The Egypt Game tells the adventures of two sixth-grade girls, Melanie Ross and April Hall. April Hall has just moved into her grandmother’s apartment after being left behind by her mother, who returned to Hollywood to continue acting. Despite April’s eccentricity, she becomes quick friends with her neighbor, Melanie Ross, and Melanie’s little brother Marshall. The three children are intrigued by anything that has to do with Egypt, and soon their active imaginations lead them to create their own Egypt land in the empty lot behind the shabby A-Z Antique and Curio Shop. They have their own altars, temples, ceremonies, and oracles. All of their free time and thinking is spent on Egypt, and pretty soon they allow two more classmates to join. Then suddenly their Egypt begins to become strange and perplexing, as mysterious events make the children wonder about their creation.
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY
The Center for Gifted Education (CFGE) at William & Mary University (College of William & Mary), is a research and development center providing services to educators, policy makers, graduate students, researchers, and parents in support of the needs of gifted and talented individuals.
Located in Williamsburg, Virginia, the CFGE has established an international reputation for excellence in research, curriculum development, and service. Several major grants, including funding from the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act, have provided significant support for the work of the Center. In 2012, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation awarded CFGE the funds needed for a summer residential camp for low income, high-ability children, for four consecutive years. In 2015, William & Mary alumni, Mike and Nancy Petters, through the Petters Family Foundation, provided additional financial support to the program. In 2016, the Petters Family Foundation has committed to fully fund the program for the next four years. Camp Launch is only the beginning of the Center for Gifted Education’s goal to bring educational equality to all gifted students.