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| Pyramid Scheme (Matterhorn the Brave Series #3) | 
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Sales Rank: 1157845
Category: Book
Author: Mike Hamel
Publisher: AMG Publishers
Studio: AMG Publishers
Manufacturer: AMG Publishers
Label: AMG Publishers
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 182
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.3
ISBN: 0899578357
EAN: 9780899578354
ASIN: 0899578357
Publication Date: July 20, 2007
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Product Description
Matterhorn and his friends are transported to ancientEgypt by a mysterious stranger
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 The worst-written book I've ever read! October 30, 2008
I chose to read Mike Hamel's Matterhorn the Brave novel called Pyramid Scheme because I was looking for a new science fiction book for 5th graders. I had not read the preceding volumes in this series, but was (barely) able to figure out the essentials of the saga and the characters. Unfortunately, this is the worst-written book I've ever read! The language was forced, reminding me of how those 5th graders use descriptive language...great for them, but for an adult writer, embarrassingly stilted and artificial. I think it's essential for the author of a series of books to start each volume with a review of past events sufficient to allow a reader to pick up any book in the series at will. Mr. Hamel barely managed to do this; I expected more background at the start of this volume. In my opinion, the best children's books are appealing to adults, too. Mr. Hamel may be able to entertain his juvenile readers, but I think they deserve a better quality piece of writing than this book can offer them.
 Excellent reader...... October 30, 2008
An excellent installment to the series. My son originally received #1 for his 9th birthday. He was so excited reading it, that I purchased the rest of the series. He would tell me about what he read, it peaked my interest so much that I had to read them. Have read all 6 and would highly recommend it. Would be excellent to read aloud to younger children or just together time. I hope Mike Hamel is not finished with this series.
Exciting Juvenile Fantasy August 4, 2007
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"Pyramid Scheme is the third book in the Matterhorn the Brave Series. Mike Hamel continues to stir the imagination of his young readers with exploits, risks, inspiration, and information.
Matterhorn, the Baron, Jewel, and Nate are on another exciting mission in time-travel and history. Saved from near death by a stranger named Elok they are taken to the Valley of the Kings. They are called on to confront the heretics, an evil group set on rewriting history. The first attempt of the heretics is the murder of King Tut.
The young quartet soon find themselves in an adventure that takes them to the pyramids of Egypt, the City of the Dead, the courts of Pharaoh's Palace, the secret tunnels beneath Karnak Temple and down the Nile to the Great Pyramid.
Hamel has the remarkable gift of being able to transport the reader into another time convincing them of the possibility of time-travel situations, alternate realities, traveler's cubes, time maps, and magical swords.
Mike is a natural story teller. He understands his young audience, and has amazing insight into the past, the present and the future. His creative imagination and flare for description draw the reader into the story whether it is in the pyramids of Egypt, the computer capabilities of today, or the "time-files" of the future.
I particularly enjoyed the visual images created by some of his descriptive phrases: "The tale of her disgrace would make its way through the market faster than water through gills", or "The supporting pillars were tattooed with hieroglyphics as high up as he could see," and "The bloke's been busier than a centipede in a shoe store..."
"Pyramid Scheme" and the Matterhorn the Brave series provide young readers with the opportunity to stretch their mind by using their imagination, to vicariously connect with the realms of space and time. Mike Hamel is a master story teller.
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