![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 11 & up)Īfter surviving a suicide attempt, a fragile teen isn't sure she can endure without cutting herself. The rare reader who knows Nefertiti’s later role in creating a new religion will see the clues being laid most will just enjoy the ancient princess who reads and writes, drives chariots and always looks fantastic. However, the first-person, past-tense narration, laced with the glamour of ancient Egypt (painted friezes, paper-thin linen, beautiful jewelry) and topped with a dollop of tension (Nefertiti is engaged to Pharaoh’s cold, possibly mad oldest son but falls for his kind brother instead) makes for an undemanding but satisfying foray into a time and place not often written about. This Nefertiti may be a little too good to be true-she dances! She’s smart! She’s kind to slaves! She’s impossibly beautiful-and a little too modern to please true history buffs. Here she weaves the little information known with various historians’ theories and a definite sense of contemporary tween/teen princess fantasies. Friesner imagines the childhood of legendary queen Nefertiti, as she did for Helen of Troy in Nobody’s Princess (2007) and Nobody’s Prize (2008). ![]()
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