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The Curse of the Mummy (1993) by R. L. Stine
I read The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb as part of a book club. This was the fifth book in the series, so is much less silly than the subsequent ones.
I enjoyed this book, especially the exotic locale. I always like when the setting is other countries or locations. It adds a little interest. I mean, even now, this made me go into a rabbit hole of looking at real mummies to see what they actually look like!
Gabe tags along on his parent’s adventures. This time, they are in Egypt on business, but soon they get called away to Alexandria, and Gabe is given a choice: he can go with them or stay with his uncle Ben, who is an archivist. Ben is his favorite uncle, so he chooses to stay with him. But there’s one hitch: his cousin Sari is there, too, on leave from school for Christmas vacation. Gabe can’t stand Sari, who is always trying to best him in everything and is just all around annoying.
Choosing to stay with uncle Ben despite Sari being there has its perks, though. They all get to see inside the pyramid that Ben is working on! There is one creepy guy that is overseeing the project, though. His name is Ahmed, and he doesn’t seem very friendly. Soon Sari coaxes Gabe to go exploring in the maze of tunnels that the tomb consists of……
Find out what happens when you read The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb! It’s actually a pretty exciting read, and I think Stine builds tension and suspense pretty well in this one. Unfortunately, there is no Goosebumps episode of the book, but I did see somewhere that the sequel, The Return of the Mummy. does have one. That will be the next book we’ll read in the book club, so that will be fun.
In 1999, this was adapted into a comic strip, which I thought captured the main story pretty well.
SOURCES:
https://goosebumps.fandom.com/wiki/The_Curse_of_the_Mummy%27s_Tomb
