The Serpent's Shadow Teaser

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

*Grab your current read.

*Let the book fall open to a random page.

*Share with us “teaser” sentences from that page.

*You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!

The Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan

(@camphalfblood)\

May 1st 2012 by Hyperion Books for Children

"In the voice of Apophis, they spoke in unison: 'No one leaves this place alive. Good-bye, Sadie Kane.'

 Would you be surprised to learn that things went badly from there?

  I didn't think so.

  Our first casualties were Felix's penguins. The criosphinxes blew fire at the unfortuante birds, and they melted into puddles of water.

  'No!' Felix cried.

  The room rumbled, much stronger this time." (pg. 16-17)

Rick Riordan Live Webcast

Who is ready for The Serpent's Shadow, the third book in the "The Kane Chronicles" series by Rick Riordan (@camphalfblood)? I know I am! Disney/Hyperion and School Library Journal are putting on a live 1 hour webcast from the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum & Planetarium in San Jose, California where you visit with the author!  On Tuesday, May 1st, at 1pm/10am E/P, Riordan will take those viewing on a the tour the museum, which has the largest collection of Egyptian artifacts on exhibit in western North America. He will be reading passages from the new book & will take questions from viewers, according to SLJ. YAY! 

Registration for this is free, and you must register to participate.  For those who can't participate live, be sure to sign-up to receive an email from School Library Journal to tell you when the webcast has been archived so you can watch it later. For more information, check out the School Library Journal article.

The Serpent's Shadow is the final book in "The Kane Chronicles" series which is about a brother and sister, Carter and Sadie Kane, who find out they are the descendants of two pharaohs. Each book in the series The Red Pyramid and The Throne of Fire follows their adventures and, just like "Percy Jackson" series" and Greek mythology, merges Egyptian mythology with the modern world.  If you haven't read this series yet, I highly recommed it.  I love all of Rick Riordan's books, and I can't wait to read The Serpent's Shadow and find out what's going on with Carter and Sadie!  Be sure to register today for this event and sign-up for the email if you can't make it live!