Bibliograph

The Egypt game, Zilpha Keatley Snyder ; drawings by Alton Raible

Type

Label

The Egypt game, Zilpha Keatley Snyder ; drawings by Alton Raible

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Interest age level : Ages 8-12

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The Egypt game

Oclc number

7427997

Responsibility statement

Zilpha Keatley Snyder ; drawings by Alton Raible

Summary

Overview: The first time Melanie Ross meets April Hall, she's not sure they'll 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 behind the A-Z Antiques and Curio Shop, Melanie and April decide it's the perfect spot for Egypt Game. Before long there are six Egyptians instead of two. After school and on weekends they all meet to wear costumes, hold ceremonies, and work on their secret code. Everyone thinks it's just a game, until strange things begin happening to the players. Has the Egypt Game gone too far?

Table Of Contents

Discovery of Egypt -- Enter April -- Enter Melanie-and Marshall -- Egypt girls -- Evil God and the secret spy -- Eyelashes and ceremony -- Neferbeth -- Prisoners of fear -- Summoned by the mighty ones -- Return to Egypt -- Egypt invaded -- Elizabethan diplomacy -- Moods and maybes -- Hieroglyphics -- Ceremony for the dead -- Oracle of Thoth -- Oracle speaks -- Where is security? -- Confession and confusion -- Fear strikes -- Hero -- Gains and losses -- Christmas keys

Target audience

juvenile

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