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Casting the Gods Adrift: A Tale of Ancient Egypt

by Geraldine McCaughrean · 1998

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When Akhenaten, Egypt's new pharaoh, decrees that only one god shall be worshipped from now on, life is thrown into chaos for Tutmose, the young son of a dealer in rare animals meant for the temples of the traditional gods. Tutmose's happiness at living at the pharoah?s court is darkened when his father, maddened by the pharaoh's rejection of the gods, plots a deadly revenge. Back matter suggests further reading.

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ancient worldancient worldMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
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Audience
childrensmiddle grade
Length
short · 112 pages

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