The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)

by Rick Riordan

She’d e-mailed me the picture after spring break, and every once in a while I’d look at it just to remind myself she was real and Camp Half-Blood hadn’t just been my imagination.

I wished Annabeth were here.

I’d missed Annabeth probably more than I wanted to admit.

Ever come home and found your room messed up? Like some helpful person (hi, Mom) has tried to “clean” it, and suddenly you can’t find anything?

you can’t give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it.

“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.”

together, just the three of us, like old times.