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Book Reviewed by:Theodosia Throckmorton has her hands full at the Museum of Legends and Antiquities in London. Her father may be the head curator, but it is Theo—and only Theo—who is able to see all the black magic and ancient curses that still cling to the artifacts in the museum.
Theodosia Throckmorton has her hands full at the Museum of Legends and Antiquities in London. Her father may be head curator, but it is Theo—and only Theo—who is able to see all the black magic and ancient curses that still cling to the artifacts in the museum.
When Theo’s mother returns from her latest archaeological dig bearing the Heart of Egypt—a legendary amulet belonging to an ancient tomb—Theo learns that it comes inscribed with a curse so black and vile that it threatens to crumble the British Empire from within and start a war too terrible to imagine. Intent on returning the malevolent artifact to its rightful place, Theo devises a daring plan to put things right. But even with the help of her younger brother, a wily street urchin, and the secret society known as the Brotherhood of the Chosen Keepers, it won’t be easy . . . she quickly finds herself pursued down dark alleys, across an ocean, through the bustling crowds of Cairo, and straight into the heart of an ancient mystery. Theo will have to call upon everything she’s ever learned in order to prevent the rising chaos from destroying her country—and herself!
December 17, 1906
I don’t trust Clive Fagenbush.
How can you trust a person who has eyebrows as
thick and black as hairbrushes and smells of
boiled cabbage and pickled onions? Besides, I’m
beginning to suspect he’s up to something.
What’s worse, I think he suspects I’m up to
something. Which I usually am.
Not that anyone would take the word of an eleven-
year-old girl against that of the Second Assistant
Curator—even if that girl just happens to be the
daughter of the Head Curator of the museum and
is rather cleverer than most (or so I’ve been told;
oddly, I don’t think they meant it as a
compliment). As far as I can tell, it doesn’t make
any difference to adults how clever children are.
They always stick together. Unless you are sick
or dying or mortally wounded, they will always
side with the other adult.
That’s certainly the case here, anyway. My father
oversees the Museum of Legends and
...
Children aged about eleven years and up will root for Theodosia and enjoy the action and the gritty details of how to recognize and remove curses (every detail of Theodosia's curse removing kit is lovingly explained). Hopefully, we won't have to wait for too long for the next in the series...continued
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(Reviewed by BookBrowse Review Team).
R. L. LaFevers has been
fascinated by libraries and
museums ever since she first set
foot in one. She's pretty sure
it's because of all the ancient
mysteries sitting there on the
shelves, just waiting to be
discovered. She has also spent a
large portion of her life being
told she was making up things
that weren't there, which only
proves she was destined to write
fiction.
When she's not gazing
longingly at ancient artifacts
or wallowing in old forgotten
texts, she's busy trying to keep
one ...
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