A fair few years back I read Rick's Percy Jackson series and have always regarded them as one of my favorite book series'. Because of this and because I wanted to start reading regularly again I thought I'd give his new series a read.
The Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid follows siblings Sadie and Carter Kane in their adventure of saving their dad and the world from the evil Egyptian god Set. The story is told retrospectively and each chapter either Sadie or Carter takes the lead, so we get both characters views of the story. Throughout the story we are introduced to both major and minor Egyptian gods as well as various monsters.
What I particularly liked about this book is that the Egyptian mythology in the book is all accurate so the reader is learning about the Egyptian's and their beliefs in an engaging and subliminal way. I've come away from reading the book with a good understanding of the story of the Egyptian gods (which I've found very interesting and I've even done some of my own research in order to gain a deeper understanding). I believe this book could even be used in upper KS2 when learning about Egypt in a cross curricular approach with English.
Though not as good as the Percy Jackson books, The first installment of The Kane Chronicles is still a good read and I look forward to getting stuck into the other books in the series.
