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Loading... Children Of The Lamp: The Akhenaten Adventure (Children Of The Lamp)by P. B. KerrSeries: Children of the Lamp (1)
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. The Akhentan Adventure is a book about two kids who are not ordinary humans, but in fact, are magical djinn, or genies. This is the book where they discover their powers and start using them. (  ) dereklink | Oct 14, 2009 |  Wonderfully creative. (  ) readingrat | Sep 27, 2008 | It is about two kids, John and Philippa, who find out when they have their wisdom teeth pulled that they are genies (djinn in the book). They learn how to grant wishes, and spend time in bottles, and all sorts of other mystical powers. They soon find themselves in Egypt dealing with the balance of power between good and evil in the world and the evil ghost of Akhenaten. I don't want to spoil it but their is plenty of adventure in here for kids and it is written well enough to keep Dad interested. This book is excellent for reading aloud. The voice cues are appropriate. One of my pet peeves is dialogue that reads "Lets get out of the cave, go down the road, and cross the bridge", he whispered. So that you find out you are supposed to whisper the line when you get through reading it. Drives me crazy. This book lets you know up front how to read such lines. I just believe that when you are reading to a kid you have to sell it. The more over the top the reader is, the more our son likes it. I recomend this book highly for kids who love adventure. ( ) YogiABB | Sep 19, 2008 | Almost as good as the Harry Potters. ( ) firestar97 | Sep 14, 2008 | Although a children's book, I enjoyed the story and was pulled into the plot. The 12 year old children John & Phillipa have been raised as mundanes (mortal humans). With the early eruption of wisdom teeth, their djinn powers are unleashed. Their Uncle Nimrod in England takes on the task of training them how to use these powers for good. Of course, they come against some of the evil djinn of the world and must use wit plus djinn power to prevail. The sentence structure is simple, but the plot while predictable was complex. There were several sub plots and some vocabulary to be learned. I think this was a fun story - interesting enough for older children through adult. I think either girls or boys might enjoy it. ( ) DK1010 | Jun 24, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0439670209, Paperback)You can tell from the very first page that P. B. Kerr had great fun writing his novel, The Akhenaten Adventure. The way the author introduces his cleverly named characters, the atmospheric setting, the fun tone of his narration--all indicate that a hugely entertaining story is in store. The first installment of his Children of the Lamp sequence is set firmly in the present day, but it soon breaks away and encompasses several wonderfully colorful parts of the globe, England and Egypt included.
John and Philippa Gaunt, two twelve-year-old not-very-identical twins, live a privileged life on the Upper East of Manhattan with their wealthy parents and two curiously-mannered Rottweilers named Alan and Neil. The twins realize there's something amiss with their world when a string of strange things begin to happen after their wisdom teeth are extracted--they dream the same dreams, become stronger, their zits clear up, and wishes wished in their presence inexplicably come true. And, when their estranged Uncle Nimrod asks them to come to England for the summer during one such shared dream, the discovery of their destiny is set in motion.
John and Phillippa discover that they are descended from a long line of Djinn, have great inherent powers. They must call on these powers a lot sooner than they anticipated, though, because the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten is not as dead as history has so far declared and his legion of seventy magical djinn could tip the balance of power in the magical realm and affect the whole world order.
P.B. Kerr, under his given name Philip Kerr, is the author of several bestselling thrillers for adult readers. His debut novel for children is a slick, zeitgeisty fantasy adventure that is sure to win him a new raft of fans. The Blue Djinn of Babylon is next up for those who get hooked. (Age 10 and over) --John McLay (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:57 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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