LitPick Review
In Pharaoh's Daughter, by Julius Lester, Almah is a Habiru girl living in a small city outside of Khemet. Her life is changed forever when she finds out that when the pharaoh Ramesses II declares that every newborn Habiru boy is to be killed-and Almah is terrified for her baby brother Yekutiel. Almah panics when the soldiers come and she approaches the hidden area of the Nile, where she sees the Khemetian princess faint at the sight of a crocodile killing one of the babies. She brings the princess into her house and her family is furious. The soldiers come back and the princess shows up. Almah is confused about what to do, so she places Yekutiel in the Nile in a basket. She watches it float upstream and into the sight of the princess, who brings him into her palace, along with Almah and Ima, her mother. There, the princess declares Yekutiel her own and names him Thutmosis. And from then on, Almah moves into the palace with her mother and captures the interest of Ramesses II. Ramesses gives her a mirror, signifying that Almah is now his adopted daughter, and lives among the royals of Khemet.
Opinion:
I found this book to be quite captivating, and it was hard to stop from reading on. There wasn't any bad content or cussing, which made the book even better. There were times where I was on the edge of my seat, and times when I felt as if the drama couldn't have increased. I give this book 5 stars because of the amazing plot and the characters personalities.
