The Egypt Game
The first time Melanie Ross meets April Hall, she’s not sure they have anything in common. But she soon discovers that they both love anything to do with ancient Egypt. When they stumble upon a deserted storage yard, Melanie and April decide it’s the perfect spot for the Egypt Game. Before long...
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The first time Melanie Ross meets April Hall, she’s not sure they have anything in common. But she soon discovers that they both love anything to do with ancient Egypt. When they stumble upon a deserted storage yard, Melanie and April decide it’s the perfect spot for the Egypt Game. Before long there are six Egyptians, and they all meet to wear costumes, hold ceremonies, and work on their secret code. Everyone thinks it’s just a game until strange things start happening. Has the Egypt Game gone too far?
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781439132029 (143913202X)
Publish date: October 23rd 2012
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Academic,
School,
Cultural,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Middle Grade,
Mystery,
Egypt
Series: Game (#1)
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...
Great characters, solid writing. Why on Earth does the back cover reveal 75% of the plot? A little sad it took me so long to get to this, as my niece may have aged out of it, but maybe I can convince her to read it to her little sister.
If it hadn't been for Wanda's Summer Carnival of Children's Literature, I would not have heard of The Egypt Game. The story of a group of kids who start out as strangers but grow close through their interest in Ancient Egypt was as charming as it was edgy. I seriously had not expected the dark tur...
We read this book in school, but I also loved all of Zilpha Keatley-Snyder's work, esp the Great Stanley Kidnapping Case. A few years ago I heard her speak at my public library, and she was just wonderful, very warm and funny.
I really enjoyed this book when I was little. I remember little about it now, but I hope to own a copy to pass on to my daughter in a few years.
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