The twelve-year old Percy Jackson is trying hard not to get kicked out of boarding school yet again. No matter what, Percy always seems to get into trouble. It is hard though when you're a dyslexic and you have A.D.H.D. On Percy's fieldtrip to a museum, while Percy is by himself, his pre-algebra teacher becomes a monster and nearly kills Percy. Of course no one believes Percy about his monster incident, soon Percy almost stops believing himself, until a Minotaur, a deadly monster, attacks Percy, his best friend Grover, and his mom. What will happen in this epic novel?