Lights on the Nile
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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.
Donna Jo Napoli
Donna Jo Napoli is a distinguished academic in the field of linguistics and teaches at Swarthmore College. She is also the author of more than eighty books for young readers.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Kepi is a young Egyptian girl whose father was injured in the construction of the pyramids. Her father has plans to get their family back on track and she and her pet baboon Babu have a part in these plans. Unfortunately Babu is stolen and when Kepi goes after him, she too is kidnapped. When her and Babu are separated, she knows that she must go to the capital city to retrieve him and find a way to speak with the pharaoh about the injustice of what happens to those who get injured or killed working on the pyramid's and what happens to their families. Once in the city she makes friends with two boys, both orphans, one a slave and one an apprentice and another girl. Their trip takes them to places and to meet people they never imagined.
I thought this was a really interesting take on who becomes a fairy and how they become a fairy. Fairy's are not typically something that I think of as being Egyptian. It was not a place I was ever expecting the story to go and I really appreciated the surprise. It's clear that the author did a lot of research on Ancient Egypt and it's culture and I always love historical fiction that really teaches you things. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book is about an egyptian girl named Kepi who lives at home with her sister, her mother, her pet baboon named Babu, and her father. She and her sister and mother work in the fields to make money because her father was injured making a pyramid for pharaoh. One day, her father gets a "genius" idea to make herb bread to sell. He sends Kepi and Babu to gather herbs to start making his bread, but Babu gets baboon-napped! Kepi chases the baboon-nappers along a river, until she can't anymore. At that time, a man feels sympathetic for her and agrees to help her. But soon, after Kepi has gotten her baboon back, she realizes that she and Babu are being kidnapped! They have been deceived. Her kidnappers plan to sell her in the capital of Egypt to make money. Along the way, she prays that she will get out of this nightmare, but at the same time, she wants to go to the capital to talk to Pharaoh Khufu because he injured her dad. She has to make a decision: if she escapes, will she find a way back home, or whether she will follow her dream and talk to Pharaoh Khufu. Donna Jo Napoli combines the necessary details and the fast pace seamlessly. Within the first pages, I was hooked. It was like getting hit by a tidal wave- one minute Kepi was planting and farming at home, the next cramped in a basket on a boat, headed for who knows where. I think this book has a lot of voice and word choice which is another reason why I couldn't put it down. This book is one of my favorite books ever!