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__**The Egypt Game**__
 * By:Faith**
 * In the book** //__**The Egypt Game**__// **by Ziphla Snyder, April Hall is a confused girl who learns who she really is after meeting Melanie and Caroline who help her imagine the Egypt game.** It started when, she was little. All her life April has followed her mother around Hollywood acting like a super star. Now, that she has to move into a little town with her Grandmother, she no longer knows who she is or were she stands in life. She doesn't understand that the most important thing is to be yourself. All that you need to find your true self is to have good family and friends that love and support you.


 * It all begins, when** **April is sent to live with her Grandmother. Her life crumbles apart like a brick wall faced with a wrecking ball.** Her mother is on tour and no longer has time for her, she barely knows her Grandmother who she refers to as Caroline showing how her life has always been based on the grown up world, and no longer does she know who she is in this small town so different from Hollywood. For April her life revolves around her mother who is 100 miles away. And without her she doesn't know who she really is. But she doesn't notice that to find her true self all she needs to do is to reach out and connect with her Grandmother. But instead of acting like the little girl she really is she puts on a show for her Grandmother acting like a grown up or rather like her Hollywood mother. When April first arrives at her Grandmothers apartment she is unsure of the situation and who she really is. She then decides that she needs to act grown-up. When Caroline explains that she is to report to Mrs. Ross every time she goes somewhere she ignores her. When Caroline suggests that April calls her Grandmother she refuses. And when Caroline tries to start a conversation at breakfast April decides that she doesn't want to talk. This shows that April doesn't know were she stands in life and who she is.

In addition, to Aprils horrible day she still has to go eat lunch with Mrs. Ross and her family even though she refuses to almost all that Caroline says. She still feels like she needs to make a grown-up impression on the Ross's so she heads out to purchase some fake eyelashes. **When she arrives at the Ross's they are stunned at what seems to be a rodent draped over her shoulders. She tries her best to stay in character.** But soon she finds her self blabbing about her life back in Hollywood not even aware of her bragging. " Well not exactly a star, really. she's mostly a vocalist. So far she's only been an extra in movies. But she almost had a supporting role once." Lucky for her Melanie, Mrs. Ross's daughter is willing to put up with it feeling that this transition is hard for a girl like April. "Wow that's cool! We've never known anyone before whose mother was an extra in movies, have we, Mom?" April continue all the way through lunch talking about everything in Hollywood. And more importantly who she was in Hollywood. An amazing little girl who meets all the big movie stars and goes to late party's staying up tell twelve. These are all examples of how April is trying her best to stay in that grown-up character. But it soon fads away and to Aprils luck she soon feels comfortable in her new home .Everything is falling into place and April is starting to understand more about were she stands in life. It is then that Aprils confident's in her new home is shredded. After going to a drug store a little girl went missing. To everyone's horror she was found murdered down by the swamp!


 * In the end, on** **that dreaded night April learns that who she is right there with everyone she knows and has meet**. In the dead of the night April, so sure that she can make a quick trip to Egypt and back even with the murderer lose, takes Marshall (Melanie's little brother) to go retrieve her math book. It is right there with in her grasp and is so easy to do. But not for long. A long pale hand is ready to take April as she leaves with Marshall as the eye witness. Then an unfamiliar scream pierces the air frightening away the hand holding Aprils life. It is after the investigation that the man that saved her life reveals himself. It was the Professor. A man all the kids in the neighborhood try to keep at least 100 yards away from. No one saw it coming. The friend of a life time hidden by sadness. The one person needed to complete Aprils life. All of these are examples of how April learns who she is and were she fits in.


 * In conclusion, who you are and were you belong in this crazy world is a never ending process. The only time we really know were we fit in is when we have to leave it all behind and start new.** But along the way it never hurts to have friends supporting you and encouraging you as you hit all the speed bumps and dips of life. From Hollywood to a small town somewhere in California April learned who she is and who she could count on to lead her and comfort her. It doesn't matter who you are to others but who you are to your self and when you have people who love you and support you it makes life all worth while.