The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun's Tomb

by Candace Fleming (Author)

The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun's Tomb
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Award-winning and critically acclaimed author Candace Fleming presents the edge-of-your-seat true story of the search for Tutankhamun's tomb, the Western public's belief that the dig was cursed, and the battle for ownership of the treasures within.During the reign of the New Kingdom of Egypt, the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun ruled and died tragically young. In order to send him on his way into the afterlife, his tomb was filled with every treasure he would need after death. And then, it was lost to time, buried in the sands of the Valley of the Kings.His tomb was also said to be cursed.Centuries later, as Egypt-mania gripped Europe, two Brits -- a rich earl with a habit for gambling and a disreputable, determined archeologist -- worked for years to rediscover and open Tutankhamun's tomb. But once it was uncovered, would ancient powers take their revenge for disturbing and even looting the pharaoh's resting place? What else could explain the mysterious illnesses, accidents, and deaths that began once it was found?
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Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature

Winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction

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* A remarkable human story, told with clarity and confidence. — Kirkus Reviews, starred review

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* For readers who regard history as dull, Fleming's extraordinary book is proof positive that, on the contrary, it is endlessly fascinating, absorbing as any novel, and the stuff of an altogether memorable reading experience. — Booklist, starred review

* Fleming has outdone herself with this riveting work of narrative nonfiction that appeals to the imagination as much as the intellect. — The Horn Book, starred review

* This is both a sobering work, and the account of the discovery of their bones and the aftermath is at once fascinating and distressing. A solid resource and good recreational reading for high school students. — School Library Journal, starred review

* With comprehensive source notes and bibliographies of print and online materials, this will be a boon to student researchers, but it's also a heartbreaking page-turner for YAs who prefer their nonfiction to read like a novel. — The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review

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Candace Fleming
Candace Fleming is the author of more than twenty distinguished books for children including The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction, the NCTE Orbus Pictus Award, and a Sibert Honor, among other awards.

Eric Rohmann is the award-winning author and/or illustrator of many beloved books for children. He received a Caldecott Honor for Time Flies and a Caldecott medal for My Friend Rabbit.

Candace and Eric's other collaborations include Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen as well as the popular "Bulldozer" books. They live in Chicago, Illinois.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781338596618
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Publication date
September 07, 2021
Series
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BISAC categories
JNF025010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Africa
JNF025080 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Exploration & Discovery
JNF052010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Science | Archaeology
Library of Congress categories
History
Excavations (Archaeology)
Egypt
Blessing and cursing
Antiquities
Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C
Tutankhamen
Tomb
Valley of the Kings (Egypt)
Valley of the Kings
Carter, Howard
Carnarvon, George Edward Stanhope Molyneux He

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