Theodosia and the Last Pharaoh

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN BOOKS FOR CHILDREN

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT

BOSTON NEW YORK 2011

Text copyright © 2011 by R. L. LaFevers

Illustrations copyright © 2011 by Yoko Tanaka

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

La Fevers, R. L. (Robin L.)

Theodosia and the last pharaoh / by R. L. LaFevers.

p. cm.

Summary: When eleven-year-old Theodosia and her cat, Isis, travel to Egypt to return the Orb of Ra and the Emerald Tablet, she hopes to learn more about her origins but finds, instead, the Serpents of Chaos and a precious treasure that suddenly appears and disappears.

ISBN 978-0-547-39018-5

[1. Adventure and adventurers—Fiction. 2. Magic—Fiction. 3. Blessing and cursing—Fiction. 4. Museums—Fiction. 5. Family life—Egypt—Fiction. 6. Egypt—History—20th century—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.L1414Tgl 2011

[Fic]—dc22

2010032224

Manufactured in the United States of America

DOC 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

4500284913