The Time Quintet: Book Four: Many Waters

            Many Waters, by Madeleine L' Engle, is an amazing book in a series that doesn't quite follow a traditional timeline.  Instead it bounces around and adds stories in between books that were already written, and also bounces around in time itself.  Twins Sandy and Dennys are the main characters of the book.  In the previous book they were in collage, but this book takes place when they were in high school.  They were the normal ones of the family when they meddled with something they shouldn't have.  All they wanted was some hot cocoa, and they got sent flying through either time or space, or both.  They don't know when or where they are, or how to get home, but they do know that wherever they are, it's not the winter home that they left.  I really like this series even though I haven't finished it yet. 

            If you haven't read any of the Time Quintet books, you don't have to start on book one.  They can be read individually because they don't build on each other.  They are called A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time. They are incredible books that everyone should read if they're having a bad day.

The Kane Chronicles: Book 1: The Red Pyramid

                  The Red Pyramid is a recording by two children that the author of Percy Jackson, by Rick Riordan,  found somewhere and wrote a book about.  In the book, the Kane children, Sadie and Carter, discover something that will change their world: they are magicians.  A magician is a magical human-like being from Egyptian mythology that can cast magic.  Each one has its own area of expertise like fire, water, combat, and even cheese.  At least I think that's the last one.  It is a very funny book with surprises along the road at every turn.

                  This book takes place in the same universe as Percy Jackson, but with different gods.  It hints several times toward the Percy Jackson series.  But if you thought that Rick Riordan was sticking with Greek, you were wrong.  I think that the level of comedy rivals his other books.  There is at least one other book in the series.  The second book is called The Throne of Fire.