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06 October 2010

The Red Pyramid

By Rick Riordan
Carter, 14, and Sadie, 12, (brother and sister) have grown up apart. He has traveled all over the world with his Egyptologist father, Dr. Julius Kane, while Sadie has lived in London with their grandparents. Their mother passed away under mysterious circumstances, so when their father arrives in London and wants to take them both on a private tour of the British Museum, all is not necessarily what it seems. The evening ends with the apparent destruction of the Rosetta Stone, the disappearance of Dr. Kane, and the kidnapping of Carter and Sadie. More insidiously, it leads to the release of five Egyptian gods, including Set, who is their mortal enemy. Carter and Sadie discover the secrets of their family heritage and their ability to work magic as they realize that their task will be to save humanity from Set, who is building a destructive red pyramid inside Camelback Mountain in Phoenix.

This book is written as an audio recording that both children made. Occasionally they interrupt the story with a quip to their sibling. Funny book and full of Egyptian history.

*Warnings: Some swearing - mainly Sadie - who grew up in London and uses the English swear words.

06 April 2009

Anahita's Woven Riddle

Meghan Nuttall Sayres
Publisher: Amulet Books

Anahita is at an age to be married. Though tradition is that her father will arrange a marriage for her, and the wealthy khan has asked for her hand, Anahita wants to marry for love or at least marry someone who has things in common with her. So Anahita proposes a riddle contest. She will work on weaving her wedding carpet and incorporate into it a riddle. The man who can figure out the riddle will be her husband.
This book is beautifully written and includes many Iranian terms and ways of life. A very good book to read about another culture. I really enjoyed this one!