Melanie and April turn a deserted lot into an imaginary Egypt where they spend many hours enacting rituals and consulting oracles, but there are real dangers and problems lurking outside their make-believe world that almost bring their game to a disastrous end.
year: 1967, 2009, 1986, 1976, 1995, 1994, 1975
call number/section: 1000, 920, 6
subjects: games, fiction, supernatural, murder, mystery and detective stories, egypt, civilization, to 332 b.c, fiction, newbery, school stories, antiquities, horror, schools, juvenile fiction, juvenile fiction, egypt - antiquities, fiction, newbery honor, 1968
Editions
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
Dell Yearling (1967)
A group of children, entranced with the study of Egypt, play their own Egypt game, are visited by a secret oracle, become involved in a murder, and befriend the Professor before they move on to new interests, such as Gypsies.
Schools: 12
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
Atheneum Books for Young Readers (2009)
A group of children entranced with Egypt play their own Egypt game, are visited by a secret oracle, become involved in a murder, and befriend the Professor before they move on to new interests, such as Gypsies.
Schools: 12
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
Dell Pub. Co. (1986)
When eleven-year-old April and her friend Melanie invent a game about ancient Egypt, strange things start happening, and the girls worry that their game has gone too far.
Schools: 2
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
Atheneum (1976)
A group of children, entranced with Egypt, play their own Egypt game, are visited by a secret oracle, become involved in a murder, and befriend a Professor before they move on to new interests, such as Gypsies.
Schools: 26
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
Atheneum Books for Young Readers (1995)
Melanie and April turn a deserted lot into an imaginary Egypt where they spend many hours enacting rituals and consulting oracles, but there are real dangers and problems lurking outside their make-believe world that almost bring their game to a disastrous end.
Schools: 2
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
Recorded Books (1994)
Schools: 0
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
Random House/Miller-Brody (1975)
Schools: 0
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
A group of children, entranced with Egypt, play their own Egypt game, are visited by a secret oracle, become involved in a murder, and befriend the Professor before they move on to new interests, such as Gypsies.
Schools: 24
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
Schools: 0
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
A group of children, entranced with the study of Egypt, play their own Egypt game, are visited by a secret oracle, become involved in a murder, and befriend the Professor before they move on to new interests, such as Gypsies.
Schools: 1
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
A group of children, entranced with the study of Egypt, play their own Egypt game, are visited by a secret oracle, become involved in a murder, and befriend the Professor before they move on to new interests, such as Gypsies.
Schools: 1
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
Schools: 0
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
A group of children, entranced with the study of Egypt, play their own Egypt game, are visited by a secret oracle, become involved in a murder, and befriend the Professor before they move on to new interests, such as Gypsies.
Schools: 0
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
A group of children, entranced with the study of Egypt, play their own Egypt game, are visited by a secret oracle, become involved in a murder, and befriend the Professor before they move on to new interests, such as Gypsies.
Schools: 1
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
A group of children, entranced with the study of Egypt, play their own Egypt game, are visited by a secret oracle, become involved in a murder, and befriend the Professor before they move on to new interests, such as Gypsies.
Schools: 1