The Kane Chronicles Book I: The Red Pyramid
By Rick Riordan
Published in 2010 (Hyperion)
516 pages – reading age 9+
Summary: Carter Kane was living with his father, Julius, after his mother had died. Carter and his father were traveling all over the world because of his dad’s work. Sadie, Carter’s younger sister, has been longing to travel with her father but she lives with her grandparents in England. One Christmas Eve, Julius takes Carter and Sadie to a museum where he starts writing on a precious artifact. Julius summoned an evil Egyptian god, Set, who banished Julius to the Duat (kind of a world between worlds). Carter and Sadie have to rescue their dad and along the way fight Egyptian gods, goddesses and creatures from Egyptian mythology.
This is book one of a new series from Rick Riordan, the author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. I liked this book because it had a lot of funny moments so when you thought it might be scary, it turned out to be funny. My favorite character was Khufu, a golden baboon that only eats things that end in “o” sound –like Doritos, burritos, Cherrios. He also can drive.
I learned a lot about Egyptian mythology. I liked the way the story was written because it switched back and forth from Carter and Sadie’s point of view. The story had some challenging words (like the Egyptian god names) that I had to look up or learn to pronounce, but I like it when I learn new words.
I give the book 4 out of 5 book worms.
Categories: Age 9+, Good Books
A good book u would like is THE TITANS CURSE by:Rick Roirdan
That is a GREAT suggestion!! In fact, I was thinking of reviewing that book and the whole Percy Jackson Series. So for you I will make that my next review }:o3)> Erik
Even though I’m, shall we say over 30 ;o) I really enjoyed Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series and have the final book to read. I look forward to reading the Red Pyramid series.
I can let you borrow the red pyramid:oD
that would be nice when can i have it
can you read the red pyramid online for free.