Gideon and the Mummy Professor

by Kathleen Karr

In 1855, while performing a vaudeville act with his unpredictable father, the "Mummy Professor," the mummy in the act reveals to twelve-year-old Gideon the location of a treasure. By the author of It Ain't Always Easy.

137 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1993

About the author

Kathleen Karr was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and grew up on a chicken farm in Dorothy, New Jersey. After escaping to college, she worked in the film industry, and also taught in high school and college. She seriously began writing fiction on a dare from her husband. After honing her skills in women’s fiction, her children asked her to write a book for them, (It Ain’t Always Easy, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1990), and she discovered she loved writing for young readers.

Reviews

[Amanda · Rating 2 out of 5]

1855 New Orleans. 12 year old Gideon works with his father "The Mummy Professor" in their traveling show. The centerpiece of their show is "George" a real mummy that Gideon's father found when he broke into an Egyptian tomb. When Gideon discovers an emerald inside the mummy, The Professor immediately goes in search of a buyer. In addition to a buyer, the professor finds that he is being followed by his old partner Wistover who is determined to have the stone and the mummy for himself...

A bit of a slow start, but a lot of action as various characters fight for the stone.

[Miss Amanda · Rating 2 out of 5]

1855 New Orleans. 12 year old Gideon works with his father "The Mummy Professor" in their traveling show. The centerpiece of their show is "George" a real mummy that Gideon's father found when he broke into an Egyptian tomb. When Gideon discovers an emerald inside the mummy, The Professor immediately goes in search of a buyer. In addition to a buyer, the professor finds that he is being followed by his old partner Wistover who is determined to have the stone and the mummy for himself...

A bit of a slow start, but a lot of action as various characters fight for the stone.