Mummy

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Summary: A good book
Review: The Mummy is a good book especially if you like suspense and surprises. It's about a girl named Emlyn who gets challenged by her friends to steal a mummy for a prank but then when she tries everything goes wrong.

This book has a lot of good parts first o f all you never know what's going to happen next because it takes a lot of unexpected turns. The second reason is because is it has a lot of suspense which I think is partly because of all the unexpected turns since your always wondering what's going to come up next.

If you like suspense and surprises Then this book should definitely be on your list to read.

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Summary: The best!
Review: The plot of this book was incredibly stupid. Really think about it who do you know that gets straight A's but is always dreaming of doing something bad. Seriously if you are doing that well you wouldn't do anything to jeopardize that status. Also one more thing who steals or tries to steal a mummy that in my mind seemed pretty dumb.

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Summary: Mummy
Review: The plot of this book was incredibly stupid. Really think about it who do you know that gets straight A's but is always dreaming of doing something bad. Seriously if you are doing that well you wouldn't do anything to jeopardize that status. Also one more thing who steals or tries to steal a mummy that in my mind seemed pretty dumb.

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Summary: Mummify Emlyn and Keep Her Entombed!
Review: There is not a single character you can like except for the peripheral adult characters. Emlyn is a thoroughly obnoxious, unpleasant and completely implausible character. She is a stupid girl who has a stupid fantasy -- stealing the mummy. The kids who join her in this museum heist are equally detestable -- they not only threaten Emlyn, but they insist on sharing the booty they feel the mummy will yield. It has a slightly macabre twist -- the concept of grave robbing is always daunting at best, revolting at worst and yet the young marauders get off scot free. I wish Emlyn had been punished to the fullest extent of the law and her band of accomplices along with her. I hated Emlyn and found her to be a very unsympathetic character. I didn't like the book and felt the story was a complete bust. I'd like to see Emlyn entombed, never to be resurfaced.

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Summary: But will her mummy forgive her? :)
Review: There's a big difference between romantic fantasies of being a thief and the reality of actually doing it. Emlyn has always dreamed of committing the perfect crime. Four classmates want to steal the mummy from the local museum and hang it from the school's bell tower as a Senior Prank. They think Emlyn can be a big help.

Emlyn "cases the joint." The theft is possible. In fact, she's already acquired a copy of the museum's master key! Faced with her big chance, Emlyn has second thoughts but despite her conscience, she finds herself standing in the museum with mummy in hand. Then her real problems begin.

"Mummy" is typical of Caroline B. Cooney's writing. She starts off with a normal person or group and each act follow plausably from those preceeding. Yet somehow the characters find themselves in some exciting, dramatic dilemma. There are often a few curves along the way as well. In this novel, getting out of trouble is not as simple as returning a stolen mummy, though not for the reasons you might expect. The author explores the characters' thoughts and feelings while still keeping the plot moving at a satisfying pace. I find myself identifying with the main character so thoroughly while reading, that it takes a few moments for me to be able to return to my own reality when I quit. Days later, I find myself still thinking about the issues raised.

I'm sure I'll never again see a mummy in a museum without thinking of Emlyn and her adventures.

Enjoy!