Ancient Egypt: An Interactive History Adventure

by Heather Adamson

Delve into fascinating time periods! This series allows readers to explore different times and places in history from different perspectives. The narrative format, suspenseful action, and path navigation keep readers reading!

Genres: History, Egypt, Choose Your Own Adventure, Childrens, Middle Grade, Historical, Chapter Books

113 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 1, 2009

About the author

I live in South Dakota with my husband and my two boys. I also have a dog named Quincy.

I usually do my writing on my laptop at the dining room table. Or I use the computer in my office.

I love writing nonfiction books because I learn all sorts of interesting things about our world.

I hope you read some of my books and learn, too. Maybe you will even get an idea for something you'd like to write!

Reviews

[Dolly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Our oldest brought this book home from her elementary school library. It's the second choose-your-own adventure story that we've read together and our girls really like them.

It's the first one we've read in the You Choose historical adventure book series that combine the thrill of the adventure with the history of the time.

I remember loving books like this in my childhood and I love that our girls are discovering them as well. I also like that this book has an educational component, teaching about life in ancient Egypt, a little about history and the life and culture of the people. The book includes nonfiction facts and historical notes, but the storylines are historical fiction, based on people who lived at that time in history.

We enjoyed taking turns following the various paths and our girls were eager to return again and again until we'd followed them all. I am sure that our oldest will bring more books like this home from her school library.

[Philip · Rating 3 out of 5]

When I first started reading this, I was certain I was going to give it one star. It was just so... teacher-y. The vocabulary, the pacing... I don't know, everything.

It didn't read like an adventure; it read like a textbook. ...For little kids. ...That a teacher was trying to trick them into reading.

I mostly still feel that way even now. But because I felt like I learned something, I feel like the trick worked. So, kudos to the author.

It's sad how little I know about Ancient Egypt - especially given the fact that I teach it. But I feel the same way about U.S. History. And we've been around for what?... (2014-1776=238) 238 years? Unless you count starting at the Constitution... in which case (2014-1787=227).

Lets go with the more common 238 years. That's a lot of history.

But the Egyptians? They were around for 3000? 4000? years... That's a lot of years. I mean, that's so much history that we're saying "about 3 or 4 thousand years" - as if the difference of that thousand years doesn't matter. And we want kids to know about the Teapot Dome Scandal?

I especially liked the parts about Cleopatra and Marc Antony. Those are a couple names I haven't heard in a while.

Bonus thoughts? I loved putting in status updates and watching my page numbers jump all over the place.

I've also added a "pro-choice" shelf for all the You Choose/ Choose Your Own Adventure books I'll be reading...

[Brittany · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was the kids' first choose-your-own-adventure story. We made sure to read every possible story ending, which was really fun. The book was also a good educational tool.

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was pretty good. Of the three starting options two were men and only one was a woman. "You" didn't always get what you deserved. Sometimes you made the honest or selfless choice and lived and sometimes you made the dishonest or selfish choice and lived. Kind of like real life. They had an introduction with a bit of history and an epilogue with some information about things they have found in excavations (including the pyramid that "you" worked on).

[Reed Carter · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book would be great for the advanced readers within the upper grade elementary age. This book is packed with recollections of interesting historical events of Egypt in the past. The text is easy to read with a handful of great pictures.

[Eyani · Rating 5 out of 5]

The kids at school love these books and it fills an entire hour lesson.

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't always love the historical books in this series, but this one was really fun!

[Kim Hampton · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the paths in this book and learning about different ways that the Ancient Egyptians lived.

[Zack · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book gives you tons of choices in ancient Egypt. Will you help build King Tut's tomb or will you join Cleopatra's army against the Romans? Or will you become a skilled carver in building pyramids? Each decision leads to a different adventure--you choose! From my choices, I learned the reason for Cleopatra's suicide as well as her method. It was a surprising twist. The reason I like this book more than other interactive history books is because it allows you to feel like you are in other people's shoes. It does this by explaining how your choices will affect you from the beginning of the book.

[Jenny · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved choose your own adventure books as a kid and think it is cool that this series follows that format but focuses on a historical time period. Personally, as an adult, I would have preferred this to focus on one time period and gone into more depth a out that time period rather than telling about three time periods in egypt's history. But kids will probably love it...especially those interested in history and those that like choose your own adventures.

[Madeline · Rating 3 out of 5]

i just finished this book. It was a really cool book and I loved it. One day I am building a pyramid and the next day I am Cleopatra herself! I was sucked into it by the colorful cover and loved it ever since. 3 story paths,43 choices, 22 endings, all in one book. I sur wish I could see the pyramids someday!!

[Poushali Mitra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very interactive engaging reading experience for readers of all ages into Ancient pre-Christian Egypt - farming, lifestyle, role of women and pyramid building by foreign workers, Cleopatra- Antonio. Enjoyable read. Recommended for children! Good Christmas gift!

[Jacob Weinheimer · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very cool book. I got this at my library and I had a great time reading it. The rest of the series is okay. Over all, I'd recommend it.

[Dani · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great book for its reading level. Choose-your-own-adventure kinds of books are cool already, but make them so you learn history in a such a fun way?! Awesome!

[Kelly Carey · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love anything to do with ancient Egypt, so perhaps I have a bit too much background knowledge for this book. Overall, it read more like a history book than a choose your own adventure book.

[Nathaniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

i liked it