How are Greek gods like your middle school principal? Would you want to be one of Artemis' Hunters? Why do so many monsters go into retail -- and why are they never selling anything a demigod really wants?

At the beginning of The Lightning Thief, Percy Jackson tells us to stop reading: if we suspect we, too, might be demigods, we should put the book down right away. But how can we, when the world he lives in is so much fun?

Spend a little more time in that world -- a place where the gods bike among us, monsters man snack bars, and each of us has the potential to become a hero.

Find out:

• The pros and cons of having a god as a parent
• Why Dionysus might actually be the best director Camp Half-Blood could have
• How to tell a monster when you see one
• Why even if we aren't facing manticores and minotaurs, reading myths can still help us deal with the scary things in our own lives