The Great Scarab Scam, A Mystery for Young Readers / Eleven-year-old Lydia Hartley dreams of following in the footsteps of her archaeologist father. When he goes to Egypt to help track down the culprits responsible for the &quot;scarab scam,&quot; an operation dealing in forged antiquities, Lydia gets the chance to travel along with him. 

However, once she&#x27;s in Egypt, Lydia learns there is more at stake for both her father and her Egyptian hosts than mere scarabs, especially for twelve-year-old Sima Malik--and only Lydia knows what to do.