The Red Pyramid
Books | Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General
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Rick Riordan
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The heart-stopping action and magic of Rick Riordan's bestselling novel The Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid explodes off the page in this beautiful graphic novel retelling of the story. Percy Jackson fought Greek Gods. Now the Gods of Egypt are waking in the modern world... 'I GUESS IT STARTED THE NIGHT OUR DAD BLEW UP THE BRITISH MUSEUM . . .' CARTER AND SADIE KANE'S dad is a brilliant Egyptologist with a secret plan that goes horribly wrong. An explosion shatters the ancient Rosetta stone and unleashes Set, the evil god of chaos . . . Set imprisons Dr Kane in a golden coffin and Carter and Sadie must run for their lives. To save their dad, they embark on a terrifying quest from Cairo to Paris to the American South-west and discover the truth about their family's connection to the House of Life: an Egyptian temple of magic that has existed for thousands of years. The pharaohs of ancient Egypt are far from dead and buried. And so, unfortunately, are their gods . . . Rick Riordan has now sold an incredible 55 million copies of his books worldwide RICK RIORDAN IS THE MYTHMASTERThe Greek Gods are alive and kicking - go to www.rickriordanmythmaster.co.uk and see for yourself About the author: Rick Riordan is an award-winning mystery writer. He lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife and two sons. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Rick's first novel featuring the heroic young demigod, was the overall winner of the Red House Children's Book Award in 2006. Also Available: Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief: The Graphic Novel The Percy Jackson series: Percy Jackson and the Lightening ThiefPercy Jackson and the Sea of MonstersPercy Jackson and the Titan's CursePercy Jackson and the Battle of the LabyrinthPercy Jackson and the Last OlympianPercy Jackson: The Demigod Files The Heroes of Olympus series: The Lost HeroThe Son Of NeptuneThe Mark of AthenaThe Heroes of Olympus: The Demigod Files The Kane Chronicles series: The Red PyramidThe Throne of FireThe Serpent's Shadow
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Author
Rick Riordan
Pages
192
Publisher
Puffin
Published Date
2013
ISBN
0141350393 9780141350394
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"It was all right...not bad, but not that great. It was way too long and there was too much background for things I really didn't care about (and so much journeying for characters I didn't really know at the time). I also kept having to check to see which character was talking. Hopefully the next two are better."
Emily
"<br/>I was not a fan of the Percy Jackson series, okay but nothing special. But The Red Pyramid grabbed me from the opening sentence: "We only have a few hours, so listen carefully...". Carter and Sadie Kane, offspring of 2 brilliant Egyptologists, have just discovered that their family tree is a bit more, er...complicated than they realized. Sadie, raised in England by their (mysteriously) dead mother's parents, and Carter, raised by their globetrotting Dad, have little in common, but when a late night trip to the British museum unleashes gods, demons and possibly the end of the world, they quickly learn to work together. Carter and Sadie are bright, funny teens; their constant bickering barely concealing their deep affection for each other.(Nice touch: this is one of the few really great kids' books to feature a bi-racial family).<br/><br/>Although the secondary characters start to run together, (remind me, which goddess was the flaming blood drinker?) these two realistic, likable kids hold the center. Throw in a cat with far more than 9 lives, a basketball obsessed baboon, and a Dream Date with Death, and you've got one heck of a story."
Lesley Williams
"I thought it was actually pretty good. I've always been drawn to Egyptian mythology though. It definitely falls short of the Percy Jackson books. But still fun."
Shane Dakan
"Loved it!"
Annette W
"Carter is so fun"
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Carrot
"Reread for this for the first time as an adult and despite all the noise in my house last week and this week, I was able to finish it and throughly enjoy. Honestly, did not except to love the ending so much as an Adult but I full-on cried. I am very excited to read the next two books for the first time ever in the very near future!!"
Guillotine McGee
"[2.5]"
Ella Zegarra
"I was always more a fan of greek mythology than egyptian lore, but these books have definitely taught me a more interesting side to the history of Egypt."
Kristina Dukart
"I am afraid I will mostly have negative things to say about this book because they stick out more, but clearly I read this book really fast, I enjoy the adventure (it's more like watching a tv show than reading sometimes), and I will in all likelihood read the other books in the series. With that said, I think it was a bit long and felt like just one thing after another at some points, and was pretty melodramatic ("Such and such monster was a picnic compared to this one...," a variation of which was said probably 20 times throughout the book). His two narrators, brother and sister, sounded pretty much exactly the same, so much so that I had to look at the top of the page, which said whose chapter it was (perhaps that's why he had to identify the narrator on every page). Also, the way they poked fun at each other with familial push and shove seemed forced. This story is a little more convoluted than Percy Jackson it seems, but I don't totally regret reading it."
Anna Farb
"I didn't really get into this as much as the I did the Percy Jackson series. I wonder if it's because I don't know as much as about the Egyptian God's as I did the Greek and Roman God's.<br/>The story line was very interesting though and that makes me wish I had liked it more."
Kimyan Gage