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y separately published work icon Cairo Jim and the Sunken Sarcophagus of Sekheret : A Tale of Mayhem, Mystery and Moisture single work   children's fiction   children's   adventure  
Is part of Cairo Jim Geoffrey McSkimming , 1991 series - author children's fiction (number 4 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1994... 1994 Cairo Jim and the Sunken Sarcophagus of Sekheret : A Tale of Mayhem, Mystery and Moisture
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' When the manicured evil genius, Captune Neptune F. Bone, disappears in the Red Sea while diving for a lost sarcophagus, that well-known archaeologist and little-known poet, Cairo Jim, is called in to try and help find him in the dark and watery depths ..." -- back cover.' (Libraries Australia record).

Notes

  • Book 4 of the Cairo Jim Series.
  • Numbering of the books in this series appears to vary between the English-language, Korean and Japanese editions.

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has Japanese and Korean translations.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: カイロ・ジム. 3, 黄金の棺と謎の海底都市
Alternative title: Kairo jimu. 3, Ōgon no hitsugi to nazo no kaitei toshi
Language: Japanese

Other Formats

  • Also braille and sound recording.

Works about this Work

[Review] Cairo Jim and the Sunken Sarcophagus of Sekheret Leonie Francis , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 9 no. 1 1995; (p. 24-25)

— Review of Cairo Jim and the Sunken Sarcophagus of Sekheret : A Tale of Mayhem, Mystery and Moisture Geoffrey McSkimming , 1994 single work children's fiction
Untitled John D. Adams , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 39 no. 1 1995; (p. 32)

— Review of Cairo Jim and the Sunken Sarcophagus of Sekheret : A Tale of Mayhem, Mystery and Moisture Geoffrey McSkimming , 1994 single work children's fiction
From the Word Go : Books for Younger Readers Stephen Matthews , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1994-1995) no. 167 1994; (p. 54-55) Australian Book Review , May no. 200 1998; (p. 60-61)

— Review of The Dead of the Night John Marsden , 1994 single work novel ; Mr Enigmatic Jenny Pausacker , 1994 single work novel ; Friend of My Heart Judith Clarke , 1994 single work novel ; Radical Take-Offs Glyn Parry , 1994 selected work short story ; Cairo Jim and the Sunken Sarcophagus of Sekheret : A Tale of Mayhem, Mystery and Moisture Geoffrey McSkimming , 1994 single work children's fiction
[Review] Cairo Jim and the Sunken Sarcophagus of Sekheret Leonie Francis , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 9 no. 1 1995; (p. 24-25)

— Review of Cairo Jim and the Sunken Sarcophagus of Sekheret : A Tale of Mayhem, Mystery and Moisture Geoffrey McSkimming , 1994 single work children's fiction
From the Word Go : Books for Younger Readers Stephen Matthews , 1994 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1994-1995) no. 167 1994; (p. 54-55) Australian Book Review , May no. 200 1998; (p. 60-61)

— Review of The Dead of the Night John Marsden , 1994 single work novel ; Mr Enigmatic Jenny Pausacker , 1994 single work novel ; Friend of My Heart Judith Clarke , 1994 single work novel ; Radical Take-Offs Glyn Parry , 1994 selected work short story ; Cairo Jim and the Sunken Sarcophagus of Sekheret : A Tale of Mayhem, Mystery and Moisture Geoffrey McSkimming , 1994 single work children's fiction
Untitled John D. Adams , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 39 no. 1 1995; (p. 32)

— Review of Cairo Jim and the Sunken Sarcophagus of Sekheret : A Tale of Mayhem, Mystery and Moisture Geoffrey McSkimming , 1994 single work children's fiction
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