Children Of The Lamp

The Akhenaten Adventure (Children Of The Lamp)

384 pages

English language

Published Sept. 1, 2005 by Scholastic Paperbacks.

ISBN:
978-0-439-67020-3
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OCLC Number:
61284748

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4 stars (1 review)

When twelve-year-old twins Philippa and John discover that they are descended from a long line of djinn, their mother sends them away to their Uncle Nimrod, who takes them to Cairo where he starts to teach them about their extraordinary powers.

8 editions

Review of 'The Blue Djinn Of Babylon - Children Of The Lamp - Book Two' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Strong characters and great locations continue, including a cameo by a famous king. The humor (and even fart jokes) is a good match as well. Read aloud with my daughter, and we did not appreciate the frequent djinn word puns.

Like the first book, this story is mythological fantasy, with magic, but set in our modern day world. This element, along with what is clearly well thought out folkore of the djinn is excellent. My only quibbles with this particular book (aside from djinntolerable puns) was the ending, which crammed a lot of wrap up (and some foreshadowing of future books) into just a few pages.

Yes, this took months to read - but our library system had exactly one (1) copy, with three other people waiting for it on hold. Glad to have finally finished it; may not dive into the next immediately.

Subjects

  • Genies
  • Magic
  • Brothers and sisters
  • Uncles
  • Twins
  • Jinn
  • Fiction

Places

  • Egypt