Instead, she picks up right where she left off and instantly plunges readers into the action (so if you’re a little fuzzy about the Casa Rosada, who Security is, or why parents don’t want their kids wandering around outside alone, be sure to re-read The Egypt Game first). Don’t expect Snyder to waste her opening pages rehashing events from her last book. Thirty years after her Newbery Honor-winning novel The Egypt Game was published, Zilpha Keatley Snyder brings April, Melanie, Marshall, Elizabeth, Toby, and Ken back into a new game filled with adventure, suspense, and danger. Between a found bear, a missing friend, hit men, detectives, and kidnappers, maybe a game about Gypsies wasn’t such a good idea after all. But soon after the Professor’s backyard began transforming into The Gypsy Camp, things began taking an unexpected turn. Melanie didn’t know much about Gypsies, but if her best friend April could make Egypt into a fun and exciting game, she knew that The Gypsy Game was sure to be a hit as well.even though Marshall might be harder to convince. Unfortunately this book does not live up to its Egyptian predecessor. Is it meant to be entertainment or a political platform? Perhaps she just wants to point out the danger of an overactive imagination. I am not sure how much of the audience for whom this book was intended will enjoy this sequel. The kids themselves face some ethical dilemmas and even wonder (how desperate can they be?) when to bring in adult aid! Snyder alternates between their pre-teen lifestyle and heavy themes with hints for social reform. Focusing on the neglect of the underprivileged, she makes young readers aware of the plight of society's unwanted.

Nevertheless, this is a very serious book in places, with themes of universal shunning and persecution. Say, was he just pulling the kids' legs about his Gypsy ancestry or is he really in danger of being kidnapped? I felt the author was pulling one over on us besides the use of chapter flip-flop, she filled out a skimpy plot with literary fluff. Actually the story is not as grim as the review title implies, but one is reminded of the song, 'Gypsies, tramps and thieves.'Īnyway, soon afer the Egypt Game has concluded the multi-ethnic gang is back, but things are deteriorating in Toby's home and soon he goes missing.

The egypt game by zilpha keatley snyder