Mummy Cat
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
"Elegantly designed for young fans of Ancient Egypt, this sweet ghost story of a pet's love for its owner transcends time." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Deep within this maze of stone,
a creature wakes up, all alone . . .
Mummy Cat prowls his pyramid home, longing for his beloved owner. As he roams the tomb, lavish murals above his head display scenes of the cat with his young Egyptian queen, creating a story-within-a-story about the events of centuries past. Hidden hieroglyphs deepen the tale and are explained in an informative author's note.
Mummy Cat is a marvel of sophisticated simplicity, infinitely engaging to examine in detail, and complete with a sweetly surprising plot twist sure to delight young cat lovers and budding Egyptologists alike.
"Terrifically original." —Publishers Weekly
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Once every century, deep within an Egyptian pyramid, a mummified cat "who's passed through Death" rises from his coffin and goes to the resting place of his beloved mistress, the "girl-queen, Hat-shup-set," hoping she will rise from the dead, as well. As the cat wanders from room to room, still wrapped head to tail in white cloth, he passes by painted scenes from the queen's reign and their joyful days together before their untimely deaths from a scorpion sting. The paintings are more than decoration: if readers are observant, they will notice that the pictures actually tell a story of jealousy, dastardly murder, and justified comeuppance. Ewert's (10,000 Dresses) rhymes are fairly conventional ("Their couch was set beside the pool/ The shade from date trees kept them cool"), but his narration has the right tinge of sadness, spookiness, and suspense. It makes a fine red herring for Brown's (Emily's Blue Period) detailed, atmospheric pictures which is where this terrifically original and ultimately happy story actually unfolds. Ages 6 9.
