| ISBN |
9780571328499 (paperback) |
| Name |
Carroll, Emma, 1970- author. |
| Title |
Secrets of a sun king / Emma Carroll. |
| Published |
London : Faber & Faber, 2018. |
| ©2018. |
| Description |
282 pages ; 20 cm |
| Notes |
Includes a Q & A with the author. |
| Summary |
It's November, 1922. In a valley in Egypt the tomb of a long dead pharaoh is about to be discovered. The world watches and waits for news with bated breath. Thirteen-year-old Lilian Kaye, who lives in a flat above a shop in London, is eagerly following the story. One morning the news takes a sinister turn: a man - a famous Egyptologist - disappears. All that remains of him are his feet. Then Lil's grandfather is taken suddenly ill and when a mysterious package turns up for him from the Egyptologist, Lil starts to believe there is truth to the rumours of a pharaoh's curse. |
| Target audience note |
For upper primary school age. |
| Reading Program Note |
Premier's Reading Challenge 5-6. |
| Subjects |
Girls -- Juvenile fiction |
| Egyptologists -- Juvenile fiction |
| Blessing and cursing -- Juvenile fiction |
| Quests (Expeditions) -- Juvenile fiction |
| Pharaohs -- Juvenile fiction |
| Premier's Reading Challenge 5-6 |
| Egypt -- History -- 1919-1952 -- Juvenile fiction |
| London (England) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction |
| Genre |
Historical fiction |
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