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Blossom Culp and the Sleep of Death (Blossom Culp #4)
by
Richard Peck
Blossom, high-school freshman and possessor of "second sight," helps an Egyptian princess, dead for 3500 years, to regain her tomb, and in addition saves a suffragette school teacher from losing her job in 1914.
Hardcover, 185 pages
Published
February 1st 1986
by Delacorte Books for Young Readers
(first published 1986)
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This is the fourth, and sadly probably final, book in Peck's Bluff City books. Once again, Peck's characterizations and comedic writing are fabulous. The story is fun. We see even more of Madame Culp and her wild ways. But, overall, the book is lacking. Peck leaves several threads and characters out on a limb. Though there are elements of Blossom's life, and her friend's lives, that are set up in other books, these set ups are dropped completely. For example, though this book takes place immedia...more
Dec 29, 2008
Kathleen Garber
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This book is not as good as the other Richard Peck novel's I've read but it's still very interesting. I admit I've never read a book about Egyptian princesses coming to teen psychics for help. The summary doesn't really do the book justice though. I think the summary makes the book sound silly but I loved it.
The Egyptian Princess doesn't show up till the last half of the book which I wasn't expecting so the book really is about more than that. The book takes place in 1914 too so you get a glimp...more
The Egyptian Princess doesn't show up till the last half of the book which I wasn't expecting so the book really is about more than that. The book takes place in 1914 too so you get a glimp...more
A QUEST THROUGH TIME AND SPACE TO ANCIENT EGPYT
Blossom Culp is an unlikely heroine: living hand to mouth in dilapidated quarters, with a light-fingered mom who scrounges food and items to sell in the dead of night. But she is also one of the few freshmen at her school with ESP. Yet not even Blossom could have predicted that she would be chosen as the natural contact (medium) in this world and time for the spirit of a wronged Egyptian princess!
Blossom and her mom live (more like squat) in squal...more
Blossom Culp is an unlikely heroine: living hand to mouth in dilapidated quarters, with a light-fingered mom who scrounges food and items to sell in the dead of night. But she is also one of the few freshmen at her school with ESP. Yet not even Blossom could have predicted that she would be chosen as the natural contact (medium) in this world and time for the spirit of a wronged Egyptian princess!
Blossom and her mom live (more like squat) in squal...more
This is the fourth in a series of Blossom
Culp books. Blossom is gifted with second sight in this story set in 1914. We return to Bluff City as Blossum and Alexander are contacted by the spirit of an ancient princess through a scarab and the princess is furious. They are catapulted out of their history class and into ancient Egfypt where they must help the princess ragain her tomb. Almost simultaneously they must help their history teacher keep her job after a protest suffragette demonstration....more
Culp books. Blossom is gifted with second sight in this story set in 1914. We return to Bluff City as Blossum and Alexander are contacted by the spirit of an ancient princess through a scarab and the princess is furious. They are catapulted out of their history class and into ancient Egfypt where they must help the princess ragain her tomb. Almost simultaneously they must help their history teacher keep her job after a protest suffragette demonstration....more
I remember loving this book as 12 year old.
I am reading it again and loving it even more. The language is rich, theme universal, and plot very tidy not to mention hilarious.
If it was illustrated I'd give it 6 stars.
I am reading it again and loving it even more. The language is rich, theme universal, and plot very tidy not to mention hilarious.
If it was illustrated I'd give it 6 stars.
Picking up right where The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp left off. It’s November, and Blossom and Alexander get a new history teacher – a suffragette who has earned herself a few loudmouth adversaries in town. The first topic of study in her class is Ancient Egypt, but unbeknownst to her, between Alexander, Blossom, and their powers, they meet the ghost of a mummified Egyptian princess who demands they deliver her body back to its Egyptian tomb. It's probably my least favorite of the series, b...more
Mummies! Also- the horrors of high school and the undead.
Great series. Blossum Culp takes no crap from nobody.
Blossom is as amusing as ever in this last book of the Blossom Culp series. Alexander's getting himself into trouble as usual (he's been smoking...in those ancient outdoor bathrooms), and Blossom isn't making things any easier for him ^_^. Not to mention that their new history teacher is a strict woman who believes in women rights (to the despair of Letty's mom) and favors Blossom a bit. Oh, and a dead Egyptian princess! Awesome book that doesn't fail to please!
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Richard Peck is an American novelist known for his prolific contributions to modern young adult literature. He was awarded the Newbery Medal in 2001 for his novel A Year Down Yonder.
Richard Peck was born in 1934 in Decatur, Illinois, a town he describes as quiet and safe. His mother, Virginia, was a dietitian and his father, Wayne, was a merchant who often rode his Harley Davidson to work.
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Richard Peck was born in 1934 in Decatur, Illinois, a town he describes as quiet and safe. His mother, Virginia, was a dietitian and his father, Wayne, was a merchant who often rode his Harley Davidson to work.
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