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The Red Pyramid Author: Rick Riordan Publisher(s): Disney and Hyperion Year Published:2010 Genre: Fantasy Legth: 516 pages Age Range: 9 and up __//**Summary-**//__ 14 year old Carter Kane has been traveling around the world with his dad ever since he was 8 years old. His mother unfortunately died when Carter was a young boy at the famous Cleopetra's Needle, and left Carter and his sister Sadie separated ever since that incident. Sadie lives with her grandparents, and is raised as a British schoolkid, while Carter lives a life of constant movent. As a gift for not taking Sadie along with him, his father gives her Muffin, a little kitten, and little does she know that Muffin, Carter, and her own destinies are intertwined. Carter and Sadie are the strongest kids to be born at the time, because they were born from two powerful families that were descended from the pharoahs themselves. They are not alone. "Muffin" is actully Bast, an Egyptian god of cats that was ordered to look after Sadie the day her mother died. It turns out that Carter is actually Horus, or the Falcon God, while Sadie is Isis, or horus's mother. They are trying to defeat Set, and save their dad in the process, who is Osiris, or the god of Death. Even with their powers, they need help, and it is given with Zia Rashid, a magician, Thoth, the god of Knowledge, and Uncle Amos, also a magician. Can Carter and Sadie defeat Set, save their dad, and fulfill their destiny of being the strongest godlings of the century? __//**Review-**//__ The Red Pyramid is based on Egyptian Mythology, egyptians' gods and beliefs, and how all the characters put away their differences to help each other on a mission to save their world. This book is also about how friendship, trust, and support are the most important values you need to overcome any obstacle.Rick Riordan's style of writing is humorous, yet adventurous. He uses a lot of sarcasm, and he modernizes Egyptian Mythology, but still keeps to the basics ( names of gods, powers, etc.). Rick Riordan also adds a twist every few pages to really make his books page-turners, and he makes the story so realistic that you actually feel strong emotions whenever there is danger, love, excitement, or action. I loved this book, because it is humorous, and it shows the hest and worst of human nature. This book is great, because there is never an obvious solution to an obstacle, and it kept my mind sharp. This book is also realistic, because no one ever has ultimate power. they all have their own weaknesses.Lastly, this book was great, because the readers would keep on learning new interesting facts about Egypt, and that is one of the most important components in a book. __//**Recommendation and Rating-**//__ I would recommmend this book, because it will keep readers up all night anticipating what will happen next. I would rate this book an eight out of ten, because there were some parts in the book where the characters escaped death by pure luck, and not skill, so it did not leave the readers in awe of their powers at some of the dangerous parts in the book.