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Summary: CAN A KIDS' GAME GO TOO FAR?
Review: Six kids (four of whom are in 6th grade) form a private club, calling themselves The Egyptians. They meet in the deserted backyard that adjoins a spooky old junk shop, whose sour, aged proprietor inspires fear in the local kids and suspicion in the adults. Blond April puts on Hollywood airs and calls her grandmother by her first name. She considers this a temporary visit, just until her star-struck mother gets her career launched and will send for her. Kooky and proud of being an iconoclast both in appearance as well as ideas, April is very clever at dreaming up imagination games, which she usually plays by herself. Also in the same apartment building live Melanie and her four-year-old brother, Marshall--never seen without Security, his stuffed-toy octopus. This kind black girl befriends loner April, sharing her paper doll cut out families. While the grown ups are working, the girls use their imaginations to create their own private world. Now little bro doe! sn't do or say much, but he goes along with most of their schemes--so long as Security is around his neck. The Boy Pharaoh is the only one aware that they are all being "watched." The other 3 kids join the group later: Oriental Elizabeth who also moves into the building, and then two popular boys who at first make fun of their exotic club. The kids throw themselves into the land of Egypt with gusto; library resarch results in a fancy set, exotic costumes, stylized rituals recorded on hidden scrolls, even their own hieroglyphics alphabet for sending notes at school. It is so great to have their own place to escape adults and other kids, where they can pretend to honor and worship ancient gods. But when written answers appear on the backs of their questions to the Oracle of Set (the evil god), then the kids experience fear. Halloween is the major holiday, although the book covers some 6 months. This is a fun read, though parts had me wondering if the autho! r wanted to warn people not to dabble in the Black Arts. W! hen you invoke evil entities for aid or advice, you might not like the response--especialy if you did not seriously expect one! Strange and terrible things are happening in the neighborhood as a child is found murdered. Is the Egypt Game somehow responsible for this a wave of terror, or is it just adult paranoia and kids overactive imagination? Does the lurking Professor do more than just spy on the Egyptians? Will April ever accept the fact that her mother has abandoned her? A study in Adult sense of Community and Kids' mental processses, this book is truly fascinating, with a last-line segue into a future book, called THE GYPSY GAME.
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Summary: Best book I've ever read.
Review: It's the best book I've read. It made feel as if I was in the game. I now know why it got a Newbery Honor Award. I liked it sooo much I bought the sequel. I was astonished that the main character was going to die. I'm so glad I read it. I'm going to try to read it every year.
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Summary: good book
Review: I had to read this book for a school assignment over the summer to get us started on ancient Egypt. It was a little confusing at first, but great once you got into it. I may have enjoyed it a little more if I was reading it for pleasure because I had to focus more on learning about Egypt. Good book.
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Summary: This is the greatest fiction book ever published!
Review: I've read this book for school and I think it is a very enthusiastic, exciting, and thrilling book! Each page has its own problems and sulutions. If you haven't read this before, I URGE you to get it now! -Mud Man
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Summary: Enthralling!
Review: Well, I must disagree on the shallow part. I read this book back when I was in Jr. High as an Accelerated Reader project. This book caught my eye and so I read it. This book had me up late at night reading with anticpation of the next events! It was absolutely enthralling! I was unable to put it down until it was over. It brought out ideas in me....made me remember MY childhood when I lied imagining things like that....It was a wonderful book and I recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: COOL, HIP, AND SUSPENSEFUL!
Review: This book keeps you on the edge of your seat when you read it. Full of action, and especially one part when the kids are being stalked. I read this book over and over and over and over again an I hope you think this book is cool too.
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Summary: A real page turner
Review: Entertaining, fulfilling, and enchanting. Snyder's magnificent details and turns in the story,like when April almost got killed, make this book so exciting. I picked this book up just like any other book but finished it in a new way. I put it down with a new imagination and soul feeling. If you haven't read this your missing out on a wonderful time.
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Summary: WOW! DUDE! TOTALLY AWESOME!
Review: This book was awesome and it got us so interested we want to read it's sequel, The Gypsy Game. What we liked the best was the ceremonies and how they acted them out. Ms. Snyder you are truly an awesome writer. Kids of all ages will enjoy this exhilirating book because of it's great detail and catching storyline. This is definitely not a "shallow book" like one review said because of how deeply the characters cared for Egypt and how much they got into the game. WE LOVED THE EGYPT GAME!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: LOVED IT !
Review: THIS WAS MY FAVORITE BOOK AS A CHILD AND NOW THAT MY 8YR OLD SON IS STARTING TO READ CHAPTER BOOKS I CAN'T WAIT FOR HIM TO READ IT. IN FACT I AM GOING TO READ IT AGAIN MYSELF.
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Summary: I want to play the Egypt Game
Review: I had to respond to the person who reported this book as "shallow," just as I would defend a friend. I recommend this book to anyone who has ever felt alone, trapped in a world of petty people with no imagination; if you have ever sat alone in a school playground, bored with games with rules that could not be altered and yearning for someone to talk with about a million fantasies, then you will find a friend in this book. And even if you are not this sort of person, this book will draw you in with its mysterious allure of ancient Egypt and the pure fun of a wonderful game
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