The Egypt Girls Summary

After the realization that Melanie and April have a lot in common, they spend most everyday together before school starts. April ignites Melanie's imagination through her love of Egypt and all things ancient. Everyday the girls go down to the local library and with the help of one of the librarians, read every book they can find on Egypt. Egypt becomes their shared passion.

As fun as it is to play with Melanie, April is starting to have doubts about starting at a new school. Melanie is also worried because she doesn't know how April will fit into her circle of friends at school. She's worried about April's "Hollywood Act" and particularly about the false eyelashes that April continues to wear. Melanie decides to "kidnap" the eyelashes so April won't have a chance to wear them to school.

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