The Egypt Game: reviewed by Peter Burroughs

The Egypt Game-Realistic Fiction

by Zilpha Snyder

reviewed by Peter Burroughs 6-C

Rating:4/5

The Egypt Game is about two girls, April Hall and Melanie Ross, who find they both have a strong interest in ancient Egypt. The girls soon discover a deserted storage yard behind an antique shop, and decide to begin the Egypt Game. Eventually, four more kids join the girls, making a group of six. Everyone believes it's just a game, until mysterious things begin happening. Is it just a prankster, or are there Egyptian gods at work?

The Egypt Game is about the mysterious happenings during a simple game, but is also about the feelings between a child and parent, a boy with his suspicions, and a man in seclusion.

The Egypt Game is sure to leave you wondering and itching to read more at every chapter with its suspensful cliffhangers and intriguing titles, not to mention the climatic ending where mysteries are solved and secrets are revealed. Personally, I enjoy fantasy books the most, but once I started reading the Egypt Game, it was almost impossible to stop at the end of each chapter. If I had to pick any non-fantasy book as my favorite, it would be the Egypt Game.

The author of the Egypt Game, Zilpha Keatley Snyder, lives in Marin County, California, and writes and has written many popular books for young readers.