CHARACTERS OF EGYPT
This girl moves to the Casa Rosada to live with her grandmother.
April Hall
The apartment building where April and Melanie both live.
The Casa Rosada
The girls discover the bust of Nefertiti here on their first visit.
What is the lean-to shed?
April wears these on her eyes when she arrives at the Casa Rosada, surprising Melanie.
Eyelashes
Kids in the neighborhood think this about the Professor.
What is that he is scary/mysterious/dangerous?
This girl becomes April’s closest friend and reading buddy.
Melaine Ross
The name of the Professor’s dusty shop full of odd objects.
What is the A–Z Antiques shop?
To clean up Egypt, the girls pull these sharp, prickly plants.
What are weeds/thistles?
Melanie secretly removes this item to help April make a better impression at school.
False Eyelashes
The girls fear that the Professor might be watching them through this.
What is the dirty back window?
This 4-year-old carries a stuffed octopus everywhere.
Marshall
This fenced-in, weed-filled place becomes the home of the Egypt Game.
What is the storage yard?
Marshall becomes the pharaoh with this special Egyptian-style name.
Who is Marshamosis?
The girls bond most strongly over this shared hobby.
Imagination
The girls discover that the base of this statue is hollow, making it the perfect secret hiding place for their sacred records.
What is the statue of Diana (with the hollow wooden base)?
This girl’s mother sends her to stay with her grandmother while she is on tour.
Who is Dorothea Dawn? (April’s mother)
This cracked item becomes the first altar inside the lean-to shed.
What is the broken birdbath?
This Egyptian “villain” becomes the center of their more intense ceremonies.
Who is Set?
This behavior, which April uses with strangers, makes it hard for her to make friends.
The Hollywood Act
Daily Double: This is the real reason the Professor becomes the very first witness to the Egypt Game.
What is that he heard a noise while searching a storeroom and looked out the back window?
This character is represented by a plaster bust that becomes part of the temple altar.
Who is Nefertiti?
This decorated object becomes the sacred firepit for ceremonies.
What is the old metal mixing bowl?
April insists on calling her grandmother this instead of “Grandma.”
Who is Caroline?
This spooky object, stolen from a dog, hangs above Set’s altar.
A large dry bone