vroom -vroom! -EarthbornYou want some bad vroom -vroom? Come get some bad vroom -vroom”
Leo and an earthborn
Setting & Locations edit
modern
- Camp Half-Blood: A place where children of a mortal and a greek god/godess go to seek training and shelter from monsters/ demons. It's on a beach area in Long Island, New York.
- Grand Canyon: Where the beginning of the story takes place.
- Quebec City: Home of Boreas, god of the North Wind
- Long Island: Home of Camp Half-Blood
- Chicago: The windy city, where Aeolus, the god of wind's headquarters is.
- Wolf House: Jack London's, an author and demigod son of Mercury (Hermes), house, that burned down right after construction. All that's left is the stone framework.
- Mount Diablo: A mountain in California.
- Pikes Peak: A mountain in Colorado.
- Olympus: Where the gods have meetings and stuff
- Camp Jupiter
Organizations edit
- Camp Half-Blood: Camp Half-Blood is a summer camp for demigods.
- Appleby films: The film making house
First Sentence edit
Even before he got electrocuted, Jason was having a rotten day.
Table of Contents edit
I. Jason
II. Jason
III. Piper
IV. Piper
V. Leo
VI. Leo
VII. Jason
VIII. Jason
IX. Piper
X. Piper
XI. Leo
XII. Leo
XIII. Jason
XIV. Jason
XV. Piper
XVI. Piper
XVII. Leo
XVIII. Leo
XIX. Jason
XX. Jason
XXI. Piper
XXII. Piper
XXIII. Leo
XXIV. Leo
XXV. Jason
XXVI. Jason
XXVII. Piper
XXVIII. Piper
XXIX. Leo
XXX. Leo
XXXI. Jason
XXXII. Jason
XXXIII. Piper
XXXIV. Piper
XXXV. Leo
XXXVI. Leo
XXXVII. Jason
XXXVIII. Jason
XXXIX. Piper
XL. Piper
XLI. Leo
XLII. Leo
XLIII. Jason
XLIV. Jason
XLV. Piper
XLVI. Piper
XLVII. Leo
XLVIII. Leo
XLIX. Jason
L. Jason
LI. Piper
LII. Piper
LIII. Leo
LIV. Leo
LV. Jason
LVI. Jason
Gods in The Lost Hero
Glossary edit
- Aeolus: the Greek god of the winds. Roman form: Aeolus
- Anemoi: wind gods
- Aphrodite: the Greek goddess of love and beauty. She was married to Hephaestus but loved Ares, the god of war. Roman form: Venus
- Ares: the Greek god of war; the son of Zeus and Hera, and the half brother to Athena. Roman form: Mars
- Argonauts: a band of Greek heroes who accompanied the original Jason on his quest to find the Golden Fleece. Their name comes from their ship, the Argo, which was named after its builder, Argus
- Artemis: the Greek goddess of the hunt and the moon; the daughter of Zeus and the twin of Apollo. Roman form: Diana
- Aurae: invisible wind spirits
- Boreas: the Greek god of the north wind, one of the four directional anemoi; the god of winter; father of Khione. Roman form: Aquilon
- Centaur: a race of creatures that is half human, half horse
- Cyclops: a member of a primordial race of giants, each with a single eye in the middle of his or her forehead
- Demeter: the Greek goddess of agriculture, a daughter of the Titans Rhea and Kronos. Roman form: Ceres
- Demigod: also calld a half-blood, the child of a human and a god
- Dionysus: the Greek god of wine. Roman form: Bacchus
- Gaea: the earth goddess; mother of the Titans, giants, Cyclpes and other monsters. Roman form: Terra
- Hades: the Greek god of the dead and ruler of the Underword. Roman form: Pluto
- Hecate: the Greek goddess of magic; the only child of the Titans Perses and Asteria. Roman form: Trivia
- Hephaestus: the Greek god of fire, crafts and blacksmiths; son of Zeus and Hera, married to Aphrodite. Roman form: Vulcan
- Hera: the Greek goddess of marriage; Zeus's wife and sister. Roman form: Juno
- Hermes: the Greek god of travelers, communicaion and thieves. Roman form: Mercury
- Hypnos: the Greek god of sleep; the son of Nyx (Night) and brother of Thanatos (Death). Roman form: Somnus
- Iris: the Greek goddess of the rainbow and a messenger of the gods. Roman form: Iris
- Janus: the Roman god of gates, doors and doorways, as well as beginnings and endings
- Khione: the Greek goddess of snow; daughter of Boreas. Roman form: Favonius
- Lupa: the sacred Roman she-wolf that nursed the founding twins of Rome, Romulus and Remus
- Mist: hides monsters and magical objects/happenings from the view of mortals
- Nebulae: cloud nymphs
- Nymph: a minor nature goddess usually associated with a plant or landform.
- Ouranos: the Greek personification of the sky. Roman form: Uranus
- Pan: the Greek god of the wild. Roman form: Faunus
- Pompona: the Roman goddess of plenty
- Poseidon: the Greek god of the sea. Roman form: Neptune
- Satyr: a Greek forest god, part goat and part man. Roman form: Faun
- Titan: also known as the elder gods, ruled the earth before the Olympian gods (the Titan's children) overthrew them
- Ventus: a Roman storm spirit
- Zeus: the Greek god of the sky and king of the gods. Roman form: Jupiter
- Medea: Mortal who is married to Jason of the past. She is bloodthirsty.
Themes & Symbolism edit
- Roman Mythology: Roman gods and customs
- Greek Mythology: Greek gods and traditions
Errata edit
In The Gods in The Lost Hero section it says "she was marred to Hephaestus," but it should say "she was married to Hephaestus."
In the stories that Piper's grandfather tells, hedgehogs are mentioned at least twice. This animal does not live in the wild in the Americas.
In the near-last part it says "On dragon's feet" but it should say "On dragon feet"
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 6 in The Heroes of Olympus. (standard series)
Followed by The Son of Neptune.
This is book 6 of 8 in Modern Olympians. (universe)
This book is in 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Rick Riordan (Author)
Other Contributors:
- John Rocco (Cover Artist)
- Joann Hill (Designer)
- Steve Stone (Cover Artist)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: October 12, 2010
ISBN: 978-142311339-3
Page Count: 557
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: October 12, 2010
ISBN: 978-142311339-3
Page Count: 557
Awards edit
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PZ7.R4829 Los 2010b
- Dewey: 22
Subjects edit
- Books › Teens › Authors, A-Z › ( R )
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- Rick Riordan: Author's Webpage with interviews, stuff about the books he's made, faq, and more!
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