Mummies in the Morning - Couverture souple

Osborne, Mary Pope

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0439014654 ISBN 13 : 9780439014656

Editeur : Scholastic Young Hippo, 2000

Synopsis

Jack and Annie don't need another mummy. But that's what they get when The Magic Tree House carries them back to ancient Egypt. Trapped inside a pyramid they meet a ghost-queen. She needs them to solve a puzzle so she can rest in peace. But can Jack and Annie solve it and escape, or will they become mummies themselves?

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

*  Mary Pope Osborne grew up in the military, and by the time she was fifteen had lived in Oklahoma, Austria, Florida and four different army posts in Virginia and North Carolina.

* After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the early 1970's, Mary traveled all over Europe, and spent the first six weeks of her trip living in a cave on the island of Crete.  She then joined up with a group of European young people and traveled in rickety vans through sixteen Asian countries, including Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Nepal.

* She was a bartender, an acting teacher, a waitress, a travel agent, a window dresser, and a medical assistant -- all before becoming an author!  Now she is the author of many highly acclaimed picture books, early chapter books, middle-grade biographies, and young adult novels.

* In February 1993, Mary was elected the 27th president of the Author's Guild, the oldest, most established organization for writers in the United States.

* Mary her husband Will spilt their time between an apartment in Greenwich Village, New York and a cabin in Pennsylvania.  They own a terrier named Bailey, who sleeps on the top of Mary's desk every day while she writes!  

Présentation de l'éditeur

Jack and Annie find themselves whisked away to ancient Egypt, where they come face to face with a dead queen--and her 1,000-year-old mummy! "This will be welcomed by beginning readers making the transition to chapter books."--Booklist.  

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Scholastic Young Hippo
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0439014654
• ISBN 13: 9780439014656
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 80
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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