Tales of the Dead: Ancient Egypt, by Stewart Ross

Subtitle: A gripping novel tells a tale of murder, magic, and mayhem.
Rating: 6/10

While this book isn't as sinister as it sounds, it really gave me a sense that we wouldn't do this one. 
For those who aren't quite as sensitive as I am, however, I will provide a more accurate description, so you can decide for yourself. 

The "graphic novel" portion is a comic strip that winds itself around the central text that repeats much of the information found in other Ancient Egypt books. 

The comic portion is geared to create a lot of suspense, and is about a boy and a slave girl.  The slave girls is about 12 or 13, and is set to be married to a much older man, who was the chief embalmer.  I can only assume that it isn't a first wife position, because I am over analytical and can't imagine that such a powerful man would choose a slave girl as a wife.  Anyway, the follow him at night and catch him stealing from the pyramid and then get sealed into the pyramid and finally make their way out.  there is much discussion about the god Sobek and his temple, and asking Sobek to protect them, and then the chief embalmer catches them snooping around and tries to kill them by throwing them in the river with the hippos.  The finally meet the Pharaoh, and tell her about the stealing, and she orders a search of the temple and the embalming sites.  Nothing is found, until the end, when the boy plunges his hand inside a mummy and finds the stolen goods.  The cheif embalmer runs away, and and gets wound up eaten by a crocodile, which they relate back to Sobek, the crocodile god.  The text on each page relates to the storyline on that page in some way.  However, the whole story raises a lot of questions for me, such as why hide jewels inside a mummy, and how the children were able to push a heavy stone that it took 3 grown men to put in place.