Rick Riordan - Virtual Book Event - Kepler's Books

**RICK RIORDAN IS BACK!** #1 *New York Times* bestselling author Rick Riordan joins us for a virtual event to celebrate the publication of *Wrath of the Triple Goddess.* In his continuing quest to earn college recommendation letters from the gods, Percy has to petsit the goddess Hecate’s polecat and giant mastiff during Halloween week. What could go wrong?Rick Riordan’s newest Percy Jackson adventure is full of hilarious set pieces, a diverse cast of gods and monsters, and many other delightful tricks and treats.Percy Jackson, now a high school senior, needs three recommendation letters from the Greek gods in order to get into New Rome University. He earned his first one by retrieving Ganymede’s chalice. Now the goddess Hecate has offered Percy another “opportunity”—all he has to do is petsit her polecat, Gale, and mastiff, Hecuba, over Halloween week while she is away. Piece of cake, right?Percy, Annabeth, and Grover settle into Hecate’s seemingly endless mansion and start getting acquainted with the fussy, terrifying animals. The trio has been warned not to touch anything, but while Percy and Annabeth are out at school, Grover can’t resist drinking a strawberry-flavored potion in the laboratory. It turns him into a giant frenzied goat, and after he rampages through the house, damaging everything in sight, and passes out, Gale and Hecuba escape. Now the friends have to find Hecate’s pets and somehow restore the house, all before Hecate gets back on Saturday. It’s going to take luck, demigod wiles, and some old and new friends to hunt down the animals and set things right again. Excited? Join us online to hear Rick Riordan tell us all about his highly anticipated new novel! **About the Author** Rick Riordan is the author of the #1 *New York Times* bestselling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series and the Heroes of Olympus series for children and the multi-award-winning Tres Navarre mystery series for adults. For fifteen years, Riordan taught English and history at public and private middle schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Texas. In 2002, Saint Mary’s Hall honored him with the school’s first Master Teacher Award. His adult fiction has won the top three national awards in the mystery genre: the Edgar, the Anthony, and the Shamus. His first Percy Jackson book, *The Lightning Thief,* was a New York Times Notable Book for 2005. *The Sea of Monsters* was a Child Magazine Best Book for Children for 2006 and a national bestseller. The third title, *The Titan’s Curse*, made the series a #*1 New York Times* bestseller, and the fourth title, *The Battle of the Labyrint*h, had a first printing of one million copies. The series concluded with *The Last Olympian*, which was also a major national bestseller. Rick Riordan now writes full-time. He lives in Boston with his wife and two sons. **Please note: Each ticket includes a copy of *Wrath of the Triple Goddess* and a special "Camp Half-Blood" magnetic bookmark!**