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Series
Publisher
Preston/Speed Publications
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Imagine living in a nation where killing a sacred cat is a capital offense. Thutmose III's Egypt, in Moses day, was such a region. The priest Ameres and his family live in this land. Life is turned upside down when the son, Chebron, accidentally kills the sacred cat of Bubastes. This incident leads to secrecy, grief, and flight as one harrowing adventure follows another. Their best hope of a safe haven for youthful Chebron and his sister is Rebu,...
4) Desert god
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English
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On the gleaming banks of the Nile, the brilliant Taita--a freed slave and advisor to the Pharaoh--devises a plant to destroy Egypt's most feared enemy, the mighty Hyksos. His quest will take him on an epic journey up the ancient river, through Arabia and the magical city of Babylon and across the open seas--all in the company of the Pharaoh's exquisite sisters. With the future of the kingdom itself on his shoulders, Taita plunges into a world where...
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English
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Taita, the Pharaoh's advisor and hero of Desert God and River God, once again finds himself caught up in a whirlpool of ruthless intrigue that threatens the very foundations of the beloved empire he has pledged his life to protect. Plunged into dangerous and deadly waters more treacherous than the Nile, he must use his intelligence, alchemy, and cunning to protect his Pharaoh and keep safe all he loves. Pharaoh Tamose lies mortally wounded. The ancient...
6) Tut, tut
Author
Series
Time warp trio series volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Sam, Joe, and Fred finish their school project on ancient Egypt without using their magical time travel book, but when Joe's sister Anna plays with it and travels to the land of pyramids, they must follow her back in time to bring her back to 1996.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Sam's class goes on a field trip to an exhibit on Egypt at a museum, Sam encounters a supernatural force that takes him back to the time of the Pharaohs--and leaves him there.
8) For all time
Author
Series
Time travelers (Caroline B. Cooney) volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Annie, a teenager in 1999, tries to travel back in time to join her lost love Strat in Egypt in 1899, but instead she ends up in ancient Egypt and in great danger.
10) The Quest
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Series
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English
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Description
Wilbur Smith has earned international acclaim for his bestselling River God, The Seventh Scroll, and Warlock. Now, the unrivalled master of adventure returns with the eagerly awaited sequel to his thrilling Egyptian series with his most fantastic story yet. The Quest continues the story of the Warlock, Taita, wise in the lore of the gods and a master of magic and the supernatural. Egypt has been struck by a series of terrible plagues, killing its...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Kepi, a young girl in ancient Egypt, embarks on a journey to save her family when she is unexpectedly taken captive, along with the baby baboon she has rescued from a crocodile. An origin tale about fairies.
12) Nefer the silent
Author
Series
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
A devious military officer schemes to infiltrate a hidden city deep in the heart of the Upper Egyptian desert, where bands of artisans prepare the tombs of the Pharaohs and a legendary stone of magical powers is protected by elite soldiers.
13) The ugly goddess
Author
Publisher
Cricket Books
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Princess Meret is unhappy with her future as consort of the Egyptian god Amun, especially after meeting Hector, a handsome Greek soldier, but when she is kidnapped, it is up to Hector and a young servant boy to help rescue her with the aid of the goddess Taweret.
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Language
English
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Description
In this startling historical mystery, unique in the author's canon, Agatha Christie investigates a deadly mystery at the heart of a dissonant family in ancient Egypt. Imhotep, wealthy landowner and priest of Thebes, has outraged his sons and daughters by bringing a beautiful concubine into their fold. And the manipulative Nofret has already set about a plan to usurp her rivals' rightful legacies. When her lifeless body is discovered at the foot of...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized account of the Biblical tale in which a Hebrew infant, rescued by the daughter of the Pharaoh, passes through a turbulent adolescence to eventually become a prophet of his people while his sister finds her true self as a priestess to the Egyptian gods.
Author
Series
Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 9
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Years of Hyksos rule have seen the ruin and suffering of a once-mighty Egypt. Though Pharaoh is now restored to his rightful throne, his power fragile as some seek to take advantage of the ensuing chaos following the overthrowing of the Hyksos. Desperate to unite the two divided kingdoms of Egypt under Pharaoh's rule, great mage Taita sends his protégé, Piay, to discover the answer to a millennia-old riddle which has the power to secure the fate...
17) The new kingdom
Author
Series
Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 7
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A brand-new Egyptian novel from the master of adventure fiction, Wilbur Smith. In the heart of Egypt Under the watchful eye of the Gods A new power is rising In the city of Lahun, Hui lives an enchanted life. The favoured son of a doting father, and ruler-in-waiting of the great city, his fate is set. But behind the beautiful facades a sinister evil is plotting. Craving power and embittered by jealousy, Hui's stepmother, the great sorceress Ipsetnofret,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"A historical murder mystery adventure that stretches from Classical Athens to Egypt in the footsteps of the first historian, Herodotus! Nicolaos, the only private investigator in ancient Athens, discovers that helping an author with his book research can be very dangerous. The would-be author Herodotus has hired Nico and his priestess wife, Diotima, to accompany him to Egypt to research that ancient country's history. Unfortunately, Egypt happens...
20) River God
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Series
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English
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A romance in Egypt in 2000 BC. Tanus, a young warrior, loves Lostris, the daughter of Lord Istris,the grand vizier. But the father is against the match,wanting his daughter to marry Pharaoh Moamose. Thestory is told by Taita, a eunuch in Lostris' employ.