What's it about? Orphan Meryt-Re lives with her uncle and aunt, sister of her father, in what is now called Deir el Medina; in ancient Egypt, this village, then called Set Maat, was where the families who built the pharaohs' tombs lived. In this village of stonecutters, painters, scribes, embalmers and other workers on the tombs, people lived as they had for centuries and depended on truth and justice to keep peace...

Why it's a good read? Meryt-Re discovers she has a talent for dreaming the truth. When she is cast out by her family, she is befriended by Teti, the village wise woman, who helps Meryt-Re understand these dreams, thus bringing the truth to light and helping her family...

, Gill Harvey, Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2006, pp. 320.

Read It: Pyramid Power, Catherine Clyde, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, USA, November 14, 2006.