y separately published work icon Cairo Jim and the Quest for the Quetzal Queen : a Mayan tale of marvels single work   children's fiction   children's   adventure   mystery  
Is part of Cairo Jim Geoffrey McSkimming , 1991 series - author children's fiction (number 7 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 Cairo Jim and the Quest for the Quetzal Queen : a Mayan tale of marvels
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" Strange paintings have come to light in ancient Mexican pyramids and temples. Is the mysterious painted woman the actual Quetzal Queen? Did she really reign for almost 800 years? What has the sudden disappearance of Fifi Glusac (the famous contortionist and harmonica player) got to do with it? Cairo Jim, that well-known archaeologist and little-known poet, ... finds himself faced with another flabbergasting mystery from times past " -- back cover.' (Libraries Australia record).

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  • Book 7 of the Cairo Jim Series.

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  • Also sound recording.

Works about this Work

Untitled Kerry Neary , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 42 no. 2 1998; (p. 22)

— Review of Cairo Jim and the Quest for the Quetzal Queen : a Mayan tale of marvels Geoffrey McSkimming , 1997 single work children's fiction
Untitled Kerry Neary , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 42 no. 2 1998; (p. 22)

— Review of Cairo Jim and the Quest for the Quetzal Queen : a Mayan tale of marvels Geoffrey McSkimming , 1997 single work children's fiction
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