The+Egypt+Game

ESOLAcLit9, Julia Song
 * THE EGYPT GAME **** - **** Zilpha Keatley, Snyder ** [[image:http://www.ebooknetworking.com/books/044/042/big0440422256.jpg width="284" height="393" link="http://www.ebooknetworking.com/books/044/042/big0440422256.jpg"]]

The book I read is called **//“The Egypt Game”//** by **//Zilpha Keatley Snyder.//** She wrote about all kind of series about ‘The Game’s such as //**‘The Egypt Game’**//, //**‘The Gypsy Game’**//. She had already received three-times of **//Newbery Honor//**, and that includes this book. I overall enjoyed her writing methods and her stories based on childhood memories. Not only the fact that she is in my grandmother’s age, besides, has she also existed as a storyteller like my grandmother is to me.

The story goes like this. April Hall, one of the main characters in this book, first met this girl named Melanie Ross, who is at about her age, and a boy named Marshall, who loves his octopus doll; Security. Soon, April and Melanie Ross, when playing paper dolls in the library, figure out their same interests which is Ancient Egypt. They plan about the Egypt game and let Marshall, and Elizabeth, who helped in other ways because she was too young to know about the ancient history, to join in. Also, two classmates, Ken and Toby, joined the Egypt Game held in the deserted yard.

While those kids are playing in the land of Egypt, as they call, they have a little rule going on. “Melanie and I thought up this ceremony. We get to be the high priestesses of the dead.” “You mean Aida-you and Aida,” Toby Corrected.

The members of the Egypt Game have decided to call each other’s name as their Egyptian names; such as April being called Bastet, Elizabeth being called Queen Neferbeth, Melanie being called Aida, and so on.

The author used various names from the ancient Egypt, such as those of gods, queens and others. The idea of using the Egyptian names is pretty interesting and made the game more like Ancient Egypt. This is one of the reasons why I think this book is interesting and keeps me to continue reading with expectations of more use of speech. Also the children’s voices were as those of ancient people, such as “Queen Neferbeth ought to choose the high priest,” and “Weep for Prince Pete-ho-tep-fallen in battle,” when Elizabeth’s pet died and having her funeral. I enjoyed reading those kind of sentences and even making one as my own.

Later on, the Story has given clues about the whole game, written in large neat handwriting on slips of paper. The story goes on a huge reverse in the story.

This book, //**“The Egypt Game”**// is overall a fun and impressive book to read with our storyteller being Zilpha Keatley Snyder. I, as I said, especially like the author's figure of speech and how he writes related to Ancient Egypt. I recommend this book to those who are in my age of learning, who enjoys adventure or fast stories, and those who enjoy reading stories about solving via given clues, and guessing the right person of a commitment.