The Lightning Thief

On page 3, the author writes that Grover tells Percy, "You're already on probation," he reminded me. " You know who'll get blamed if anything happens ." What does the word probation help the reader understand about Percy?

Why does the author include this detail?

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From the text, we can infer that Percy has a habit of getting himself into trouble.

I couldn't do anything back to her because I was already on probation. The headmaster had threatened me with death by in-school suspension if anything bad, embarrassing, or even mildly entertaining happened on this trip.

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The Lightning Thief