The Time-travelling Cat and the Egyptian Goddess [Paperback]

If you like books about Egyptology, this is the best. I think it
is strange but interesting.

Very readable and might do much to spark a new interest in history

The series gives insight into the lives and problems of people living in
different times. Good stories, the suspense enthralls.

I first read this book when I was Year 4 and was absolutely captivated. It was my first favourite.

Topher travels to Ancient Egypt in search of his cat, Ka, in this historical adventure.

Topher and his father are trying to get over the death of Topher's mother, an Egyptologist, when they take in a stray cat. This cat bears an uncanny resemblance to a cat ornament given to Topher by his mother and so they name it 'Ka', meaning 'double'. Topher becomes very attached to Ka and is puzzled by her mysterious absences. One day when he is playing a computer game with an Egyptian theme, Ka jumps on the keys and spells out the name Bubastis, which was the centre of cat worship in Ancient Egypt. Could Ka really be leading a double life and what is she trying to tell Topher?

The Time Travelling Cat and the Egytian Goddess is the first in the series about Ka, the time-travelling cat. When it was first published, it was called The Time Travelling Cat. I didn't know then, that I was going to write a whole series of books. But when I did publishers changed the title to The Time Travelling Cat and the Egyptian Goddess. So, if you want to know what some of its first readers thought about it look at the reviews they've written for The Time Travelling Cat. One of them, written on 30 September 2000 says 'An excelant book. I couldn't put it down. My fav.part(s)were when Topher wakes up in the middle of the night and the sardonyx statue of a cat is glowing.

Incredible! The Sun.
Intriguing and well-written fantasy. Books for Keeps.

Ka is the cleverest, most beautiful cat Topher has ever seen.

She talks, writes on his computer

-B-+bast*is -

and travels through time to Ancient Egypt. But when Topher goes in search of her, he learns that she is going be sacrificed. Can he rescue her? Will the priestess, mysteriously like his mum who died in an air crash, help or hinder him?

"Intriguing fantasy."

Books for Keeps

Julia Jarman has written over 80 books for children. She lives near Bedford with her husband and has three grown-up children. She has been a schoolteacher and journalist but she now devotes a lot of time to school and library visits to talk to children about writing.