Ben Gartner
It's interesting! I am a sucker for interesting factoids, especially ones that leave room for imaginative storytelling to fill any mysterious gaps. Egyptian mythology and lore is ripe for such mental wanderings, but THE EYE OF RA is unique in that it doesn’t take the tack of the traditional ancient Egyptian narrative with mummies and glowing crystals and the like. The challenges thrown at John and Sarah in THE EYE OF RA are natural, physical, and emotional ones, with accurate bits of history dashed in for realism. But don’t that make you think the challenges aren’t fantastic... John and Sarah are pushed to their max.
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Ben Gartner:
I am a Gr. 3 teacher reading aloud One Giant Leap to my students. We are currently studying space and the students will write their own fiction story to incorporate facts from their research, so your book is a perfect example for us! However, I have some EAL students who are finding the language difficult. Do you have chapter summaries that I can use to help them access the important information in each chapter?
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