The Stonecutter's Apprentice

By James Jesse

“I will create a monument to honour the Great Pharaoh Khafre as no pharaoh has been honoured,” Akhmet spoke quietly.
He turned to Chibale and took the boy’s face in his hands.
“And you, Chibale, will help me. We will create a monument for eternity.”

Chibale is a young apprentice stonecutter in ancient Egypt. When a huge rock is uncovered in the pyramid quarry, Chibale’s master decides to carve a monument – and lets Chibale help him.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Storm Cloud Publishing
• Release date: Jun 21, 2023
• ISBN: 9781925285611

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The Stonecutter’s Apprentice

James Jesse

Illustrated by Oliver Anders

The Stonecutter’s Apprentice © James Jesse (2023)

Illustrations © Oliver Anders (2023)

Published by Storm Cloud Publishing (2023)

ISBN: 978-1-925285-61-1 Smashwords Edition

This book is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of study, research, criticism, review or as otherwise permitted under the Copyright Act Australia 1968 and subsequent amendments, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission. Enquiries should be made through the publisher.

Junior Fiction: Life in Ancient Egypt, Action and Adventure

Ages 8-12 years

Contents

Chapter one

Chapter two

Chapter three

Chapter four

Chapter five

About the Author

About the Illustrator

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Chapter one

Master! Master!

Chibale scampered across the desert quarry. The stonecutters put their tools down and rested on the shadowed side of the rock while the boy raced across the desert sands to the old stonecutter’s tent.

The busy season was upon the desert and the pyramid building was in full swing. Thousands of workers swarmed the site. Each with their own task, working in teams or individually, sweating