A thrilling preteen adventure set in ancient Egypt, yet fully accessible and exciting for the modern young reader.
The Lost Scroll of the Physician
by Alisha Sevigny
(Secrets of the Sands, Book 1)
Dundurn Press
When we first meet Sesha she is scavenging on the streets for food, trying to keep her younger brother Ky safe after the murder of their parents, possibly on orders from the pharaoh he served as Royal Physician. Ky has an illness only treatable by court physicians answering to the pharaoh; when he has a seizure she must decide whether to take him back to the palace despite the risks there.
Soon Sesha is entangled in Palace friendships and intrigues. Under orders from Pharoah she's tasked to find a scroll her father was working on. Can she discover it to keep the ruler's goodwill for Ky? Can she earn her place back at court?
Amid revelries for the annual Inundation, when the Nile floods and restores fertility to the cultivated areas of Egypt, Sesha and a handful of allies face dangers both seen and unseen. learning lessons in life, relationships, and power politics while they struggle to survive.
Highly recommended as both a tension filled junior crime story and an educational look at life in ancient Egypt.
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