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Percy Jackson and the Harry Potter Rip Off?

Tue Nov 24 11:34AM by Movies Editor

It's based on a hugely popular series of children's fantasy books, stars a young male teenager with brown hair who finds out he is no normal teenager, and is in fact imbued with magical powers. He enters a secret fantasy world to find he has been destined for greatness all… Read full entry

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