Horace: Secret of Scarab Beetle

Horace: Secret of Scarab Beetle
Author: William Meyer
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2016-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1634707958

Eleven-year-old Horace j. Edwards is an ordinary boy whose family has just moved to Niles, Michigan. But on the first day of sixth grade, mysterious things start to happen. His grandfather dies and Horace receives a strange gift--a stone scarab beetle. As he works to uncover the secrets surrounding his grandfather's death and the beetle, Horace is transported back in time to the ancient Egyptian city of Amarna. He meets the future pharaoh, young King Tut, and together the two boys become engaged in a fight to save the city from total destruction and Egypt itself from Tut's evil uncle Smenk. In the process, Horace discovers that he is the heir to an order of guardians, known as the Keepers of Time. The Secret of the Scarab Beetle is the first book in the middle-grade fantasy series Horace j. Edwards and the Time Keepers.

The Scarab's Secret

The Scarab's Secret
Author: Nick Would
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2006
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 1845072995

One morning Khepri, a scarab beetle, meets the Pharaoh, Prince of Egypt, and they become friends. Then Khepri discovers a terrible trap in the Pharaoh's newly built tomb. This hauntingly told and dramatically illustrated story includes an endnote on Pharaohs and tomb building.Ages 6-8

The Secret of the Sacred Scarab

The Secret of the Sacred Scarab
Author: Fiona Ingram
Publisher: Bublish, Inc.
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2016-08-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0997676183

The Secret of the Sacred Scarab (The Chronicles of the Stone, Book One)

Thea Stilton and the Blue Scarab Hunt (Thea Stilton #11)

Thea Stilton and the Blue Scarab Hunt (Thea Stilton #11)
Author: Thea Stilton
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2012-06-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545414695

Geronimo's sister Thea Stilton narrates this action-packed adventure!The Thea Sisters have been invited to Egypt to participate in a fabu-mouse archeological excavation. They are helping to look for the legendary ancient Treasure of the Sun! A precious blue stone scarab may be the key to their search, and they work enthusiastically to uncover the past. But they also discover that thieves are after the hidden treasure. It's up to the Thea Sisters to stop them!

Secret of the Scarab

Secret of the Scarab
Author: Jay Roudebush
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2011-07-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Spanning the globe from England to Egypt, Secret of the Scarab is a young adult adventure story filled with action, mystery, and suspense. Set in the early 1920's, the book centers on an orphaned 11-year-old British schoolboy named Robert Henry. Through a friend, Robert comes into possession of an ancient Egyptian talisman that leads him into an astonishing adventure.

The Scarab Path

The Scarab Path
Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Total Pages: 764
Release: 2013-05-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1616143622

The war with the Wasp Empire has ended in a bitter stalemate, and Collegium has nothing to show for it but wounded veterans. Cheerwell Maker finds herself crippled in ways no doctor can mend, haunted by ghosts of the past that she cannot appease, seeking for meaning in a city that no longer seems like home. The Empress Seda is regaining control over those imperial cities who refused to bow the knee to her, but she draws her power from something more sinister than mere armies and war machines. Only her consort, the former spymaster Thalric, knows the truth, and now the assassins are coming and he finds his life and his loyalties under threat yet again. Out past the desert of the Nem the ancient city of Khanaphes awaits them both, with a terrible secret entombed beneath its stones...

The Case of the Stolen Scarab

The Case of the Stolen Scarab
Author: Nancy Garden
Publisher: A Candlestone Inn Mystery
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780967446875

Nikki and Travis find themselves involved in a mystery when a hiker with amnesia arrives at the Candlestone Inn with a fake scarab in his backpack that matches one that was stolen from a Boston museum.

The Search for the Lost Prophecy

The Search for the Lost Prophecy
Author: William Meyer
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2017-10-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1534103023

In The Search for the Lost Prophecy, the sequel to The Secret of the Scarab Beetle, Horace continues to search for more information about the Time Keepers and his role in this secret order. After he discovers that the tree portal at his grandparents' farm is destroyed, Horace, along with his friends Anna and Milton, travels back in time to 1920s Detroit, hoping to learn more. There they meet keeper Herman at the Scarab Club and learn that someone is threatening the Time Keepers and the order's mission. Horace finds out that the mystical Benben Stone is being stored in a crypt back in present-day Niles, Michigan. And Horace is now tasked with keeping the sacred stone safe. Will the person or persons threatening the Order learn of Horace's true identity?

The Academy - Thief

The Academy - Thief
Author: C. L. Stone
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-03-26
Genre: Action and adventure fiction
ISBN: 9781496017222

Kayli Winchester is living in poverty, forced to be the parent to her drunk father and teenage brother who she's desperate to keep in school. The only way she scrapes by is to utilize her talents as a pickpocket. Thinking she's been unobserved, Kayli has no idea the Academy has been watching, and now they need her skill. Offering her a job or jail, Kayli chooses to work with them. But the job turns out to be more than any of them baragined for, and now the boys of the Academy have to find a way to keep Kayli safe.

Atlantis

Atlantis
Author: Christina Balit
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2000-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780805063349

Recounts the legend of the lost civilization of Atlantis. Includes a note discussing various explanations for the legend.