Mary Grace and Deborah discuss The Egypt Game, Zilpha Keatley Snyder's 1967 Newbery Honor Book about a group of children who create an elaborate game based on ancient Egypt.
Mentioned on this episode:
The Egypt Game: A Second Look, The Horn Book
The Kirkus Review review of The Egypt Game
A 2011 post on the website Banned Reads Project featuring three teenagers' perspectives on The Egypt Game
The ACLU’s list of The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000
The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot
Other books by Zilpha Keatley Snyder:
The Gypsy Game, the 1997 sequel to The Egypt Game
The Headless Cupid (1971), a Newbery Honor Book
The Witches of Worm (1972), a Newbery Honor Book
The Changeling (1970)
Eyes in the Fishbowl (1968)
Black and Blue Magic (1966)
Season of Ponies (1964)
Recommended for fans of The Egypt Game:
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth, by E.L. Konigsberg (1967 Newbery Honor Book)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg (1967 Newbery Medal winner)
Magic or Not? by Edward Eager
The Well-Wishers by Edward Eager
This episode was edited by Adam Linder of Bespoken Podcasting.
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