The Pharaoh's Secret — Marissa Moss

TALIBAH JUST WANTS TO ENJOY her trip to Egypt and work on her tan. But when she begins hearing cryptic voices that whisper phrases like "Find him! Now!" and "The time to measure your life has come," she quickly realizes she'll be trading pools for pyramids.

When Talibah and her younger brother, Adorn, accompany their father, an academic, to his homeland of modern Egypt on his research assignment, they become involved in a mystery surrounding an ancient, lost pharaoh -- a rare queen named Hatshepsut. Someone has tried to erase her from history, to make it appear as if she never existed! Now Hatshepsut is reaching out from beyond. She needs Talibah to help her and her high steward, Senenmut, reclaim their rightful place in history.

Working against Talibah is the snakelike Rashid, a colleague: of Talibah's father, who has a different agenda. Will he manage to stop Talibah and her brother from discovering the truth about what happened to Hatshepsut and Senenmut? Or will Talibah and Adorn succeed in setting history straight and, in turn, discover a link to their, own mother, who died mysteriously ?