Children of the Lamp: The Akhenaten Adventure

Title: Children of the Lamp: The Akhenaten Adventure
Author: P. B. Kerr
Publisher: Orchard Books, 2004
Reading Level: 6th and up
Pages: 355
Genre: Fantasy









Summary:

John and Phillipa Gaunt have a beautiful mother and an ordianary father and they live a very nice life. When their wisdom teeth begin to grow in their Uncle Nimrod tells them that they are djinn. They begin to long for the heat, and they start granting wishes for people, so they are sent to Nimrod's house to learn their powers. They try to find where the lost 'Seventy Lost Djinn of (Akhenaten)' are and they run into the evil Iblis. Nimrod is captured and bound. There is a battle and Nimrod is put into a lamp with an evil djinn. In order to keep the evil djinn in the lamp they go to the North Pole so that the cold will weaken the powers. Johna nd Phillipa wear space suits to stay warm and they get Nimrod out without releasing the evil djinn. They return to London, and then the twins go home to find that their mother knew everything that had happened.

My Reaction:

I think this book is great. I am a fantasy lover and this is definitely in my top list. I love all the details in it and I love the characters!

Potential Problems:

Some children might not like the extreme between the good and the bad. However, other than that, I didn't recognize any problems.

Recommendations:

I would recommend this book to anybody who like adventure and fantasy. The twins will take you on an adventure and you will love to see them come to their powers and learn more and more.