The Kane Chronicles #1 : The Red Pyramid (P)

Literary Awards - Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award for Grades 6-8 (2012), New Mexico Land of Enchantment Award for Young Adult (2012), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Favorite Book and for Young Adult Fantasy (2010), Carnegie Medal Nominee (2011), Premio El Templo de las Mil Puertas for Mejor novela extranjera perteneciente a saga (2011).

It all began the night our father triggered the explosion at the British Museum...

Carter and Sadie Kane find themselves thrust into a world of ancient mysteries when their brilliant Egyptologist father's clandestine project goes awry. The blast fractures the venerable Rosetta Stone, setting loose Set, the malevolent deity of chaos...

Dr. Kane becomes trapped in a gilded sarcophagus by Set's machinations, leaving Carter and Sadie with no choice but to flee for their lives. Their journey to rescue their father takes them on a harrowing odyssey from Cairo to Paris, and ultimately to the American Southwest, where they uncover the startling truth about their family's ties to the House of Life: a millennia-old Egyptian sanctuary of magic.

The ancient pharaohs and their gods may seem long gone, but as Carter and Sadie soon discover, their powers still wield immense influence in the modern world...