Karate Kid: (Remake) Starring Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith

Karate Kid is a wonderful movie that really shows how cultural differences affects kids like us. Even though it's a remake of an already fantastic movie, (that personally, I've never seen before) it teaches us three very important lessons; don't judge a book by it's cover, always keep your promise, and to never give up. I'm not sure exactly who created the movie so I'm just going to say "The producer". "The producer" does a good job of not only making it virtually correct, but also quite hilarious. Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan do their part too. And just like at the end of almost every movie, there's a happy ending for all.

The Kane Chronicles: Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan

The Red Pyramid is a great book about 2 siblings, Carter (14) and Sadie (12 ) Kane. It's set mostly in the U.S. but also in other places. They were separated at a young age. Carter lives with his father and wakes up not knowing where he is, or what day it is. Sadie, on the other hand, has some mates to hang out with and lives with their grandparents. Their mother is deceased. And then their father basically goes ballistic trying to find a way to bring her back to life, and one of his many attempts was banished to the Duat, the Egyptian underworld, and upon trying to save him, Carter and Sadie encounter many difficulties.

Rick Riordan does a great job of making the book historically and mythically correct. And in part of making this such a spectacular book, he makes it very similar to his other series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, by putting in the gods, the children of the gods, and so forth. He also is very good at adding a sense of humor and drama in the story which is always twice the laugh when there's a sibling rivalry