The Red Pyramid

by Rick Riordan

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.

My Thoughts: I loved this book. I liked it better than the Percy Jackson series. Just like the Olympians series, you find out that mythology and symbols, this time Egyptian, are all around us. Sadie and Carter, the main characters, are easy to relate to. Although the book has a great ending, there are many questions left unanswered. I guess we will have to wait for book two (or three) to see how the mysteries are solved.

When You Reach Me
by Rebecca Stead


As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1980s television game show, "The $20,000 Pyramid," a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.



My Thoughts: I loved this book! When I started reading the first few chapters, I wasn't sure what was going on. Keep reading and give this book a chance, it has a great ending. After I finished it, I wanted to go back and reread it to find all of the clues. This book is on the current Lone Star list, check it out!