Más Allá de las Tres Dunas (Beyond the Three Dunes)

Más Allá de las Tres Dunas book cover

This Spanish book by Susana Fernández Gabaldón is about the discovery of the hidden city of Hanefer. All this through the acquisition and discovery of some magical items by Hassan, a man who works at an antiquities shop in Cairo. One of these items is Princess Neferure's hand-held mirror, it shows visions of the past to one of Hassan's nephews. This event sends Hassan, one of his friends and his nephews into the desert to find the lost city. Once they do this, they need to escape alive.

I like this book because it was a part of my childhood. Since I was a kid I was interested in Egypt and this is a great book to get started in that area. With easy language and an interesting story, Más Allá de las Tres Dunes is great for any kid. The best thing is how Susana describes everything, it leaves it to your imagination and is so detailed that it helps with the story. I would recommend this book for small children (10-12) because it is extremely easy to read and it is also entertaining. Its aspects of magic and history are what makes this book similar to Rick Riordan's work minus the humor.
I give it  3/5 stars because it isn't as amusing as it was 6 years ago.