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Author
Series
Roman mysteries volume 15
Publisher
Orion Children's Books
Language
English
Description
A desperate quest begins in the Romano-Egyptian port of Alexandria.
Author
Series
Pandava volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Aru stretches the truth to fit in at her private school, but when she is dared to prove an ancient lamp is cursed, she inadvertently frees an ancient demon.
7) Roman diary: the journal of Iliona of Mytilini, who was captured and sold as a slave in Rome, AD107
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Author
Series
Sherlock files volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Xena and Xander Holmes, an American brother and sister who are living in England, use clues from their ancestor Sherlock Holmes' casebook when they are asked by a classmate to find an ancient Egyptian artifact that has been missing for many years.
Author
Series
Roman mysteries volume 13
Publisher
Orion Children's Books
Language
English
Description
Recreates the siege of Mesada, and reveals important developments in Jonathan's struggle with his guilt over past events. Also, there's terrific insight into the workings of the Roman legal system in a page-turning court room drama.
Author
Series
TombQuest volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-olds Alex and Renata are on the run from the Order, which is on the brink of creating an army of indestructible stone warriors to carry out their evil schemes, and only the Lost Spells which his mother used to bring Alex back to life can stop them--and undoing the powerful magic that created the chaos that is now loose in Egypt might very well kill him.
Author
Series
TombQuest volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Alex and Ren must confront the Death Walkers, The Order, and an army of the dead in an attempt to save themselves, Alex's mother, and the world--and hope that Ammit, the Devourer of Egyptian legend, will be able to separate the guilty from the innocent.
12) Disruptor
Author
Series
Seeker trilogy (Arwen Dayton) volume 3
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"War is on the horizon, and Quin and Shinobu have been separated. They must find each other, and possibly ally themselves with John and Maud, to stop the sinister plans to eliminate Seeker families begun generations ago."-- Provided by publisher.
13) Vial of tears
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Language
English
Description
When Samira receives a strange vase with some ancient coins, she and her sister Rima are pulled into Baalbek, a Phoenician underworld where they are caught up in the a struggle between deities, shapeshifters, and ghouls--and Eshmun, who wants his obol, his burial coin, back.
14) Traveler
Author
Series
Seeker trilogy (Arwen Dayton) volume 2
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"After finding out that she unknowingly pledged her life to becoming an assassin, Quin must fight to survive in the world as a Seeker, amidst long hidden Seeker families, shadowy alliances, and a sinister plan begun generations ago that could destroy everything she's ever known."-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Thea Stilton volume 28
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
While the Thea sisters are at the excavation site of a dig at Hierapolis, Professor Brenninger unearths a series of priceless and very old figurines, but the Thea Sisters think the discovery may be a scam and investigate.
17) Rise of the wolf
Author
Series
Mark of the thief trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Now a driver in the chariot races, Nic is still a target of the Praetors because of the magical amulet he found, and they will do anything to get their hands on it--and meanwhile Atroxia is beginning to wake up.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An account of Dr. George Reisner's 1925 discovery and excavation of a secret tomb in Giza, Egypt, based on archival documents and records, but told through the fictionalized experiences of a young boy who accompanies his father on the dig.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When Geromino Stilton and his friends time travel to three different centuries seeking artifacts missing from the mouseum, they meet Alexander the Great, Queen Cleopatra, Francis Drake, and Mozart.
Author
Series
Secret explorers volume 3
Publisher
DK Publishing
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"Gustavo (history expert) and Kiki (engineering expert) are set the mission of stopping the Cairo Museum from closing down. They travel back in time to Ancient Egypt and are soon drawn into a tense, thrilling adventure that involves breaking into pyramids, learning ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, and stopping thieves hoping to rob all the treasure from the Pharaoh's tomb"-- Provided by publisher.
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