Scarabian Nights

Sabrina the Teenage Witch #24

by Nancy Holder, Nell Scovell (Created by)

After a magical vacation to the Egyptian pyramids, Aunt Vesta brings Sabrina a super souvenir. The ancient charm is suppose to help the teenage witch with her cat chores, but instead it transports Sabrina, Salem, and Valerie back in time to ancient Egypt! Salem is thrilled. After all, the Egyptians really knew how to treat their feline friends -- they worshiped them as gods. But when the Cat Goddess Bast falls hard for the fast-talking black cat, she puts him under a love spell and locks his traveling companions in the maze of the Great Pyramid. As Sabrina and Valerie wind their way through the life-sized puzzle, they enlist the help of some magical figures -- and a handsome young pharaoh on hiatus from his sarcophagus. But can they bring Salem to his senses before Bast morphs him into a mummy.

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Witches, Fiction, Childrens, Urban Fantasy, Egyptian Literature

163 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Nancy Holder, New York Times Bestselling author of the WICKED Series, has just published CRUSADE - the first book in a new vampire series cowritten with Debbie Viguie. The last book her her Possession series is set to release in March 2011.

Nancy was born in Los Altos, California, and her family settled for a time in Walnut Creek. Her father, who taught at Stanford, joined the navy and the family traveled throughout California and lived in Japan for three years. When she was sixteen, she dropped out of high school to become a ballet dancer in Cologne, Germany, and later relocated to Frankfurt Am Main.

Eventually she returned to California and graduated summa cum laude from the University of California at San Diego with a degree in Communications. Soon after, she began to write; her first sale was a young adult romance novel titled Teach Me to Love.

Nancy’s work has appeared on the New York Times, USA Today, LA Times, amazon.com, LOCUS, and other bestseller lists. A four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award from the Horror Writers Association, she has also received accolades from the American Library Association, the American Reading Association, the New York Public Library, and Romantic Times.

She and Debbie Viguié co-authored the New York Times bestselling series Wicked for Simon and Schuster. They have continued their collaboration with the Crusade series, also for Simon and Schuster, and the Wolf Springs Chronicles for Delacorte (2011.) She is also the author of the young adult horror series Possessions for Razorbill. She has sold many novels and book projects set in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Saving Grace, Hellboy, and Smallville universes.

She has sold approximately two hundred short stories and essays on writing and popular culture. Her anthology, Outsiders, co-edited with Nancy Kilpatrick, was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award in 2005.

She teaches in the Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing Program, offered through the University of Southern Maine. She has previously taught at UCSD and has served on the Clarion Board of Directors.

She lives in San Diego, California, with her daughter Belle, their two Corgis, Panda and Tater; and their cats, David and Kittnen Snow. She and Belle are active in Girl Scouts and dog obedience training.

Reviews

[Madeleine Knutsson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ganska tråkig faktiskt, men det kan bero på att jag inte är intresserad av egyptiska gudar det minsta. Roligt att läsa om Val igen och saknar verkligen henne som Sabrinas bästa kompis.

[Stephanie ((Strazzybooks)) · Rating 2 out of 5]

“‘This cat goddess goes through more boyfriends than Libby.’”

This one was pretty lame. I thought with an ancient Egypt adventure it would’ve been more interesting, but I was completely bored. The pacing felt off and stuff that didn't make sense (more than usual for the Sabrina universe) peppered the book (like Sabrina not knowing who the f Houdini is). Valerie along for the ride certainly didn’t make it any better. On to the next in the series!

[Chelsea May xxx · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was boring and was so slow to get into. I found my self board whilst reading this book. It was mainly about Salem which I liked but Sabrina and the other characters were really annoying though out this book. It brought back childhood memories of the tv show though. Not the best Sabrina book sadly xxx

[Anita Bakhtiar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Egyptian mythology meets American superstitions... and boy, is it AMAZING! Not only does Holder bring Ancient Egypt to life, she does so with a hint of whimsy and a lot of fun!

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute.

[James G · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was alright. It felt a bit basic and could've done with a lower page count, but it wasn't really really bad. Somehow there's (at least) one more Egypt-themed Sabrina novel, too!

[Kelly K · Rating 2 out of 5]

Even the characters kept saying how bored they were so why would the reader not find this boring? I was expecting this to be a fun read with Salem getting into shenanigans in Ancient Egypt but this was just really boring.

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved all of the Sabrina tales full of magic. Every story was a different adventure and some new and exciting challenge to overcome. These books made me want to have magical powers too but the ending results were hilarious.

[Elliott · Rating 4 out of 5]

love the TV show, and the books manage to capture the tone perfectly. there's a very small amount of suspense as the situation spirals out of control, but everyone's so goofy and quirky, it's just cute and fun.

[Sella Malin · Rating 1 out of 5]

I used to love this T.V. show, along with the books.. now I don't care for both much anymore.

[¿Lôre?]

read this a long time ago. dnt remember what it was about...

[Tori · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was actually quite cute. I remember liking it.

[Katlyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cute Sabrina book.