1. The Lightning Thief Review
Ch. 9-12

2. Chapter 9: “I am Offered a Quest”
*Percy talks to the Oracle and his quest is revealed
*Chiron tells Percy the master bolt has been stolen
- Percy goes into the forbidden attic to talk to the Oracle
- The Oracle reveals 4 prophecies: 1) He will go west and face the god who turned, 2) He will find what was stolen, 3) He will be betrayed by a friend, and 4) He will fail to save what matters most
- Chiron thinks Hades may have stolen the bolt
- Percy will go to the Underworld, which is in Los Angeles, CA.

3. Ch. 10: "I Ruin a Perfectly Good Bus"
Luke gives Percy the shoes with wings
* Luke received these from his father, Hermes.
 Chiron gives Percy Riptide, a sword disguised as a pen
*Percy, Annabeth, and Grover are attacked by three Furies that look like Mrs. Dodds
*The bus explodes
*They lose their bag of money
*Percy finds out that his mother married Gabe because he smells human and will cover his scent to hide him from the monsters

4. Chapter 11: “We Visit the Garden Gnome Emporium
*Percy, Annabeth, and Grover lose their bag of money so they stop at the Garden Gnome Emporium, which has many lifelike statues.
* They meet Auntie Em
*The Emporium smells deliciously of hamburgers. They enter because they are so hungry.
*Auntie Em wants to snap a picture of the children. Grover sees a statue of his uncle, Ferdinand and realizes it is not a statue; it was actually Ferdinand.
*They realize that Auntie Em is Medusa
*Percy mails Medusa’s head to the Olympians

5. Chapter 12: We Get Advice From a Poodle
Percy has a dream that he is being pulled into a dark chasm
He sees his mother in shimmering light
He hears a voice & feels himself being pulled down
He realizes that the voice is not pulling him down but that the creature is trying to use Percy to pull itself up out of the chasm.

6. Ch. 12 continued
Percy wakes up and sees that Grover has a pink poodle on his lap and is talking to it
We learn that Grover can talk to animals
We learn that Grover is searching for the god, Pan and that no satyr has ever come back alive searching for him.
The poodle’s name is Gladiola
The poodle ran away from his rich owner and Percy, Grover, and Annabeth will receive a $200 reward for returning him. They will use this money to get to California.