Day 18: The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan

This is the second book in the Kane Chronicles series. The books follow brother and sister, Carter and Sadie. The siblings are descendants of the Egyptian gods and are the only ones who can save the world as the ancient force of Chaos is trying to escape from the Duat, the god world and destroy the human world. Riordan is the author of the Percy Jackson series which I loved. That series follows Greek and Roman gods. I was excited when I heard he was writing a book about Egyptian myths. When I read the first book in the Kane Chronicles I did not love it. I found it a bit confusing and it seems packed with way too many Egyptian gods, monsters and history. I am not at all familiar with the Egyptian myths and history and Riordan did not explain the myths or the historical connections very well. Many of my students who loved the Percy Jackson series were also confused and disappointed by the Kane series. I decided to give the series another try and read the second book. I did like this book better. Riordan explains the Egyptian myths in a better manner then in the previous book. Also the story seems to flow better and there is a clear quest that Carter and Sadie go on. The Throne of Fire is action packed and brings to life Egyptian myths and history. I hope more students will give the series another try. I would recommend this book for fourth grade and up.