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Percy Jackson: My Boy's Own Adventure

Posted at 4:35PM Monday 08 Feb 2010

Rick Riordan's son, Haley, has dyslexia and ADHD. Aged nine, he refused to read, but loved Greek myths so Rick turned his boy into a latterday hero – Percy Jackson – in a series of bestselling books and now a Hollywood movie.

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