Tuesday, 14 October 2014

Theodsia and the serpents of chaos


 
Title: Theodsia and the serpents of chaos
Author: R. L LaFavers

Published: Boston, Mass, United States: Houghton Mifflin, c 2007
Who is the heroine? Theodosia Throckmorton, an 11 year old English girl. Her mother is an archaeologist and father is head curator of London's Museum of Legends and Antiquities

Why will I like it?  It is the action packed adventures of a girl and her cat where you learn about Ancient Egypt. A great example of historical fantasy fiction.

Who will like this book? Girls in primary school (year 3) to early high school (year 8), with an interest in ancient history, particularly ancient Egypt, any anyone else who loves a good adventure.
Tell me more: Theodosia is brave and clever and has the ability to sense when ancient artefacts have curses put on them.  She lives in London, both of her parents deal with ancient artefacts for their work.  When her mother brings home the Heart of Egypt amulet from a king’s tomb she discovers there is a powerful curse on it that could start a war between secret societies.

Throughout the series she comes across artefacts from ancient Egypt and as a result is plunged into a new adventure in each book. 
The other books in the series:
Theodosia and the staff of Osiris
Theodosia and the eyes of Horus
Theodosia and the Last Pharoh

To find out about these books you can go here - http://www.goodreads.com/series/44959-theodosia-throckmorton

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