Lights on the Nile

By Donna Jo Napoli

Book Overview

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
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061667935
• ISBN13: 9780061667930
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7