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This is another Newberry Honor book that my son and I are reading together. I enjoyed it and thought it was a fun story. It starts out with two girls and their little 4 year old brother that love "Egyptology" so they create their own imaginative game to play in secret. As they bring new kids with ne...
I enjoyed this book - but, I am starting to think that no matter how good an older YA book is, if you didn't read it as a child, you can't or won't appreciate it as much as an adult. Just a theory, but one that might apply to this particular book in my case.
WHY THIS IS ON MY TO READS LIST: I love Snyder, but my excuse for reading this at my age is that I'm pre-reading it for my son, to make sure it's not to scary. Yeah. I'm sure you believe that. Beginning of a 4-book series.
Undercooked.Once the story is well under way Snyder develops some interesting parallels between Pamela's fantasy and reality, but it feels rushed.
This a great book! Loved the characters and loved the story. It reminded me a bit of [b:The Secret Garden|2998|The Secret Garden|Frances Hodgson Burnett|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327873635s/2998.jpg|3186437], which was one of my faves growing up. If I would have known about this book then, it wo...
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