The Mummy Snatcher of Memphis

✍ Scribed by Narayan, Natasha

• Book ID: 107764784
• Publisher: Quercus
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 901 KB
• Series: Kit Salter Adventure 1
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781623652951

✦ Synopsis

When Kit Salter and her friends peek at a famed mummy in a museum chamber, they are shocked to discover rattles and moans coming from the box . . .

Inside is an Egyptian stowaway, determined to return a looted scarab and save his village. When the mummy is stolen too, the ensuing adventures puts the children fast on the heels of a villainous East End mob, and right into the heart of the Western Desert. But as the story climaxes in a temple, the villains and Kit find they have underestimated a stronger force -- the terrible power of ancient Egypt . . .

A fabulous first book in an exciting series set during the Age of Empire.

Books 2-4: Kit and her friends will hunt for soma, the elusive elixir of immortality, on the slopes of the Himalayas, solve the mystery of the Marie Celeste among pirates on the high seas, and track Inuit warriors through the Arctic wastes. They will battle to outwit their arch rivals: the ghastly Baker Brothers, collectors linked with...