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Mummy Kindle Edition

by Caroline B. Cooney (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
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Will the perfect senior prank turn out to be Emlyn’s last?
Emlyn is a good girl. She is the perfect studious and athletic daughter and sister. She studies hard, paints watercolors, and especially loves rowing crew. She doesn’t gossip. She is every parent and teacher’s dream. But Emlyn has a secret. She has an entire library in her head filled with terrifically terrible plots and schemes: jewel heists, corporate espionage, and other mischief. She successfully hides her desire to be bad from the world. That is, until Jack, Mavis, Lovell, and Donovan approach her with their idea for a senior class prank: to steal the famous mummy, Amaral-Re, from their local museum. Now Emlyn’s “mental library of Bad” will come in handy. But when the harmless heist turns out to be filled with real-life danger, will Emlyn’s mental bag of tricks be enough to save the mummy . . . and herself? This ebook features an illustrated biography of Caroline B. Cooney including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.
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  1. Reading age
    12 - 18 years
  2. Print length
    199 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    7 - 12
  5. Publisher
    Open Road Media Teen & Tween
  6. Publication date
    August 7, 2012
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Steal a mummy from the museum? Cool, collected Emlyn loves the idea. The mummy, Princess Amaral-Re, is the main attraction in the small city museum, and Emlyn has been fascinated by her since she was a child. Besides, she has always wanted to do something secret... and bad. So she coolly agrees to mastermind the theft when Lovell, Maris, Jack, and Donovan approach her with their plan. But the second part--hanging the mummy in the high-school bell tower for Mischief Night--Emlyn isn't so sure about that.

Emlyn begins to figure out how to stay in the museum past closing, how to fool the guards, how to outwit the hidden cameras, and what to do with the mummy after she carries it out the door onto the busy sidewalk. But on the night of the theft, in spite of her meticulous planning, step after step goes awry. Emlyn must use all her wits to pull off the heist. Then, in an ironic twist, she finds that the real enemies, the people she must really outwit to save Amaral-Re, are her accomplices.

Caroline Cooney's many well-crafted thrillers, beginning with The Face on the Milk Carton, continue to delight readers, and Mummy is an especially heart-thumping adventure for her fans. (Ages 10 to 14) --Patty Campbell

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“Fans know what to expect from Cooney . . . bullet-train pacing and entertaining prose.” —Kirkus Reviews “Cooney remains a master.” —Publishers Weekly

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008MFH3Y6
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Open Road Media Teen & Tween (August 7, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 7, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 5166 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 199 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars 15 ratings

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Caroline B. Cooney

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Caroline B. Cooney is the bestselling author of teen suspense, mystery, and romance novels that have sold over 15,000,000 copies and are published in several languages. Of all her books, she is best known for the young adult novel The Face on the Milk Carton that has sold over 3,000,000 copies and was made into a television movie.

Caroline grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, and spent most of her life on the shoreline of that state. She currently resides in South Carolina. She enjoys spending time with her grandchildren, playing piano, walking near her home, pottery, jewelry-making, and, of course, reading.

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Robert Robinson
5.0 out of 5 stars Very well done, a fine read!
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2024
I came across this book recently; I was not familiar with the author, nor did I know what the book was about. I have recently instituted a policy of not reading the back cover of books, as having been the victim of too many spoilers being revealed on the back cover. “What the heck”, I figured, it is only a couple of hundred pages, and it is called “Mummy”. Maybe it is horror…
Well, what it was is a very wonderfully written, well paced thriller. Highly recommended. I was in a state of suspense through much of this book and was very impressed with the author. It seems I have a few more of hers in my personal library that I will be very happy to include in my Soon to be Read stack!

By the way, I am 61 years old and thoroughly enjoyed this book.
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A. Luciano
4.0 out of 5 stars Bad Lurks Below Good
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2007
Emlyn is the perfect child. She is a high school student who gets good grades, participates in sports and music, and never causes her parents any trouble. That's the job of her two younger brothers. Emlyn is the good one in the family. But secretly, she dreams of doing something bad. She plots and plans, thinks up ways to rob banks, smuggle things into airports, and a thousand other crimes. She's just never followed through with her plans.

Sometime close to Halloween, four of her classmates approach her. It is a tradition for seniors at her high school to pull a prank, which usually involves suspending something from the bell tower of the school. They want to steal the Egyptian mummy from the nearby museum and suspend that. They think Emlyn will be the perfect cover, and although she doesn't trust the other students, she gets involved.

After stealing the mummy, Emlyn starts to get nervous. She worries about somehow harming such a valuable piece of historical treasure. Then things get much worse when television news stations begin speculating on the jewels the mummy is probably wearing underneath all of the wrappings. Emlyn feels responsible for keeping this mummy in good condition. But can she stop what she's started?

I liked that Emlyn was an interesting and complex character, the girl who was really good at pretending to be good while inside she had all of these dreams of doing something bad. I also liked how Emlyn didn't give into her peers--she looked for a solution to her problem and then worked toward it instead of just giving up.

I would have liked to have seen more of Emlyn's parents. They were completely absent from the story, and I wondered about them.
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andre blair
3.0 out of 5 stars Mummy
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2001
The plot of this book was incredibly stupid. Really think about it who do you know that gets straight A's but is always dreaming of doing something bad. Seriously if you are doing that well you wouldn't do anything to jeopardize that status. Also one more thing who steals or tries to steal a mummy that in my mind seemed pretty dumb.
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Hydra
5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting, Incredible
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2003
Caroline B. Cooney's Mummy is a story about a sly girl who can get away with any security when it comes to stealing. One fateful night, Emlyn went into the museum to steal a beautiful Egyptian mummy. On that fateful night, everything becomes a failure. Caroline B. Cooney's Mummy is a vivid book, filled with excitement and adventure, it keeps you reading the book until you turn to the last page of Mummy.
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Valerie
4.0 out of 5 stars But will her mummy forgive her? :)
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2000
There's a big difference between romantic fantasies of being a thief and the reality of actually doing it. Emlyn has always dreamed of committing the perfect crime. Four classmates want to steal the mummy from the local museum and hang it from the school's bell tower as a Senior Prank. They think Emlyn can be a big help.
Emlyn "cases the joint." The theft is possible. In fact, she's already acquired a copy of the museum's master key! Faced with her big chance, Emlyn has second thoughts but despite her conscience, she finds herself standing in the museum with mummy in hand. Then her real problems begin.
"Mummy" is typical of Caroline B. Cooney's writing. She starts off with a normal person or group and each act follow plausably from those preceeding. Yet somehow the characters find themselves in some exciting, dramatic dilemma. There are often a few curves along the way as well. In this novel, getting out of trouble is not as simple as returning a stolen mummy, though not for the reasons you might expect. The author explores the characters' thoughts and feelings while still keeping the plot moving at a satisfying pace. I find myself identifying with the main character so thoroughly while reading, that it takes a few moments for me to be able to return to my own reality when I quit. Days later, I find myself still thinking about the issues raised.
I'm sure I'll never again see a mummy in a museum without thinking of Emlyn and her adventures.
Enjoy!
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Taboo
5.0 out of 5 stars intriguing,suspensful
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2005
Best book I've read in a while:) with a great ending and an interesting and thrilling plot.I was on the edge of my seat.
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