The Akhenaten Adventure
Meet John and Philippa Gaunt, twelve-year-old twins who one day discover themselves to be descended from a long line of djinn. All of a sudden, they have the power to grant wishes, travel to extraordinary places (and not necessarily on public transportation), and make people and objects...
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Meet John and Philippa Gaunt, twelve-year-old twins who one day discover themselves to be descended from a long line of djinn. All of a sudden, they have the power to grant wishes, travel to extraordinary places (and not necessarily on public transportation), and make people and objects disappear. Luckily (and luck does have something to do with it), the twins are introduced to their eccentric djinn-Uncle Nimrod, who will teach them how to harness their newly found power. And not a moment too soon!
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780439670197 (0439670195)
Publish date: October 1st 2004
Publisher: Orchard Books
Pages no: 355
Edition language: English
Series: Children of the Lamp (#1)
This could have been an entertaining book if the author didn't use characterisation that relied on casual racism to differentiate between characters. The twin's uncle renames people because it's too hard to pronounce names, one of the Djinn learned english through Irish TV and talks in Irish sayings...
This was a rather neat idea, but I really didn't like the characters or the dialog much. It all seemed a bit cliche. Sometimes in children's novels the main characters (when children) have almost no personality at all, and it seemed John and Philippa did not really have moods or characteristics un...
There were a lot of things I liked about this book, but also a few things I didn't like.The Good:1. The Fantasy Element - I was impressed with the djinn folklore that was used as the basis of the story. It seemed well researched and was used intelligently, and I liked the references to literature s...
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