That required a different amulet, the ouzait.” A boy gets a good idea while he sleeps and credits it to a god, then thinks it was his father’s spirit and so visits his tomb. “The gods would smile on him, and Osiris himself, Osiris the Merciful, would speak out of the wind to him and direct all his affairs.” “He fingered his amulet nervously, hoping it had protected him, but he knew it had no power over the Evil Eye. Describes Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife and burying the dead with their treasures. Religious & Supernatural - 10 Incidents: Mentions khefts (evil spirits) and bas (good spirits) throughout the book. Religious Profanity - 23 Incidents: By Amon, Osiris the Merciful forbid it, Thoth’s mercy, as Maat is my witness, “For the sake of Ptah the Bearded!”, Great Ptah’s whiskers, Holy Mother Mut, 'Why in the name of Amon', Oh, Mother of Amon, Great Bast’s whiskers, Hathor’s mercy Name Calling - 40 Incidents: The pig, the son of Set the Devil, Accursed One, Useless One, scum, Worthless One, stupid, Fatherless One, Homeless One, ingrate, brats, Slow-witted One, Spawn of Crocodiles, Tardy One, idler, donkeyhead, Imbecile, fool, lazy clod, son of a jackal, riffraff, Cursed Ones, Mad One, Rash One Mild Obscenities & Substitutions - 5 Incidents: stupid

I remember when my mom read this one aloud to us - we simply could not put it down! A great option for an action-packed, family read aloud. McGraw was married to William Corbin McGraw, who died in 1999. She lived for many years in Portland, Oregon before dying in late 2000 of 'complications of cancer'. The actual writing of the books was done entirely by Eloise Lauren made story contributions significant enough for Eloise to assign her co-authorship credit.

Frank Baum, writing with her daughter Lauren Lynn McGraw (Wagner) Merry Go Round in Oz (the last of the Oz books issued by Baum's publisher) and The Forbidden Fountain of Oz, and later writing The Rundelstone of Oz on her own. McGraw also contributed to the Oz series started by L. McGraw had a very strong interest in history, and among the many books she wrote for children are Greensleeves, Pharaoh, The Seventeenth Swap, and Mara, Daughter of the Nile. A Really Weird Summer (1977) won an Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Mystery from the Mystery Writers of America. She was awarded the Newbery Honor three times in three different decades, for her novels Moccasin Trail (1952), The Golden Goblet (1962), and The Moorchild (1997). Eloise Jarvis McGraw was an author of children's books.

The golden goblet by eloise mcgraw