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The Kane Chronicles: Book One
Due out on May 4, 2010.
Product Description (courtesy of Amazon)
Since their mother’s death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived with her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane.
One night, Dr. Kane brings the siblings together for a "research experiment" at the British Museum, where he hopes to set things right for his family. Instead, he unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes him to oblivion and forces the children to flee for their lives.
Soon, Sadie and Carter discover that the gods of Egypt are waking, and the worst of them--Set--has his sights on the Kanes. To stop him, the siblings embark on a dangerous journey across the globe--a quest that brings them ever closer to the truth about their family, and their links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.
I love learning about ancient Egypt so this book interested me from the moment my nephew gave it to me. The chapters have fun titles and are alternately told in Carter and Sadie's voices which I enjoyed. The brother-sister banter is an added quality that made the story fun to read. It took me awhile to get through the book and it seemed like the obstacles Carter and Sadie faced would never end.
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