Throne of Fire - Rick Riordan

This summer I am trying an experiment with the kids.  Each of them will write short book reviews of the books they read.  I am expecting them to do at least one a week each.  We'll see how this works.  This is the first, from Colin, on The Throne of Fire, by Rick Riordan.  He gave me more of a book report than a book review, but we are working on how to tell us what he thinks of the book without telling us about the book.  Let the kids know what you think of their reviews as you read them, to help them get better as the summer goes on. - T

     The Throne of Fire is a great book about Egyptian mythology. It is the second book in the Kane series. IThe main characters are Carter and Sadie Kane. It is told by Sadie and Carter who switch positions every few chapters and tell that part of the story from their point of view. Apophis, the Chaos Snake, is rising from his prison and is going to swallow the sun! Their only hope of saving the world lies in Ra, the Sun God, who went into exile millions of years ago. To awaken him they must find three well hidden and well guarded scrolls. Then they must read the scrolls and when they do they have a high risk of getting burned inside out!  Of course they have some help but not the kind they want. They get to have the dwarf god accompany them and his protection isn’t the best kind. He either yells boo or takes off all his clothes except underwear. 

       I liked the fact that the book was based on real mythology.  I also really liked all the crazy things that happened.  The descriptions made it even better because I could really imagine what things looked like.  In all, I think Throne of Fire is an awesome book. I can’t wait for the next book!

                                                           -Colin