Heart of the Pharaoh (The Mummy Chronicles, 2) [Paperback]

Dave Wolverton (Author)

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Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: The Mummy Chronicles

Cleopatra's tomb has been discovered and the Germans are determined to rob it. It's 1937 and the Germans want to use the treasure to finance their global operations. But half-living mummies are trapped inside the tomb. Twelve-year-old Alex O'Connell knows what that means: trouble. If Alex doesn't stop the Germans, they'll ransack the temple -- and Cleopatra will never reach the spirit world. Will Alex get to the tomb in time?

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Cleopatra's tomb has been discovered and the Germans are determined to rob it. It's 1937 and the Germans want to use the treasure to finance their global operations. But half-living mummies are trapped inside the tomb. Twelve-year-old Alex O'Connell knows what that means: trouble. If Alex doesn't stop the Germans, they'll ransack the temple -- and Cleopatra will never reach the spirit world. Will Alex get to the tomb in time?

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Dave Wolverton is the bestselling author of the Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice series for middle-grade readers.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 136 pages
• Publisher: Skylark (June 12, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553487558
• ISBN-13: 978-0553487558
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,743,181 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The thrilling second book in the Mummy Chronicles series., June 12, 2001

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This review is from: Heart of the Pharaoh (The Mummy Chronicles, 2) (Paperback)

The year is 1937, and twelve-year-old Alex O'Connell and his parents have returned to London now that his mother has accepted a teaching position at Bembridge. He longs for sunny Egypt, and for the friends he left behind there - although not for the life-threatening adventures he had fighting mummies and other evil creatures. When his parents are asked to lead an expedition to Egypt in order to stop Italian and German soldiers from ransacking Cleopatra's newly discovered tomb, Alex jumps at the chance to come along - but is disappointed when he is ordered to stay at the British Embassy in Cairo while his parents get to travel to the tomb and have all the adventures. Alex is reunited with his friends - Matt, the son of the British ambassador, and Rachel, a Jewish girl who fled Nazi Germany with her father. The three kids discover information that they must get to their parents - but will three kids be able to face the burning desert, Italian soldiers, their old enemy Ungricht, and a score of mummies? I reccomend this book to fans of the two Mummy movies, and to those readers who enjoyed the first Mummy Chronicles book.