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|title=Orphan of the Sun

|author=Gill Harvey

|date=March 2007

|isbn=978-0747579458

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Meryt-Re lives in Set Maat in Ancient Egypt, home to the pharoah's tomb builders. The entire village and all its people have just one purpose - to build a tomb worthy of the ruler. Society is rigidly structured and sons follow fathers into their various professions - stone mason, painter, scribe. Meryt-Re falls slightly outside this rigid structure, for she is an orphan being cared for by her aunt and uncle. As in most organised societies, people like Meryt-Re disturbs the natural order. They throw things out. And Meryt-Re throws things out even more because she is an unusual child - she has dreams which seem to foretell the future. Ancient Egyptian society is also very superstitious and Meryt-Re is viewed with suspicion not only by the villagers, but also by her own family.