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Author- Rick Riordan Copyright date - 2010 Pages - 516 Book Level - 4.5 Points. - 18.0

This book is about two siblings named Carter and Sadie Kane. They are of "Pharaoh's blood", which means they are the descendants of the pharaohs of ancient Egypt. Carter is the older sibling at age 14, who travels with his father, an Egyptologist, around the world. He is the host, the person that a god resides in, of Horus. When he turns into Horus' animal, he turns into a falcon. He has dark skin and black hair. His main weapon is a Khopesh, an Ancient Egyptian sword, and his magic specialty is combat magic. His amulet is the eye of Horus. Sadie lives with her grandparents, in England. She has light skin, caramel colored hair with a lone streak varying from color to color, blue eyes, and is taller than her brother, Carter. She never goes anywhere without combat boots. Apparently Sadie has a British accent, and she is skilled at most types of magic. She is the host of Isis, and when transforming into Isis' animal, she turns into a black tipped kite. Her amulet is the ankh. Other characters are mostly gods, including Bast, the god of cats, Set, the god of chaos and Osiris, the god of the dead.

This book takes place on the last week of December, the week of Set's birthday. Sadie lives with her grandparents in England. There is also the family mansion, where there is a vast library and a buffet every morning. Another place is the Duat, the underworld where Osiris resides. Anubis lives there with him, and there is a deadly sea full of skeletons and bones.

The major problem is that Carter and Sadie's father, Julius, broke the Rosetta stone in England, and unleashed 5 gods. Set was unleashed, and banished Julius to the Duat (The underworld). Carter and Sadie were taken to a family's mansion, by their uncle named Amos, where a Baboon named Kthulu was also living there. After the mansion gets destroyed (Long story DON'T ASK!!!!!), they are taken to the house of life, where Carter then takes a liking to a girl named Zia, who apparently accepted a date with him. They learn that Set is plotting to destroy the world on the last day of December, his Birthday, and that Carter and Sadie have gods inside their bodies. They then find a way to defeat him, but will Set destroy the world? Will Isis and Horus take over Sadie and Carter's bodies? Will Zia go on a date with Carter!?!? Read the book to find out!

I would recommend this book to any lovers of the Rick Riordan books, Egyptian mythology and for people that like adventure with a bit of humor. I'd also recommend this book for people from ages 10 - 13 since lots of words are hard to read. This book was great in detail and a great book to pass off some time for my plane trip to California. I hope you liked this book, because I did too.

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