Authors Camel Shorter, Dameona Hewlett, and Japan Spells team up with illustrator Anthony White to tell this story of life in ancient Egypt. When three kids get sucked into their video game they must break codes, read hieroglyphics, and make their way out of dangerous mazes and quicksand! Will they be able to make it back to the real world?

— Simon Traub-Epstein, International Library of Young Authors

From the publisher: “Camel, Japan, and Dameona are good kids, but struggling students. They’ve decided homework is pointless, and they’d rather just play their video game. One night when the kids refuse to stop playing, they are sucked into the world of The Pharaohs, where now they must complete challenges in their weakest subjects in school to make it out. Characters (and readers!) must solve hieroglyphic word puzzles, find their way through science-related mazes, and complete math mysteries on their path to earning their Pharaoh crowns and returning to the real world. Can they challenge themselves and learn to ask for help in time to make it out of the game?”