Book Summary: The Red Pyramid

The Red Pyramid was the book that was chosen for a coming of age novel. The main characters are Carter, the big brother, Sadie, the little sister, Amos, the Uncle, and Julius, the Father. The book first takes place with Carter and Julius. Sadie is with her grandparents in England, because those two would be much too powerful together. Sadie and Carter have been separated most of their lives, except for a few occasions. Julius was with Sadie and Carter after a talk with her grandparents. Julius wants to take them to see the Rosetta Stone, but when julius says “If this works everything is going to change”, Carter knew something was different.

Once Julius, Carter and Sadie go into the museum, they go to where the Rosetta Stone is being displayed. Once they get there Julius asks the security guard to get the papers he has asked for on the phone. When the guard goes to get the papers Julius tells Carter and Sadie to lock up the guard in his office, they are confused but they obey. After Carter and Sadie lock up the guard, they go back to their father who is now performing some kind of spell. They see blue lights flashing and they hear yelling and all at once the Rosetta Stone breaks into a million pieces.

After, this fiery outline of a man appeared, and said “You have released all five”, then Julius began sinking into the ground and the museum went up in flames.
The cops came and brought Carter and Sadie back to their grandparents in England. After hours of questioning and worrying the cops finally left, but Sadie was left with the punishment of being deported. Their uncle, Amos, came to take them to a place safe, his mansion. When they get there, Amos keeps saying never go into the library. They never went in, until one day. Carter found his father’s work bag, and his last possessions. Sadie found a scroll to the family, and some pictures of her father. One day Carter and Sadie were at the mansion alone when a serpopard attacked. A serpopard is a leopard with the head of a serpent. The serpopards attacked the house and broke the magic barrier. The house cat, Muffin, was actually a protector of Carter and Sadie, and her name was not Muffin, it was Bast. Bast guided Carter and Sadie out of the house and to a safe spot.
Carter and Sadie followed Bast into a silver Lexus convertible, from there they embarked on their journey to find Amos.

Once they finally found him, Amos brings Sadie and Carter to New York. While they were there Amos disappears while researching Set’s nefarious plans. Set’s slaves come to attack Sadie, Carter and Khufu. Sadie meets Zia, a teenager from the House of Life. She shows Carter and Sadie the Magicians’ Headquarters in Egypt. The people at the Magicians’ headquarters want to jail Sadie and Carter because they are thought to be godlings. Since the magicians decided to outlaw the Gods, Sadie and Carter needed an escape plan. Zia let them escape. Bast brings them on a quest to find information on how to defeat Set, because he is trying to destroy North

America.
While Sadie and Carter were traveling to Phoenix, they bump into Anubis, Nut, Geb and Thoth. They gather the ingredients to defeat Set. When they finally get to Phoenix, Arizona, they meet up with Zia. While Sadie and Carter are both fighting Set, their father died to become Osiris, the God of the Underworld. Sadie realizes that Set is being controlled by Apophis, which is the Primal Force of Chaos. Now they’re trying to destroy Apophis instead of Set. Sadie and Carter luckily got to bind Apophis, and while he was bound he destroyed the device that was going to destroy North America.
The magicians let Sadie and Carter go with a warning because they chose independence from Isis and Horus. Sadie and Carter declined the offer of limitless power from Isis and Horus. They decided to learn the way of magicians. With Bast by their side, Sadie and Carter learn the way of the ancient Gods.