Mara, Daughter of the Nile
Publisher: Tandem Library; Turtleback Books
Published: October 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780613033268
First sentence: NEKONKH, captain of the Nile boat Silver Beetle, paused for the fiftieth time beside his vessel's high beaked prow and shaded his eyes to peer anxiously across the wharfs.