When middle school-aged Clayton, who’s crazy about everything King Tut, decides to wander the museum exhibit by himself, he is more than surprised to run into the Boy King himself. The two compare what it’s like being a teenager today versus thousands of years ago. Did big kids bully the smaller ones even way back then? Do nations continue to war over religion? And, do children still go to bed hungry? As Clayton and Tut discuss solutions, the King challenges the teen to make a difference in his world. Clayton tries… But when things don’t seem to work out, he wonders if he imagined the whole encounter…

 

About the Author

Author Darlene Kwarta is a retired special education teacher and foster parent who has been writing since she was in grade school, when she decided to start a neighborhood newspaper. Her sights have risen from local gossip to a love of world history, and she writes as a way of continuing to teach and inspire young people. This is the first in a series of planned “Walking With” books. The author also hopes to travel and take classes in American Sign Language, enjoying her retirement as a time “when I can do what I want, whenever I want.”