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<p><br>ali Is Finally Old Enough To Join His Father In Tending Pigeons For The Evil Sultan Of Cairo. The Boy Is Given A Pet Pigeon, But Warned Never To Feed It Too Much, Lest It Become Spoiled And Lazy. But Ali Feels Sorry For His Hungry Pet And Disobeys. When The Overfed Bird Becomes Greedy And Ruins A Plate Of The Sultan's Cherries, Ali Is In Big Trouble! Now He Has Only Three Days To Replace The Sultan's 600 Cherries From The Snowy Mountains Of Syria. Only Then Can He Save His Father From The Dreaded Oubliette&#58; A Deep Pit Where A Giant Demon Is Waiting!</p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p>in Farmer's (the House Of The Scorpion) Pleasing Tale Set In Long-ago Cairo, Ali's Father Holds A Crucial Position As The Sultan's Pigeon Keeper. The Pigeons Carry Messages Across Egypt To And From The Ruler. When Ali Overfeeds One Of The Birds, Chaos Results, And The Boy Must Come Up With A Plan To Save His Father From Certain Death In The Sultan's Deep, Dark Oubliette. The Sultan Demands 600 Cherries Within Three Days (that Only Come By Swift Ship From The Snowy Mountains Of Syria). Ali Uses The Pigeons In An Ingenious Plan To Complete The Task. Farmer Bases Her Tale In Part On An Actual 12th

Author

Nancy Farmer

Publisher

New York: Orchard Books

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780439370141

Subjects

Children'S, History, Fiction

Rating

3.73 / 5 (52 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14