The Secret of Ka
A riveting fantasy from the imagination of New York Times best-selling author Christopher Pike. On vacation in Istanbul, Sara unearths a flying carpet that cleverly drags her to the mysterious Island of the Djinn—or genies. By her side is Amesh, a cute guy she has a crush on but doesn’t yet...
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A riveting fantasy from the imagination of New York Times best-selling author Christopher Pike. On vacation in Istanbul, Sara unearths a flying carpet that cleverly drags her to the mysterious Island of the Djinn—or genies. By her side is Amesh, a cute guy she has a crush on but doesn’t yet trust. When Amesh learns the secret of invoking djinn, he loses control. He swears he’ll call upon only one djinn and make one wish. The plan sounds safe enough. But neither Sara nor Amesh is any match for the monster that that swells before them . . .
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780547577296 (054757729X)
Publish date: November 15th 2011
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
I mean... meh... it was okay. Then again, the heroine is stereotypical blond, blue-eyed American and the love interest is automatically gorgeous. And they fall in love at first sight. Since my sister recommended it to me, I thought it would be awesome. Maybe I picked up the wrong book. :*edit: I fou...
I was afraid going into this book that a story that involved magic carpet and genies (djinn) would be corny. Luckily, I was wrong. Secret of Ka was an original idea that was well written and well executed. It was a lot of fun learning the rules of the djinn, how you can only make one wish safely,...