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P.B. Kerr Children of the Lamp The Akhenaten Adventure is a great start to the series. John and Philippa Gaunt are 12 year old twins. Little do they know that they are both also Djinns (genies)who have the power to grant people their every desire. The twins are contacted through dreams at the same time by their Djinn Uncle Nimrod through dreams who quickly tells them that they are Djinns and that they are to visit him in Europe. But he also tells them not to tell their parents. Their Uncle teaches them about their history and heritage and starts them off on a quest to stop a power hungry Djinn Akhenaten who is supposed to be dead!! Can the twins develop and control their powers quickly enough to help their Uncle Nimrod stop this supposedly dead evil Djinn?
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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.
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.
Jocelyn E. (hoopridge) reviewed The Akhenaten Adventure (Children of the Lamp, Bk 1) on + 252 more book reviews
I reallllly wanted to like this. But then I started reading it and realized it was nothing more than "Harry Potter" with genies. What a waste. Didn't even get past 100 pages before I closed it and sighed, "Way to steal a premise..."
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Cherryl M. (drummergirl) reviewed The Akhenaten Adventure (Children of the Lamp, Bk 1) on + 175 more book reviews
Scholastic cover different, first edition October 2004, great story for 8-15 years of age. If your kids read Harry Potter, this will be right along the same line. What if you woke up one morning to discover you are a genie?
