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Hunt for the Golden Scarab
Time Keys (Related to this series)
- Narrator
- Theo Solomon
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 30 January 2025
- Run Time
- 7 hours 18 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Science fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fantasy, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Time travel / Time slip, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past
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What to expect
The action adventure of Gladiator meets the time travel of Doctor Who!
Join the journey to Ancient Egypt in Hunt for the Golden Scarab, the first action-packed mystery in the Time Keys series, by bestselling award-winner M. G. Leonard.
Perfect for children of 8 to 12 and fans of Adventures on Trains, Beetle Boy and Twitch. Filled with fascinating facts and supports the key stage 2 curriculum.
'History, time travel and mystery combine in this epic new adventure' - A. F. Steadman, bestselling author of Skandar
Sim and his mum never live anywhere long. When dangerous strangers appear one night, Sim discovers why. His mum has been keeping secrets: she has the power to open doors in time.
Running for their lives, Sim and his friends are determined to outwit the sinister Council of Keys and be the first to find Nefertiti’s lost tomb and a powerful door to Ancient Egypt. They must piece together long-hidden clues if they are to solve the mystery of her golden heart scarab. Can they find it before the Council finds them?
Join Sim, Jeopardy and Nelson on their next exciting adventures through time in The Legend of Viking Thunder and The Impossible Gladiator.
'Classic and fresh - a breathtaking adventure.' – Eoin Colfer, bestselling author of Artemis Fowl
'Atmospheric, entertaining and packed to the brim with fascinating facts' – Lauren St John, author of Kat Wolfe Investigates
Critics Review
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A thrilling time-travel adventure for 8+
The Guardian
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A note-perfect, time-travelling blockbuster - richly imagined, genuinely fresh . . . A perfect book to open doors for reluctant readers.
Jack Meggitt-Phillips, author of The Beast and the Bethany
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'A beautiful concept and a spellbinding, seat-of-the-pants adventure, Hunt for the Golden Scarab is fabulous, fast paced and thrilling. More please!'
Jonathan Stroud
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Classic and fresh - a breathtaking adventure
Eoin Colfer
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Fast, dramatic, exciting
Hannah Gold
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Utterly transporting, meticulously researched and a complete triumph of imagination. History, time travel and mystery combine in this epic new adventure from one of our best writers . . . I know so many readers are going to fall in love with this new brilliant series.
A. F. Steadman, bestselling author of the Skandar series
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It’s a total belter! Loads of action… I absolutely loved it.
Rob Biddulph
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M.G. Leonard’s epic new Time Keys series is a time-travelling wonder!
Leonard was inspired to write this breathtaking series from her own lifelong passion for music and she certainly hits all the right notes with this all-action opener, fabulously illustrated by Croatian artist Manuel Sumberac.Lancashire Post
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Tremendous fun! A gripping and rollicking adventure
Liz Hyder, author of The Twelve
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A captivating time travel adventure – music, magic, martial arts and Ancient Egypt
Rashmi Sirdeshpande
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Absolutely brilliant page-turner. Atmospheric, entertaining and packed to the brim with fascinating facts . . . Loved it
Lauren St John
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A swashbuckling tale of time travel and derring-do
Daily Telegraph
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This thrilling adventure is packed with history, mystery and action.
The Week Junior - Book of the Week
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An absolutely incredible story
The Sun
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Leonard never fails to provide engaging adventures with just the right level of peril; and well-drawn bad guys
Irish Examiner
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Details
- Author
- M. G. Leonard, illustrated by Manuel Sumberac
- Narrator
- Theo Solomon
- Duration
- 7 hours 18 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 January 2025
- ISBN
- 9781035039135
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Science fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fantasy, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Time travel / Time slip, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past
Synopsis
The action adventure of Gladiator meets the time travel of Doctor Who!Join the journey to Ancient Egypt in Hunt for the Golden Scarab, the first action-packed mystery in the Time Keys series, by bestselling award-winner M. G. Leonard.Perfect for children of 8 to 12 and fans of Adventures on Trains, Beetle Boy and Twitch. Filled with fascinating facts and supports the key stage 2 curriculum.'History, time travel and mystery combine in this epic new adventure' - A. F. Steadman, bestselling author of Skandar Sim and his mum never live anywhere long. When dangerous strangers appear one night, Sim discovers why. His mum has been keeping secrets: she has the power to open doors in time.Running for their lives, Sim and his friends are determined to outwit the sinister Council of Keys and be the first to find Nefertiti’s lost tomb and a powerful door to Ancient Egypt. They must piece together long-hidden clues if they are to solve the mystery of her golden heart scarab. Can they find it before the Council finds them?Join Sim, Jeopardy and Nelson on their next exciting adventures through time in The Legend of Viking Thunder and The Impossible Gladiator.'Classic and fresh - a breathtaking adventure.' – Eoin Colfer, bestselling author of Artemis Fowl'Atmospheric, entertaining and packed to the brim with fascinating facts' – Lauren St John, author of Kat Wolfe Investigates
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