The Hunt for the Secret Papyrus

Geronimo Stilton

by Geronimo Stilton

Geronimo is on the hunt in this fabumouse adventure -- which includes a bonus story!

There was a mystery in New Mouse City's Egyptian Mouseum! The Black Papyrus, an ancient document that reveals the secret of eternal youth, had disappeared. The mouseum's director asked me to help him find it. Yikes -- those Egyptian artifacts freak me out! Luckily, a secret agent came to our aid... but could we trust him? It was up to us to recover the precious scroll!BONUS! After the story, read an extra Mini Mystery adventure and jokes galore!

Genres: Childrens, Egypt, Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery

229 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 8, 2014

About the author

A pseudonym of Elisabetta Dami, see also Tea Stilton.

Elisabetta Dami is an Italian author that currently resides in Italy. She is the author of the Geronimo Stilton series, a bestselling childrens book. She enjoys traveling the world seeking ideas for her series. She writes under a pseudonym of Geronimo Stilton. She is also a co-owner of Italian based publishing company Edizioni Piemme.

Reviews

[Annette · Rating 4 out of 5]

THE HUNT FOR THE SECRET PAPYRUS by Geronimo Stilton is an exciting mystery set at the New Mouse City’s Egyptian Museum.

Part of the “special edition” series, the adventure focuses on the mystery of the black papyrus. This ancient document is supposed to reveal the secret of eternal youth. Newspaper reporter Geronimo Stilton sets out to solve the mystery of the black papyrus and write an article for his newspaper.

The special edition book’s colorful illustrations and visual format will be particularly attractive to reluctant readers. While this book contains the fun highlighted words found in all the books, it also contains other interesting two-page spread visuals, diagrams, and other illustrations that will appeal to readers.

After the end of the story, the book includes a mini-mystery adventure titled The Cat Gang, jokes, and other information including a map of Mouse Island.

Librarians will find this book to be a popular addition to their growing collection of Geronimo Stilton books. Readers will particularly enjoy the full-color illustrations and additional features of this special edition. Use the author/series website to jumpstart library and classroom activities. Readers can play games, learn about characters, and even create their own comic.

To learn more about the author and series, go to http://www.scholastic.com/geronimosti....

Published by Scholastic on March 29, 2016. ARC courtesy of Scholastic.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

This adventure with finding the secret papyrus all began with a call from Geronimo Stilton’s grand father. He was talking about the Black Papyrus and how he didn’t talk about it in the newspaper he wrote. Soon Geronimo Stilton was surprised how the Black Papyrus had gotten so famous and even with that he still had no clue what it was. Since Geronimo Stilton was desperate to figure out what the Black Papyrus was, he went to a museum where the Black Papyrus is kept, and where his friend that is a professor,and he knows all about the Black Papyrus. When Geronimo Stilton finally got into the museum because of the long line, he met the professor, and learned all about the Black Papyrus! Soon Geronimo Stilton discovered that the Black Papyrus was gone, and they are trying to catch the thief, but the mouse is nowhere to be found. He also discovered that his friend is in horrible danger because his friend is the only one who knows how to read the papyrus, and soon the theif will mousenap him! HOW WILL GERONIMO STILTON CATCH THE THIEF, AND PROTECT HIS FRIEND?! READ THE BOOK TO FIND OUT!!!

[Paula · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this installment of the colorful series, Geronimo is summoned to the mouseum to get the scoop on an ancient Egyptian papyrus that purportedly holds the secret to eternal youth. A scheduled exhibition of the papyrus has townsmice waiting in line for hours. But when the papyrus and the machine that can unfold it without damaging it both disappear, even Geronimo comes under suspicion from the secret agents sent to guard the treasure. A series of mishaps and planted clues lead Geronimo to discover the identities of the papyrus thieves and recover the missing machine and papyrus. Professor Sandsnout deciphers the papyrus’ secret and Geronimo publishes it for all the residents of New Mouse City. An added bonus is a brief story about a group of bank robbers that uses a cat hologram in its heists to scare the citizens. Clues within the text invite readers to help catch the Cat Gang. Back pages as usual feature silly mouse riddles for fun. The narrative is peppered with Geronimo’s cheesy expressions and puns and vivid illustrations. The fast-paced and stimulating text is filled with bright colored fonts and bolded words to keep intermediate readers entertained. The colored, bolded words and funky fonts often give clues to the word itself or its meaning, a nice feature for ELLs. Geronimo’s witty narration and the brief chapters will keep even reluctant readers engaged. This light easy read is a welcome addition to any school library.

[Alex]

This book has a lot of mystery and the jokes were so funny, I couldn't stop laughing

[Hugh Heinsohn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Much fascinating material diluted by relentless name checks of all the other authors’ works the writer is familiar with. The writer is also rarely content to make a good point concisely but rather labors it with excessive repetition. The personal recollections are often engaging but also derails the narrative all too often. Still, I learned a lot and got something out of it, but I estimate it was about a third too long. Eliminate most of the repetitions, name dropping, and walks down memory lane and this would have been a much more engaging read.

[Nora (Grayson's version) · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fabumouse adventure! Loved it! Love how creatively this book is written! The illustrations were mousetastic! Geronimo is such a clever mouse.
I loved the little mouselets Benjamin and Bugsy Wugsy.
An entertaining read with lots of twists and turns.
I hope to read more Geronimo Stilton books in the future.
I would recommend reading this to anyone who wants to try a cute mystery that is filled with funny scenes.

[Kylee Carlson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this book because it had two stories instead of one. There were also jokes at the end. In the first story there were mummies. In the second one there was a team of mice that had a hologram of a cat named cat cat.

[Liz · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love a good story about the ancient Egyptians and this one did not disappoint. It had all the artifacts, ancient mysteries, and long lost wisdom I could ever want. Plus an extra Geronimo Stilton story afterwards that deals with bank robbing and tigers. Loved it!

[Elina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this series and its jokes oh and their mini story's. At the end it will be super surprising. Because the criminal is someone we thought we could trust. And the person we thought would be the criminal is not weird part.

[Nisha · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very, very, very much good story I have ever read in my whole life

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was intusthing

[Honey · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is story about the editor in moust famous newspaper in New Mouse City Library.
The main carakter was serching for the secret payrus.

[Srushti · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was little bit bad I thing . Ok it was nice only.

[Colette · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun beginning chapter book series with plenty of illustrations and other clues to help a beginner to comprehend.

[Devika Menon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Moderate

[N. Lithin · Rating 2 out of 5]

the first part is boring and not at all intersting.the second part was average.

[Edward Davies · Rating 3 out of 5]

Double the size = double the time spent reading the bloody thing to my 7 year old.

[Miranda · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read aloud with four year old. It was okay.

[Aayush Rajaram Mhadgut · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice

[Carson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think it was a good book that was very easy to read

[Alina Galavan · Rating 4 out of 5]

O carte foarte draguta cu ilustratii frumos reprezentate, ideala pentru copii care incep sa citeasca cursiv.

[Belly Blues · Rating 5 out of 5]

First Geronimo Stilton book I ever read

[Emma Weikum]

I thought of this series randomly and found the first one available at the library and read it lmao

[Vaishnavi · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is a good thrilling mystery

[Jahnavi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read .

[Jesus · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was good. That is all.
-Jesus A. Duarte

[Ramakrishna Raju Jagadhabhi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful

I am a big fan of GS. It's always fun reading your books. I like them very much indeed yes

[Louis Rullo Johnston · Rating 4 out of 5]

56%

[Henry · Rating 4 out of 5]

My favorite part of this book were the thieves. They were really sneaky and pretended to be security guards. I didn't really like the second story in this book.

[Shivam · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked the Hunt For The Secret Papyrus and also the mini mystery story - "The Cat Gang". I was able to answer all the clue questions in "The Cat Gang" - felt like I was part of Geronimo's team.