A Summary of the Kane Chronicles

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Carter Kane has been traveling around the world since he was eight years old. He was homeschooled by his father, Julius Kane, who was Egyptologist. Julius Kane was hiding a huge secret, he was an Egyptian magician. On Christmas Eve, Carter and Julius head to London to visit Carter's sister, Sadie, who lives as a British student. Both siblings (who look nothing alike) were separated at a very young age, Sadie to live with her grandparents, and Carter with his father. Julius picked up Sadie, and discovered that one out of the two days of the year they get the spend together was going to be occupied by a trip to British Museum. Before heading there, both children spy on their dad talking to a strange man named Amos. They had no idea what the adults were talking about, but when the reckless Sadie popped out to say hi to her dad, Amos disappears. While at the museum, Sadie and Carter noticed that their dad was extremely interested in one specific artifact, the Rosetta Stone. Julius Kane ended up blowing the artifact up by trying to summon Osiris. He also accidentally released the other ch...

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