Yesterday we finished reading aloud the book, The Golden Goblet, by Eloise Jarvis McGraw. It is a Newbery Honor book that came highly recommended to us by some homeschooling friends. It's historical fiction written from the perspective of a young ancient Egyptian boy named Ranofer.
Ranofer is without his mother and father and is living with his cruel half brother Gebu in Thebes, Egypt. Gebu is very abusive and among other things denies Ranofer his one dream in life: to be a master goldsmith. Ranofer suspects that Gebu is a thief and spends much of the book trying to find a way to discover and expose Gebu's crimes, leading him into one adventure after another.
We really liked this story because it is well written, holds your attention and is full of information about what life was like in ancient Egypt. The boys say that their favorite part was learning about what the inside of a pyramid was like.
When asked what they learned from this book they both remembered the following:
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All in all I would say this book was well worth the time we put into it and I would recommend it to others. I will say however that much of it was above J's head (first grader). It would probably be better suited to a family whose youngest is in 2nd or 3rd grade.
Ranofer is without his mother and father and is living with his cruel half brother Gebu in Thebes, Egypt. Gebu is very abusive and among other things denies Ranofer his one dream in life: to be a master goldsmith. Ranofer suspects that Gebu is a thief and spends much of the book trying to find a way to discover and expose Gebu's crimes, leading him into one adventure after another.
We really liked this story because it is well written, holds your attention and is full of information about what life was like in ancient Egypt. The boys say that their favorite part was learning about what the inside of a pyramid was like.
When asked what they learned from this book they both remembered the following:
- if you rob a tomb the punishment is being hung upside down by your ankle from the palace wall
- they worship false gods
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- if you owned more than 1 pair of sandals you were rich, and
- they liked gold a lot
All in all I would say this book was well worth the time we put into it and I would recommend it to others. I will say however that much of it was above J's head (first grader). It would probably be better suited to a family whose youngest is in 2nd or 3rd grade.
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