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Summary: Ancient Egypt
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My book is about a twelve year old girl named Almah who strives to save her young brother who is only barley three months old, named Yekutiel from getting killed by the Pharaohs soldiers. Almah throughout the book keeps her head up and thinks only of the best. Although she sometimes thinks of the worst.This book had many high and exciting parts in it. I liked how one bad thing would happen but it led to something grateful. I like how the author made each character different form each other but at the same time a little a like. I like how he put a lot of excitement in the book. Like when the soldiers were killing the baby boys I got a rush and was wondering what was going to the babies. I wondered if they were going to actually kill Almah's little brother. I love how it showed the different religions people had back in ancient Egypt and in what kinds of gods they believed in and how the worked Overall this book was great. I would really strongly recommend this book to people that liked to be kept on there toes, and who like to read historical fiction books. Its easy to read but it has some difficult names.
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Summary: Pharaoh's Daughter: A Review
Review: A stunning portrayal of true human nature, Pharaoah's Daughter brings the immortal story of Moses to a mortal level. The emotions of the young boy who was found by Meryetamun, daughter of the Pharaoh, overflow with pain, confusion, and beauty as he matures into the leader of his people that he will soon become.
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Summary: Would have been a good classroom book
Review: As I was searching some Listmania lists for young adult fiction (looking a novel to assign my class), I happened to come across this one. The premise sounded great: telling a familiar Bible story through the eyes of a minor character. However, I was disappointed in some aspects of the book after actually reading it. Julius Lester does some very good things in this novel: he stays true to the Bible AND somes as close as he can to presenting the actual historical period. When reading the author's notes at the end of the book, he explains some of the things he included (or avoided including) to make the book as historically accurate as possible. I also very much like the "God is orchestrating things; He has a plan" theme that runs through the book. It believe it would lead to some very good theological discussions. The rivalry (and reasons behind it) are revealed so that the Biblical story of Moses is put in an easily imaginable historical context. Finally, Lester's characters are highly developed and quite interesting. Although this book is excellent for may reasons, I have decided against assigning to my students (5th) in the Lutheran school I teach in. One reason is that one of the main characters (a twelve-year-old) talks about her breasts too much for the boys I teach to feel comfortalbe with. Futhermore, being a male teacher, I don't think either the girls or I would feel comfortable reading such passages aloud in class. I know that as girls become women, the size of their breasts are important to them, but it seems as if the majority of the young adult novels I read need to have the main character harp on her breast size and her menstrul cycle. I'm sure Judy Blume is happy to see that so many current young adult novel authors have been influenced by her, but in following in Judy Blume's footsteps, authors tend to create a lot of books that teacher and his class can't read. I digress, however. Lester puts the breast-talk in a historical context; Almah discusses her breasts in such a way as to illustrate her maturity, her love for the sun, and her beauty. She is also naked (sometimes dancing naked) at some points in the book. If there were some passing references to her sexuality (or replace sexuality with beauty), the book would have been fine, but as it is, I would not assign it to my junior high students.
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Summary: A new perspective
Review: Considering the fact that I'm a little old to be reading this book (it's 12 and up) this was pretty darn good. It was not exactly the story I was expecting, but I was glad to get a different viewpoint. The writing style is also a bit different and at first failed to suck me in as much as I would want. I stuck with it though, and once again I was glad. The author seemed to have only the loosest grasp of time, which was off-putting until I read the historical note which said that it was supposed to be like that.
This is less a book about the Biblical characters (this is the story of Moses, by the way) and more of a very fascinating look at life in Khemet (that would be ancient Egypt). The characters were...strange...but strangely real. I could see them as real people instead of just ink spots, which is all you can really ask of them.
This book is probably not for everyone. However it is an astoundingly easy read (if you can ignore that whole sense of being lost in time, by which I mean there is nothing less than a full day, not that you've gone back in time although you might be feeling that too if you REALLY get into it.)
Maybe the best thing I can say about it is that I'm not sorry I got the hardcover.
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Summary: In the best of the Jewish tradition of Midrash?
Review: Excellent book with engrossing characters, but I would not choose to describe it as part of the Jewish tradition. The oppression of the Hebrews by the Egyptians is depicted as quite a benign form of oppression. More significantly the author's point of view is sympathetic to the Egyptian religious culture, which is certainly at odds with Jewish tradition. However, I do highly recommend this book as a work of historical fiction, especially valuable to readers with an interest in ancient cultures.
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Summary: A action Packed story From the Past
Review: I am a avid reader who enjoys a well rounded story. This book filled my every expectation of being a well written piece of literature. The setting of the story is in ancient Egypt and mainly takes place in a Haribu village and the Pharoah's palace. One of the main characters who's name is Almah, Mosis's sister, is told by her parents to hide her baby brother from the Egyptian soldiers if they come for him. The Egyptian soldiers are sent to kill all baby boys in Egypt so Mosis's life is in danger. When Almah goes to hide Mosis the Princess finds him and says he is a gift from a god and claims him to be her son. The Princess takes Almah, Almah's mother, and Mosis with her to the palace wher they grow up in royalty. Mosis is having a problem when he gets older because he can't decide whether to become Haribu and follow one God, or remain Egyptian and worship many god's. Mosis eventually leaves and that is the ending I believe that overall this book is very good. It teaches you about Mosis's life and is a good story also. I highly recommend this book to kids 11 to 43 and I believe most anybody would enjoy it. I give it a high 4 stars!
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Summary: Posative thoughts
Review: I found this book to very interesting. I thought it gave an accurate picture of Ancient Egypt and the characters seemed very real. A few of the characters even reminded me of people I know. The book also had a great plot that kept me dying to know what was going to happen next. I just had to keep reading to find out.
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Summary: Posative thoughts
Review: I found this book to very interesting. I thought it gave an accurate picture of Ancient Egypt and the characters seemed very real. A few of the characters even reminded me of people I know. The book also had a great plot that kept me dying to know what was going to happen next. I just had to keep reading to find out.
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Summary: So-So
Review: I got this book out of the school library. I enjoyed Part 1 very much. But Part 2 i just didnt like. Part 1 tells about a moses's sisters life. It tells about wut she feels and how she lives. Part 2 was moses's life. I just didnt enjoy it that much
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Summary: The Pharaoh's Daughter ( a Story that was never revealed bef
Review: I got to read the book by reading its cover and I thought it was interesting so I bought the book and after I read it, I was amazed about the other part of Moses's family that no one else shared to the world.
The Pharaoh's Daughter was about Moses's sister, Almah, and she had always wished to be royal, without worrying about chores and babysitting her little brothers and sister. Then, the Egyptian soldiers planned on taking away all of the Hebrew baby boys and planned on feeding it to the alligators. Almah's family's only baby son, Yekutiel, wasn't planned on getting fed by alligators, so when the Egyptian soldiers started to evade the houses, Almah's family ran to hide Yekutiel in the safe bushes. Almah ran to look for a good hiding place and that was when her life changed. She had ran into an Egyptian princess and had dragged her into her Hebrew home and the princess's gratitude changed her Hebrew life. Princess Meryetamun decided to keep Yekutiel and named it after a god,Thutmosis, to protect Moses from the evil Queen Asetnefret. That was when, ALmah was addicted to royal and palace life. She met the king and was welcomed as a second daughter in the palace. Then, Almah actually became the daughter of King Ramesses and Princess Meryetamun became the daughter of Abba and Ima, Almah's parents.
I liked the book because it had another part of Moses's story that no one knew about and when I read it, I was so involved in the story that I read it more than 3 times! It was a brave and challenging story and that was what made me so inspired to read it more, I couldn't stop because I was too addicted pause at least one second!
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