The Snake Princess
Harber, Shirley
Ancient Egypt. Thirteen-year-old Shahira lives with her adoptive mother, Halima and Meret, Halima's jealous daughter.
Shahira is wrongly accused of stealing and suspects that Meret has set her up. Shahira is sent to work in Commander Nebamon's house.
One day in the herb garden a cobra is about to strike, but Shahira sings to the snake and sends it away.
She remembers a similar occurrence when she was a child and is mystified by the power sh...