Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
You know how Melanie and April discuss gypsies at the end of The Egypt Game? It's not just a neat way to finish up the Egypt stuff: there's actually a sequel about how that becomes their next game. Well played, Snyder. Well played. (Source)
The neighborhood imagined in The Egypt Game is all taken from Zilpha Keatley Snyder's experience living in Berkeley. Yep, you guessed it—also a college town. We're sensing a connection, there. (Source)
Like April and Melanie, Zilpha Keatley Snyder was super into reading and considered libraries "treasure houses" when she was growing up. (Source)