Songbird of the Nile
Subtitle: the diary of Miriam's best friend
By: [written by Anne Tyra Adams ; illustrated by Dennis Edwards.]
Contributors: Edwards, Dennis, ill.
Series: The Promised Land diaries ;; 5
Publisher: BakerBooks
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
Subjects: Miriam (Biblical figure) -- Juvenile fiction.; Moses (Biblical leader) -- Juvenile fiction.; Miriam (Biblical figure) -- Fiction.; Moses (Biblical leader) -- Fiction.; Jews -- History -- To 1200 B.C. -- Fiction.; Diaries -- Fiction.; Egypt -- History -- Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C. -- Fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.
Description: Living in Egypt in 1526 B.C., twelve-year-old Laila keeps a diary that describes the lives of her Jewish family and neighbors, including that of her best friend Miriam's baby brother, who comes to be raised by an Egyptian princess and is named Moses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-172).
"Egypt, 1527-1526 BC."