Gasiewski and Beck — who have been dating since high school — published the book as a joke for their friends. They never predicted the success that would come once they published the book through Amazon's self-publishing platform, Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing, near the end of October.
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The novel was published in 2005 by Rick Riordan, and was an instant success, winning many awards including topping The New York Times “Children's Best Sellers” list. When the film adaptation was released it saw many mixed reviews. On Metacritic.com the film recieved an average score of 47 out of
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