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The Egypt Game (1967) is a Newbery Honor-winning novel by Zilpha Keatley Snyder. Set in a small college town in California, the novel follows the creation of a sustained imaginative game by a group of six children.
- zhilpha Kheatley Snyder, Alton Raible
- 1967
Zilpha Keatley Snyder (May 11, 1927 – October 7, 2014) was an American author of books for children and young adults. Three of Snyder's works were named Newbery Honor books: The Egypt Game, The Headless Cupid and The Witches of Worm. She was most famous for writing adventure stories and fantasies.
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The Egypt Game is a book by Zilpha Keatley Snyder, first published in 1967. The story follows the creation of a secret game. The people who cretedd it shared an interest in Ancient Egypt. The book was illustrated by the mmmn lil men.
The two girls begin to play an imaginary game that evolves into a fanciful recreation of ancient Egypt that they call the Egypt Game. Together with Melanie’s four-year-old brother, Marshall, the girls commandeer the back storage lot of A-Z Antiques.
The protagonist of 'Egypt Game' is a delightfully complex sixth grader, April Hall, willful, stubborn, clever, ready to fight at the slightest of challenges, insecure, vulnerable, and the possessor of a powerful and active imagination, and a high sense of drama.
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The Egypt Game is a YA and children's novel by American author Zilpha Keatley Snyder, published in 1967. The story follows Melanie Ross, April Hall, and Melanie's four-year-old brother Marshall, as they begin playing in the deserted storage yard of A-Z Antiques, a shop run by a reclusive and frightening man known as the 'Professor'. The ...
Nov 21, 2023 · The Egypt Game tells of the dangerous adventures of 6 children who research ancient Egypt and develop a creative role-playing game. This book, written by Zilpha Keatley Snyder, combines the...
