But since this whole thing takes place before the term "helicopter parent" started buzzing around, the kids are still allowed to play outside and to pretend they're in Egypt as if there's not a care in the world.Īnd it's that freedom to roam as they please that leads them straight to danger…and to solving the mystery of the child killer. A child has been kidnapped and murdered in the neighborhood (yikes!), and no one knows who did it. Set in a California college town and published in 1967, The Egypt Game follows the adventures of April, Melanie, Marshall, and Elizabeth-four kids who become utterly fascinated with ancient Egypt and create an imaginary world where they can live out their own rituals and dramas.īut there's something sinister going on in the backdrop of the novel-which you can see coming from a mile away, since it wouldn't be all that exciting if the entire book was about kids playing and getting along in perfect harmony. In Zilpha Keatley Snyder's classic children's novel, The Egypt Game, four children do just that. Remember that 1980s song that taught us all to " Walk Like an Egyptian"? Well, what would happen if you really took that message to heart?
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