The Red Pyramid
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.
About the Author
Rick Riordan is also the author of the New York Times #1 best-selling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series: Book One: The Lightning Thief; Book Two: The Sea of Monsters; Book Three: The Titan’s Curse; Book Four: The Battle of the Labyrinth; and Book Five: The Last Olympian.
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.
About the Author
Rick Riordan is also the author of the New York Times #1 best-selling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series: Book One: The Lightning Thief; Book Two: The Sea of Monsters; Book Three: The Titan’s Curse; Book Four: The Battle of the Labyrinth; and Book Five: The Last Olympian.
Summer Reading Club - Make Waves
Summer is upon us. Join the teen reading club, Make Waves @Your Library by signing up and getting a reading record (June 14th ...). Prizes for reading include Pizza Hut, Hudsonville Lanes, Griffins, and Gymnatics Unlimited coupons. You can also win a book and book light. Their are raffle prizes too, and a chance to win 4 tickets to Holland Aquatic Center. Our two reading programs include Embroidery on June 25th and Bleach Pen T-shirt decorating on July 8th. See you this summer.
Great Teen Web Sites
Here are some great teen web sites:
dMarie Time Capsule (http://www.dmarie.com/timecap)
Create your own online time capsule. Enter a date, pick from the top headlines and famous people born, top hits, top TV shows, hot new toys realeased, etc.
Microsoft Terra Server (http://terraserver-usa.com/)
Look through cameras placed all over the globe. Now, find your place on the map! Zoom in down to your house from a satellite's point of view.
The Straight Dope (http://straightdope.com/)
Archive of over 2,000 questions answered in Cecil Adam's Chicago Reader Column. Examples:
Why do we call it a bathroom, even when it has no tub? Where is the safest place on earth during a nuclear war?
Reading Rants! Our of the Ordinary Teen Booklists! (http://readingrants.org/)
A website featuring out of the ordinary booklists for teens. Reading Rants is a popular book review source for teenagers. It is now also a blog so teen can respond to the reviews and write their own.
Guiness Book of World Records (http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/)
Web version of the popular record book. Includes a place to submit your own records and record attempts.
dMarie Time Capsule (http://www.dmarie.com/timecap)
Create your own online time capsule. Enter a date, pick from the top headlines and famous people born, top hits, top TV shows, hot new toys realeased, etc.
Microsoft Terra Server (http://terraserver-usa.com/)
Look through cameras placed all over the globe. Now, find your place on the map! Zoom in down to your house from a satellite's point of view.
The Straight Dope (http://straightdope.com/)
Archive of over 2,000 questions answered in Cecil Adam's Chicago Reader Column. Examples:
Why do we call it a bathroom, even when it has no tub? Where is the safest place on earth during a nuclear war?
Reading Rants! Our of the Ordinary Teen Booklists! (http://readingrants.org/)
A website featuring out of the ordinary booklists for teens. Reading Rants is a popular book review source for teenagers. It is now also a blog so teen can respond to the reviews and write their own.
Guiness Book of World Records (http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/)
Web version of the popular record book. Includes a place to submit your own records and record attempts.
Wordle
A Wordle is a toy for generating "word clouds: from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words taht appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with yours friends.
Go to http://www.wordle.net/
Twilight Read-A-Likes
IF YOU LIKE STEPHENIE MEYER'S TWILIGHT BOOKS YOU MIGHT LIKE:
Thirsty by M.T. Anderson
In the Forests of the Night by Rhodes-Atwater
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Brary
Prom Nights from Hell by Meg Cabot
Bloodline by Kate Cary
Blue Bloods by Melissa De la Cruz
Sweetblood by Pete Hautman
Owl in Love by patricia Kindl
Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
Wolf Tower by Tanith Lee
Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
Vampire High by Douglas Reese
Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber
Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith
Companions of the Night by Vivian Vande Velde
Peeps: A Novel by Scott Westerfeld
A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb
Poison by Chris Wooding
Sequel to Hunger Games
If you liked the HUNGER GAMES you'll love CATCHING FIRE. Stephen King says it, "... is a violent, jarring speed rap of a novel that generates nearly constant suspense...I couldn't stop reading."
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