Bring on the tough stuff - there’s not just one right answer.
- Why do the kids decide that the abandoned yard will be known as Egypt?
- Is the Egypt Game just a game to the kids, or something more? How so?
- How does the age difference in all the key players affect the Egypt Game and how it's carried out?
- Do you think that the Professor is a good man? Why or why not?
- How does April feel about living with her grandmother at the beginning of the book? How does she feel at the end?
- Is it important that the kids come from different racial backgrounds, but still play together happily?
- How does the murder complicate things for the Egypt Game gang?
- Do you think that anything magical or supernatural really happened to the kids?
- What role does Marshall's stuffed octopus, Security, play in the story?
- Do you think that April will return to Los Angeles and live with her mother at some point?
- How does the Egypt Game change the Professor's life?
- If this book took place today, would the problems happening in Egypt change the way the kids play the game?