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Atheneum
June 2011
On Sale: May 24, 2011
256 pages
ISBN: 1416990070
EAN: 9781416990079
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Young Adult
Agnes Wilkins is standing in front of an Egyptian mummy,
about to make the first cut into the wrappings, about to
unlock ancient (and not-so-ancient) history.
Maybe you think this girl is wearing a pith helmet with
antique dust swirling around her. Maybe you think she is a young Egyptologist who has
arrived in Cairo on camelback. Maybe she would like to think that too. Agnes Wilkins
dreams of adventures that reach beyond the garden walls,
but reality for a seventeen-year-old debutante in 1815
London does not allow for camels—or dust, even. No, Agnes
can only see a mummy when she is wearing a new silk gown
and standing on the verdant lawns of Lord Showalter’s
estate, with chaperones fussing about and strolling sitar
players straining to create an exotic “atmosphere” for the
first party of the season. An unwrapping. This is the start of it all, Agnes’s debut season, the
pretty girl parade that offers only ever-shrinking
options: home, husband, and high society. It’s also the
start of something else, because the mummy Agnes unwraps
isn’t just a mummy. It’s a host for a secret that could
unravel a new destiny—unleashing mystery, an international
intrigue, and possibly a curse in the bargain. Get wrapped up in the adventure . . . but keep your wits
about you, dear Agnes.
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