Breaking Stalin's Nose

Author: Eugene Yelchin

Sasha Zaichik has always wished to become Stalin's Young Pioneer. The night before he becomes a Pioneer his father unexpectedly is hauled off to prison. Sasha has always admired the great Stalin but when he holds the banner for a parade he makes a mistake, breaking the statue of Stalin, but he only broke one part of it, it's nose. When it's finally time to say he broke the nose, his classmate, Four Eyes takes the blame because his parents are in Lubyanka prison where he would be taken to. But what Four Eyes doesn't know is that his parents had already been executed.

In the end Sasha realises that he doesn't really want to be a Pioneer, he would rather see his father.

I like the picture of the nose smoking a pipe.
It looks like Gogol's character from his book The Nose.

Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus (Book 3)

    

Author: Robin Lorraine LaFevers

Sticky Will is taking Theo to a magic show featuring the great Awi Bubu. Theodosia realises that Awi Bubu is performing serious magic and she starts visiting him often. Meanwhile, Henry has come back for the spring holidays and accidentally discovers an ancient artifact that alchemists have been looking for for a long time. Soon many people are fighting for it, and Theodosia seems to right in the middle of it all.
The characters in this book are wonderfully mysterious. You never know who is and who isn't to be trusted. I recommend it to anyone who loves Lemony Snicket's writing or Egyptian mythology.

Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris (Book 2)

Author: Robin Lorraine LaFevers


Missing mummies are repeatedly being found at the Museum of Legends and Antiquities, Theodosia's fathers museum. Even worse, her father could be sent to jail with all the mummies around his museum. Theo must find what is attracting the mummies not only for her father but to stop the Serpents of Chaos from doing whatever they are up to.


I love Hieroglyphics!


                           This is a simplified version --->

Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos (Book 1)

Author: Robin Lorraine LaFevers


Theodosia Throckmorton is a girl with the talent of being able to sense a cursed artifact. One day, her mother arrives home with an artifact, the Heart of Egypt. Theodosia, her brother Henry and her pickpocket friend Sticky Will work together to return the Heart of Egypt to its original place before the Serpents of Chaos get it. 


This book is full of ancient Egyptian myths. I like the cat called Isis, who was named after the Egyptian goddess.


The illustrations were done by Yoko Tanaka who also illustrated Kate DiCamillo's The Magician's Elephant.