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Lights on the Nile

Kepi is a young girl in ancient Egypt, content to stay home with her family, helping her father, who was wounded in the construction of a pyramid for the cruel pharaoh Khufu. But that was before she and her pet baboon, Babu, were kidnapped and held captive on a boat bound for the capital city, Ineb Hedj. And when Kepi and Babu are separated, she knows she has only one choice: to make her way to the capital on her own, rescue Babu, and find a way to appeal to the pharaoh. Khufu is rich and powerful, but Kepi has her own powers, deep inside her — ones she herself doesn’t even know about yet.

Donna Jo Napoli, acclaimed author of Zel and Beast, revisits the fabled origin of fairies in this strikingly orig-inal and affecting novel of friendship.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 288
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 978-0-06-166793-0
  • EAN
  • 9780061667930
  • Genres
  • fantasy, historical, egypt, fiction, mythology, childrens, fairies
  • Release date
  • 2011