- Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Games, Murder
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.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Zilpha Keatley Snyder
- First published
- 1967
- Pages
- 215
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Perfection Learning Prebound, Laurel Leaf
- Editions
- 28
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780788700774
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