The Golden Goblet (Audiobook)

from RobertaLea

I had a hard time putting this book down. There was a great deal of action that moved right along and a lot of information about Ancient Egypt.

from Dreesie

This Newbery Honor book is part of the 6th grade curriculum in my kids' district, and my now-7th-grader wanted me to read it too. (FWIW, it was his second favorite assigned book in 6th grade--The Phantom Tollbooth was #1.)Ranofer, recently orphaned, is now living with and working for his much old...

from YAbookfest

I love historical fiction and was prepared to like this but I was disappointed. There are many interesting historical facts but the pace was too slow until the very end and the humor fell flat.

from mirrani

It isn't often that a book throws you into the world of Ancient Egypt with such perfection that you move from cover to cover as easily as you'd travel down the Nile. This is the case with The Golden Goblet, a winner of the Newberry Honor that should have managed to claim the full award. While rea...

from theBkids

Ranofer's dream is to be a goldsmith, but his greedy and abusive brother, Gebu, has other plans for him. When Ranofer finds out Gebu is stealing-and that he was using Ranofer to help him-what can he do? If he tells the officials he will get himself hanged. Can he, even with the help of his closes...