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THE RED PYRAMID (THE KANE CHRONICLES BOOK 1)
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| By: |
Rick Riordan |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
014132550X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780141325507 |
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| Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
15 April, 2011 |
| Series: |
The Kane Chronicles |
| Pages: |
544 |
| Description: |
Carter and Sadie Kane's dad is a brilliant Egyptologist with a secret plan that goes horribly wrong. An explosion shatters the ancient Rosetta stone and unleashes Set, the evil god of chaos ...Set imprisons Dr Kane in a golden coffin and Carter and Sadie must run for their lives. To save their dad, they embark on a terrifying quest. |
| Synopsis: |
Percy Jackson fought Greek Gods. Now the Gods of Egypt are waking in the modern world...'I GUESS IT STARTED THE NIGHT OUR DAD BLEW UP THE BRITISH MUSEUM . . .'CARTER AND SADIE KANE'S dad is a brilliant Egyptologist with a secret plan that goes horribly wrong. An explosion shatters the ancient Rosetta stone and unleashes Set, the evil god of chaos . . .Set imprisons Dr Kane in a golden coffin and Carter and Sadie must run for their lives. To save their dad, they embark on a terrifying quest from Cairo to Paris to the American South-west and discover the truth about their family's connection to the House of Life: an Egyptian temple of magic that has existed for thousands of years.The pharaohs of ancient Egypt are far from dead and buried. And so, unfortunately, are their gods . . . |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Puffin |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Grand Canyon Reader Award (Tween) 2013
Runner-up for Maine Student Book Award (Grades 4-8) 2012
Short-listed for Golden Archer Award (Middle/Junior High) 2012 |
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