Casting the Gods Adrift
By Author / Illustrator
Geraldine McCaughrean
Genre
Mystery & Detective
Age range(s)
9+
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN
9780713674552
Format
Paperback / softback
Published
04-07-2005
Synopsis
A thriller set in ancient Egypt between 1351-1354 BC. Tutmose and Ibrim's father, the animal dealer, is commanded by the new pharaoh Akhenaten, to bring him animals - lots of animals - for his new capital city. The boys' father is delighted. But he has no idea what the pharaoh's strange new religion will mean for all of them...