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Pharaoh's Daughter by Newbery Honor author Julius Lester. Paperback book in good condition. Smoke free home. Shipping is through paypal. Please feel free to ask a question!

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Lester, who has very successfully turned biblical tales inside out, now retells the story of the young Moses and the sister who saved him. Here, the sister is not Miriam, but an older sister, Almah, who has an affinity for things Egyptian. When the pharaoh's daughter, Batya, takes Moses as Hebrew boys are being killed, Almah is pleased to find she is going along to the palace. The tension between the Hebrew god, Ya, and the deities of Egypt is the story's underlying theme, but it is personalized by the spiritual struggles of Almah and Moses, both of whom tell the story. Almah chooses to be absorbed into the pharaoh's court, becoming a priestess who dances naked at public ceremonies. Moses, brought up as a grandson to the pharaoh, is caught between his Egyptian upbringing and his Hebrew heritage, and must eventually decide which deserves his allegiance. Lester writes with verve and obvious pleasure at surrounding his characters with the grandeur of Egypt, a civilization for which, as he notes in an afterword, he has always felt an affinity. Some of the religious posturing may be lost on the audience, but readers will respond to the strong cast of characters who struggle with life-and-death issues, physical and philosophical.