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The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, Book Three) by Rick RiordanDescriptionIn their exciting final adventure, Carter and Sadie Kane are the mortal world's only hope of defeating the forces of chaos.
Editorial ReviewAmazon Exclusive: What are Sadie and Carter Kane Reading?Sadie Kane: "Reading? You should talk to my brother the genius… Sometimes I read books about London and occasionally I try to learn new hieroglyphics, but mostly I’m too busy with trainees and trying to defeat Apophis.” My Reading List: • The Symbolic World of Egyptian Amulets by Philippe Germond • Treasures of the British Museum by Marjorie Caygill • The Annotated Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen • A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle • City Secrets London: The Essential Insider’s Guide by Robert Kahn and Tim Adams • The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde • Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian by R.O. Faulkner • Egyptian Love Spells and Rituals by Claudia Dillaire • Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Carter Kane: “I read a lot. That’s why Sadie calls me Mr. Wikipedia. My dad is a pretty big history buff, so I read classics and try to learn as much as I can about Egypt and my ancestors. It’s good research when you’re trying to saving the world.” My Reading List: • The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations by John Haywood • Falconry: The Essential Guide by Steve Wright • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain • The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr., by Martin Luther King and Clayborne Carson • The Egyptian Book of the Dead translated by Robert P. Winston and Wallace Budge • Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau • The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt by Elizabeth Payne • The LA Lakers: 50 Amazing Years in the City of Angels by the LA Times Sports Staff • Britannia in Brief: The Scoop on All Things British by Leslie Baker and William Mullins • The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
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