Lost Young Adult Title, Ancient Egypt

February 10, 2008 11:18 PM

BookFilter: Young adult genre, ancient Egypt, cat, young baker.

I read this YA novel back in the late seventies. If I recall correctly, it was a time travel story involving a pet cat and a boy living in ancient Egypt. The one scene that really stands out for me involves the boy baking an elaborate loaf of bread shaped like a cat? a building? and having his heart sink as he watches it be thoughtlessly consumed by his masters.

Anyone?

posted by maryh to grab bag (5 comments total)

Is it Time Cat by Lloyd Alexander?
posted by lemuria at 11:51 PM on February 10, 2008

lemuria, that sounds like it could be right, except that I remember this story being a stand alone book- maybe one in a series. I'll google the author and see if I can find more info. Thanks!
posted by maryh at 12:11 AM on February 11, 2008

I'm pretty sure Time Cat is a stand-alone. And I remember they spent time in ancient Egypt. But I haven't read it since the late seventies, either, and the details are fuzzy.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 9:27 AM on February 11, 2008

Here it is on Google books.
posted by Pater Aletheias at 9:29 AM on February 11, 2008

Well, after some hardcore googling, t turns out that the book I'm looking for is called Christophe in Egypt: The Odyssey of Pharaoh's Cat by Inge Fischer. Ridiculously similar plots, and both books were published around the same year! Thanks to everybody for the input- Time Cat sounds like a lot of fun too.
posted by maryh at 10:46 AM on February 11, 2008