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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Blossom Culp and the Sleep of Death

Peck, Richard. Blossom Culp and the Sleep of Death. New York: Dell Publishing, 1986. 185 pages. (Mystery)

The main characters in this book are a girl named Blossom Culp, her friend Alexander Armsworth, and Princess Sat-Hathor. This story takes place in Bluff City. The problem is that Blossom and Alexander have been cursed by an old Egyptian ghost princess whose tomb has been robbed, and her mummy has been stolen. The only way to undo the curse is by going and finding the princess’s sarcophagus with the mummy inside. The characters solve this problem by going and searching for the mummy and they found it. Then it was on its way back to Egypt back to where it belongs along with all the princesses’ jewelry and treasure. One interesting part in this book was when the ghost princess appeared and how the author explained her entrance.
I thought this book wasn’t a very good one because, out of fourteen chapters, it took ten just to get into the main story. Then just when I started to read it and it got interesting, the main plot was over just like that. I selected this book by choosing an author that I have never heard of, but it turned out that it didn’t really work out to well. Also, I don’t really think I would read one of his books again because I don’t want the same thing to happen again.

Reviewed By: Anawanasakian