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WINTER 2009
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Mystery in Egypt
Boy detective
Raphael Yeretzian
, 13, is in grade 8
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book: Two Sunsets in Egypt. Writing
under the pseudonym, Leo Retz, the
68-page book is about a 16 year old boy,
by the name of Raphael Yeretizian, and
his adventures in Egypt. Raphael has
already started writing a sequel set in
Lebanon, Jordan and Cyprus.
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A: In grade 2, my little brother was
born. We were learning in class how to
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been writing ever since. Sometimes
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birthday.
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playing games with my friends and
brothers. I like to pretend with my
brothers that we are explorers or
secret agencies but we all make up the
stories together.
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A: I went to Egypt in the summer
with my family, visited the sites and
went on a cruise on the Nile. We had
a guide who told us about all of the
monuments. I liked Egypt very much
and wrote everyday in my journal about
what we did and what we saw. When
I came back home, there were some
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monuments so I researched them.
Since I had so much information, I
got the idea of writing a book. So I
decided to write a story.
I created the story and wrote a few
facts that are true and the rest is
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get a lot of information about Egypt.
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A: I started off with an outline and
started writing. As I wrote, more
ideas came. It took me a year. During
weekends and vacations I would
sit and write. Then I typed it. My
parents encouraged me a lot because
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mom to check. Then my whole family
read it and they thought it should be
published. So my parents researched
the best place to publish it and sent it.
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and just ordered another 75. My uncle
in Los Angeles has a bookstore and he
has some copies too. He said that the
book is selling well there too.
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A: Find a beginning and let the story
develop from there and then add
events. And never give up. I gave up
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and forgot about it. Then later I read
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in yourself and keep going.
Two Sunsets in Egypt can be purchased
at Amazon.com or Kidpub.com.