By: Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Genre: Children’s/Young Reader Fiction
Pages: 215
Published: 1967
Told in: Third Person
In a nutshell:
A group of children play in a deserted yard, imagining they
are in the ancient land of Egypt. Their games get interrupted by several
different problems, the biggest being that the yard they play in belongs to a
suspected murderer who is always watching.
What you may enjoy:
This book brings to life the memories and feelings of being
a child, creating games, and learning new, exciting things. For a children’s
book, the characters have depth and consistency. The book skims the surface of
modern family problems without that being the book theme, instead focusing on
what would be important to children.
What you may NOT enjoy:
The book is a little dated. Children no longer roam freely
in the streets or are left to babysit so young. Also, this is not a historical fiction, it’s a story
of kids playing pretend. If you don’t want to enter the world of a child’s
imagination this book is not for you. Other complaints are that the book is
slightly slow and that the imaginary game they play is weird.
Warnings:
Violence and Disturbing Images:
man watches children; child’s
dead body found, mentioned; child murdered, mentioned; child is attacked,
described; brick thrown through a man’s window, mentioned; cutting out a child's heart, suggested; Egyptian rituals, described.
Sex and Nudity:
None
Language and Profanity:
None
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