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Would, Nick

The Scarab's Secret

32 pp. | Walker | May, 2006 | Trade ISBN 0-8027-9561-7 $16.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Christina Balit. Khepri, the scarab beetle represented in Egyptian paintings and artifacts, saves a prince's life. Told from the beetle's perspective, the first-person narrative is generally forced ("I wished I could cry out, 'NO!' If the prince went down there, he would die"). The colorful illustrations depict a tapestry of Egyptian symbols and objects, and an afterword provides some historical background.
Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

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