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    Screaming Mummies of the Pharaoh's Tomb II
    Screaming Mummies of the Pharaoh's Tomb II
    Screaming Mummies of the Pharaoh's Tomb II
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    Screaming Mummies of the Pharaoh's Tomb II

    By James Howe and Brett Helquist

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    Dear possible reader of this book,

    I wasn’t sure I'd be able to write a book ever again after Canine Quarterly reviewed my series, Tales from the House of Bunnicula. They said I would never win the Newbony Award. Was I depressed! And I didn’t even know what a Newbony was! Luckily Delilah’s read a lot of Newbony books, so she helped me write this one. It’s about a poor (but very cute) orphan dachshund puppy named Howie Monroe, who lives on the prairie and yearns for a chicken bone. (I know. Trust me.) Things really get exciting when Howie and his best friend, the smart and well-read Delilah, find a time machine and travel back to ancient Egypt where they uncover...the mystery of the Pharaoh’s tomb!!!

    Your friend, Howie
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAtheneum Books for Young Readers
    Release dateJan 15, 2013
    ISBN9781439112625
    Screaming Mummies of the Pharaoh's Tomb II
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    James Howe

    James Howe is the author of more than ninety books for young readers. Bunnicula, coauthored by his late wife Deborah and published in 1979, is considered a modern classic of children’s literature. The author has written six highly popular sequels, along with the spinoff series Tales from the House of Bunnicula and Bunnicula and Friends. Among his other books are picture books such as Horace and Morris but Mostly Dolores and beginning reader series that include the Pinky and Rex and Houndsley and Catina books. He has also written for older readers. The Misfits, published in 2001, inspired the nationwide antibullying initiative No Name-Calling Week, as well as three sequels, Totally Joe, Addie on the Inside, and Also Known as Elvis. A common theme in James Howe’s books from preschool through teens is the acceptance of difference and being true to oneself. Visit him online at JamesHowe.com.

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      Screaming Mummies of the Pharaoh's Tomb II - James Howe

      Contents

      Howie’s Writing Journal

      Howie’s Writing Journal

      Chapter 1: Remembering

      Howie’s Writing Journal

      Chapter 2: The Time Machine

      Howie’s Writing Journal

      Chapter 3: Acorn Stew

      Howie’s Writing Journal

      Chapter 4: Pharaoh Beware-oh!

      Howie’s Writing Journal

      Chapter 4: A Mysterious Feline

      Howie’s Writing Journal

      Howie’s Writing Journal

      Howie’s Writing Journal

      Chapter 5: Inside The Palace

      Howie’s Writing Journal

      Chapter 6: The Cursed Cartouche

      Howie’s Writing Journal

      Chapter 7: A Surprise Visitor from The Past (Or Future, Depending on How You Look At It)

      Chapter 8: The Evil Curse!

      Howie’s Writing Journal

      Howie’s Writing Journal

      Chapter 9: Going Home

      Howie’s Writing Journal

      Screaming Mummies of the Pharaoh’s Tomb II

      Afterword

      ‘Bud Barkin, Private Eye’ Excerpt

      About James Howe

      With thanks to Ginee Seo,

      who is smart and funny (not to mention as sensitive as a finely tuned concert piano)

      —J. H.

      For Mary Jane

      —B. H.

      HOWIE’S WRITING JOURNAL

      I’m never going to write again!!!!!!!!!!!!

      Uncle Harold, who is this really smart dog I live with who’s written all these books about our rabbit, Bunnicula, who our cat, Chester (who is also really smart), says is a vampire because . . .

      I forgot what I was trying to say.

      Proof! I can’t write! I’m never going to write again!!!!!!!!!!!!

      Oh, now I remember.

      Uncle Harold (who isn’t really my uncle, I just call him that) says that he’s gotten lots of bad reviews and that I shouldn’t let one bad review get to me. Ha! Easy for him to say. He’s been writing for a katrillion years and his books have sold a katrillion copies, even if he has gotten some stinko reviews. But I’ve written only three books. I’ve just gotten started. Nobody will want to read my books after what Canine Quarterly—my former favorite magazine in the whole world!!—had to say:

      Howie Monroe writes with energy and a sense of humor, but he is a literary lightweight. Pack his books to while away the time when you’re going for an extended stay at the kennel, but don’t be looking for him to win the Newbony Award any time soon.

      A literary lightweight!!!!!!!!!!!!

      Would a literary lightweight know how to use as many adjectives as I do? Or exclamation points!!!?

      Oh, what’s the use? If I’m never going to win the Newbony Award, why should I even bother to write?

      I wonder what the Newbony Award is.

      HOWIE’S WRITING JOURNAL

      My friend Delilah, who is this beautiful and REALLY SMART dog who lives down the street and happens to be one of my best friends in the whole world

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