Suspense
(pb 2003 Puffin)(ebook 2015)
2001 Dutton
ISBN 0-525-46790-4
SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL: …nightmarish scenes…a suspenseful reading experience…
THE HORN BOOK:…Taut and suspenseful…the present-tense narration gives it a you-are-there immediacy…
- Junior Library Guild
- Bank Street Best Books Master List
- Oregon Battle of the Books list for 2013
- starred review SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
- SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL Best Books
- nominated Florida Sunshine State Young Reader Award
- nominated South Dakota Prairie Pasque Award
- nominated Kansas William Allen White Award
- nominated Pennsylvania Young Readers Award
- nominated Iowa Children’s Choice Award
- Miami Herald Best Children’s Book list
- audiocassette Recorded Books (ISBN 1-4025-0939-1)
- in German (2005 Carlsen NUR 3 TAGE ISBN 3-551-58125-8)
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- Junior Library Guild
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY: …mystical coming-of-age tale….
KIRKUS:…full of detail of setting and culture that should enthrall young fans of historical fiction.
VOYA:... a great companion for ancient Egyptian studies and a great read for historical fiction fans, ancient Egyptian mythology buffs, and those searching for strong female protagonists.
BCCB:…a veritable field trip through ancient Egypt
SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL: Readers’ hearts will be in their mouths as Kepi survives a sandstorm, reaches the capital, is forced into servitude, and confronts the Pharoah himself.
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2011 Harper Collins
ISBN 9780061667930
ebook with Scholastic Book Clubs 2013
1998 Scholastic Kindle 2012
ISBN 0-590-13447-7
- cassette National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
- in Dutch (1999 Averbode OP HET SPOOR VAN DE KAKETOE ISBN 90-317-1426-7)
BOOKLIST:...high-spirited contemporary adventure..
BULLETIN OF THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN’S BOOKS:...the sibling dialogue is authentic and the characterization… credible…
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