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Children's Fiction Mysteries & Detective Stories

The Asp

by (author) B.R. Meyers

Publisher
Fierce Ink Press
Initial publish date
Jul 2015
Category
Mysteries & Detective Stories, General
Recommended Age
14 to 18
Recommended Grade
9 to 12
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781927746639
    Publish Date
    Jul 2015
    List Price
    $7.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781927746622
    Publish Date
    Jul 2015
    List Price
    $16.99
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781927746646
    Publish Date
    Jul 2015
    List Price
    $7.99

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Description

Nefertari “Terry” Hughes has three rules for surviving high school: #1 Don’t attract attention. #2 Don’t get involved. #3 Don’t make trouble.

A year after the accident that left her crippled and took her mother’s life, sixteen-year-old Terry just wants to keep her head down and survive her new high school. When she catches the eye of cute basketball star Zach — who happens to be the boyfriend of mean girl Allison — all hopes of flying under the radar are gone.

She is thrust even further in the spotlight when Fraser, the editor of the school newspaper, learns Mr. Hughes is the renowned archaeologist overseeing the new Egyptian display at the museum, which is rumoured to include Cleopatra’s sarcophagus. Fraser’s research leads to the fifty-year-old mystery of a girl who vanished while on a school trip to to the museum along with an artifact that may be Cleopatra’s asp.

When Mr. Hughes falls into a coma and his co-worker claims it’s the curse of Cleopatra, the stakes become too high for Terry to ignore. Terry must work with Fraser and her new candy loving friend Maude to find out what happened fifty years ago in hopes of saving her father before time runs out. Rated T - Teen 13 and up: May contain violence, crude humour, suggestive themes and/or strong language.

About the author

BR Myers is a young adult author who appreciates a design in her cappuccino, loves shopping for vintage jewelry and dreams in colour. Always in the mood for a good scare, she spent most of her teen years behind the covers of Lois Duncan, Ray Bradbury and Stephen King. When she's not putting her characters in compromising situations, she works as a Registered Nurse in Halifax, Nova Scotia where she lives with her husband and two children.

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