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The Dragon's Eye (Erec Rex #1)

by Kaza Kingsley (Goodreads Author), Melvyn Grant (illustrator)

4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 · rating details · 2,122 ratings · 220 reviews

In this paperback version of the fantastic first book in the EREC REX series, discover Alypium, a hidden world within our own where our old knowledge of magic is kept, and strange and fantastical creatures abound. It is a beautiful and mystical place, but things are caving in. The king is hypnotized and his castle turned on its side. The very Substance that holds our plane...more

Paperback, 353 pages

Published July 14th 2007 by Firelight Press (first published October 1st 2006)

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Sep 26, 2007 Kaza rated it 5 of 5 stars · (Review from the author) Recommends it for: everyone

I wrote it ... what can I say?
It's the story of a boy whose mother is missing. He finds she is held prisoner of an evil king. Erec has to help her escape, but he finds out the whole magical world is in danger ... and he has to save the day!!!

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Nov 14, 2012 Jennifer Wardrip rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Reviewed by Samantha Clanton aka "Harlequin Twilight" for TeensReadToo.com

How would you feel if, when you were twelve years old, your mother disappeared and, in the quest to save her, you left the real world and entered a world of magic and kings and queens? That's exactly what happened to Erec Rex.

Erec is not your normal boy; he has a glass eye, his home contains things that are less than normal, and his brothers and sisters aren't as special as he is, but they are certainly unusual. When Erec...more Reviewed by Samantha Clanton aka "Harlequin Twilight" for TeensReadToo.com

How would you feel if, when you were twelve years old, your mother disappeared and, in the quest to save her, you left the real world and entered a world of magic and kings and queens? That's exactly what happened to Erec Rex.

Erec is not your normal boy; he has a glass eye, his home contains things that are less than normal, and his brothers and sisters aren't as special as he is, but they are certainly unusual. When Erec gets a "cloudy thought," which are like visions, he knows his mother is in danger, and that he is the only one that can save her.

As Erec begins his search he meets Bethany, a girl who is being raised by her mean uncle and forced to work at his newsstand. Bethany knows a way to help Erec, and so she joins him on his journey. When the two go through an unnoticed door in the sidewalk, they enter a world much different than their own.

When they get to this world, called Alyphium, they find themselves in a contest to become the next rulers of the land. There are three rulers who will be replaced - King Piter, Queen Posey, and King Pluto. However, King Piter is sick and is slowly losing himself; the castle is quite literally on its side, and The Substance that holds the whole world together has gone askew. There is something very wrong in this magical world, and when things start happening and become dangerous, it's up to Erec, with the help of Bethany, to fix things.

Although I first thought this was a knockoff of Harry Potter (and there are some correlations), this is a story with characters that are all their own. Kaza Kingsley has created an array of characters that are easily lovable and have depth. The story is adventurous and fun, with an element of danger and a "wait, did that really just happen?" quality.

Once I finished, I was eager to continue onto the next book in the series, just to know what happens next! THE DRAGON'S EYE is a captivating read, and it stands to reason that with this cast of characters and the imagination of Ms. Kingsley, this could easily be the next phenomenon to sweep through the young adult fiction world.

There is plenty of humor for those who prefer lighthearted but still slightly dim stories. By the end of page one, I was already laughing so hard I had to put the book down. I also found myself oddly wanting Erec's alarm clock. There are many more instances like this throughout the rest of the book, and this is definitely a novel that I would recommend to everyone.

For the older audience, parts of the story are a bit predictable, but the writing and depth of the characters totally makes up for that. If you haven't heard of the EREC REX series before, or have overlooked it in the stores, then you should run, not walk, to the nearest bookstore and pick up your copy today!(less)

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Dec 18, 2007 Nikki rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: everyone

Shelves: start-up-lit

"Erec Rex: the Dragon's Eye" by Kaza Kingsley

This book is an empowering original created by the crafty genius of Kaza Kingsley. A few times i was reminded of Harry Potter but this story is unique, Kaza Kingsley is a wordsmith so don't go in expecting J.K.Rawlings, they are both amazing but VERY different.

It's the story of a boy whose mother is missing. He finds she is being held prisoner of an evil king that has been hypnotized.

Erec has to help her escape!

Erec Rex finds out that the whole magi...more

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May 19, 2012 Kat Hooper rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: audiobook

2.5 stars
ORIGINALLY POSTED AT Fantasy Literature.

When Erec Rex’s adoptive mother disappears into a tunnel under a New York City sidewalk, 12-year-old Erec and his new friend Bethany go looking for her. Below the city streets they find a new world full of magic and enter a contest which, if they win, will make them king and queen of Alypium.

The Dragon’s Eye, the first book in Kaza Kingsley’s EREC REX series, is a fun, fast-paced children’s adventure featuring a magical world that’s hidden from mo...more 2.5 stars
ORIGINALLY POSTED AT Fantasy Literature.

When Erec Rex’s adoptive mother disappears into a tunnel under a New York City sidewalk, 12-year-old Erec and his new friend Bethany go looking for her. Below the city streets they find a new world full of magic and enter a contest which, if they win, will make them king and queen of Alypium.

The Dragon’s Eye, the first book in Kaza Kingsley’s EREC REX series, is a fun, fast-paced children’s adventure featuring a magical world that’s hidden from modern society but can be accessed through a magical version of Grand Central station. When they get there, Erec and Bethany meet tricksy ghosts, make potions, learn a new sport, and get their own pets. They live in a castle, which is a welcome change from the closet Erec is used to sleeping in.

The magical competition involves growing gills and swimming below a lake inhabited by a sea monster to meet the race of water sprites who live there. Another task involves a hazardous maze and another requires them to steal something from a dragon. Bethany, who happens to be a math genius, gets plenty of chances to impress people with her brilliance as they complete these tasks. Although she’s only 13, she can talk intelligently about calculus and linear algebra and even uses the correct jargon, despite having no formal education. During all this, the kids must, of course, avoid the traps laid by the mean rich boy and his cronies who are eager to see them fail. There are a few adults who seem evil, too.

A big surprise to Erec (but probably not to the reader) is that his name is famous in Alypium. All this time his adoptive mother, who had magically changed his appearance, had been trying to hide him in the world of the “Losers” above, but his name gave him away when he entered their world. I couldn’t help but wonder, if she was so worried about him being found, why she didn’t change his name, too. Oh, well.

I know what you’re thinking: “This is HARRY POTTER.” But you’re wrong. This is not HARRY POTTER. And that’s its problem. Some of the story is cute, but it’s never very clever, and nearly every part of the plot has a parallel to HARRY POTTER, even down to the soul-sucking Dementors (which are called "Destroyers" in Kingsley's work). It’s full of heavy foreshadowing and all of the adults are stupid. Despite the supposed danger, we never really worry about the characters.

The Dragon’s Eye is clearly meant to appeal to youngsters who haven’t yet read HARRY POTTER, or maybe are too young for how dark HARRY POTTER can get, and that’s fine. However, it’s hard to admire a work that’s so derivative but lacks the qualities that make the imitated work so brilliant. I think that most discerning readers who love Rowling’s series will be disappointed in The Dragon’s Eye. And if it didn’t want to be compared to HARRY POTTER, it shouldn’t have copied it.

I read the audio version which was produced by Simon & Schuster Audio and narrated by Simon Jones. Mr. Jones was a terrific reader. If you're going to read The Dragon's Eye, I recommend this version.

Originally posted at Fantasy Literature.(less)

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May 12, 2008 Laura rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Harry Potter fans, fantasy lovers, adventure, mystery, and series fans

Shelves: books-in-a-series, childrensliterature, fantasy, alternative-history, alternative-worlds

Erec Rex, also known as Rick Ross, hails from New York City, New York on the planet Earth as we know it. Or at least he always thought he did until one day when he wakes up to find his mother missing and his thoughts cloudy.

For Erec’s whole life (which is to say twelve years), he’s experienced what he calls “cloudy thoughts”–thoughts which essentially compel him to perform a certain action. Erec has found that these thoughts generally arise when someone is in danger, and, on that note, he embark...more Erec Rex, also known as Rick Ross, hails from New York City, New York on the planet Earth as we know it. Or at least he always thought he did until one day when he wakes up to find his mother missing and his thoughts cloudy.

For Erec’s whole life (which is to say twelve years), he’s experienced what he calls “cloudy thoughts”–thoughts which essentially compel him to perform a certain action. Erec has found that these thoughts generally arise when someone is in danger, and, on that note, he embarks to find his mother.

Armed with his one good eye, his glass eye, and his cloudy thoughts, he tracks his mother to her last known whereabouts–Grand Central Station. While Erec does not find his mother at Grand Central Station, he meets a girl named Bethany who has seen his mother and who has some ideas about where his mother may have gone.

Together, Erec and Bethany leave Upper Earth and enter a world beneath Grand Central Station–the Kingdom of the Keepers. They soon find that the Kingdom of the Keepers is a kingdom where magic has been kept (aptly named, no?) and still flows freely, whereas they have come from a world where magic has been lost.

As they begin adjusting to the magic around them, they find that they have entered the Kingdom of the Keepers just as a tournament is about to begin to decide the next three rulers of the lands. King Piter (as in Jupiter), Queen Posey (as in Poseiden) and King Pluto (as in Pluto) are purportedly in charge of the tournament. But, as they say, there’s something rotten in the state of Denmark (or Alypium, as the case may be), and the contestants keep getting hurt.

Erec’s special eyeglasses enable him to communicate with his imprisoned mother. However, he does not find conversations with her to be all that enlightening in helping him to understand his past; instead, he finds vague hints and blatant omissions. Nevertheless, he doggedly pursues gathering the materials (through the MagicNet and other means) that she says he needs in order to free her.

The time that Eric does not devote to planning his mother’s breakout he spends entering the tournament and navigating the various contests; Bethany enters as well. As they persevere through each contest, they discover latent talents and gain confidence in themselves and in their friendship.

With contests such as MONSTER (“multi option non stop to end race”), Pro and Contest, Tribaffleon and creatures such as minotaurs, wenwolfs, and sea serpents and objects such as a gravity-challenged castle, anibals, and Identdetectors (and let’s not forget nitrowisherine), there’s a great deal here to engage the mind, delight the senses, and jumpstart the imagination. Plus, Kingsley mixes in just the right amount of Greek, Roman, Celtic and Norse mythology to create some intertextuality as well as offering up age-old (and yet never outmoded) themes of justice, friendship, loyalty, and courage.

In the end, it’s not really the end, as Erec discovers he’s got twelve Herculean labors, errr, that is, quests to complete. The epilogue contains additional clues to his past and provides a compelling case for running straight out and jumping into Book 2, Erec Rex: The Monsters of Otherness.

For those who want to just “get a taste” of either book one or book two, sample chapters from each book are available at the official Eric Rex website. And Book 3, Erec Rex: The Search for Truth is scheduled for release in October (and the cover art has already been released)!

Kaza Kingsley also recently finished a blog tour, so you can find author interviews and more on numerous kidlit blogs. Or read more about this tour and her other wanderings at her own The Memory Mogul (life in the mind of a fantasy author) blog.

(This review was originally posted over at my blog: Library & Literary Miscellany).(less)

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Oct 15, 2007 brian tanabe rated it 4 of 5 stars

The next Harry Potter? I truly can’t tell if Ms. Kingsley desperately wants to draw parallels to the wizarding wonder or if she desperately wants nothing to do with Mr. Potter. That being said, Kingsley creates a fast-paced young adult book that hits the ground running. There is very little hand-holding in Erec Rex which I surmise is empowering for her primary audience. Smooth-flowing dialogue and a effervescent imagination are some of the many gifts Ms. Kingsley employs. I look forward to readi...more

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Nov 20, 2010 Ryn rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: children-s-fantasy

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I'm sorry. It must be said.

This book is a cheap knock-off of Harry Potter. I read the interview with Kingsley included at the back of the novel and was hoping not to find many (I realize that some cliches are inevitable) similarities with JKR's series. Unfortunately, I was totally disappointed.

First of all, Dumbledore makes an appearance, although I'm willing to forgive this one. What book about a boy-hero doesn't include a kind, grandfatherly archetype? However, it only goes south from there....more I'm sorry. It must be said.

This book is a cheap knock-off of Harry Potter. I read the interview with Kingsley included at the back of the novel and was hoping not to find many (I realize that some cliches are inevitable) similarities with JKR's series. Unfortunately, I was totally disappointed.

First of all, Dumbledore makes an appearance, although I'm willing to forgive this one. What book about a boy-hero doesn't include a kind, grandfatherly archetype? However, it only goes south from there. Snape is also present in this novel, albeit going by a different name, position, slightly different appearance, and much less evil. Harry-- sorry, I mean Erec-- has to go through the Triwizard Tournament-- I mean a contest to choose the future rulers of a magical land that is arrived at by approaching a magical platform under King's Cross station-- I mean... No, that actually is true.

Want more? One of the tasks is (sort of) a maze. With magical creatures in. Another is an underwater search for a treasure. There are dementors (although, again, they go by a different name). You escape them by pretty much being a Patronus (embodying all that is happiness and light and hope), except you don't call it that. Also, Erec has messy black hair, although I'm willing to forgive this one as well.

The spells are just ridiculous. 'Double, double, toil and trouble...' in baby-talk, if you can imagine. However, I guess some of the tasks and the children's gifts are nice, and I have a vague desire to know what happened to the triplets who are supposed to be the future rulers of the realm; I just wish I didn't have to read the books to fulfil this desire.

Anyway, I guess what I'm saying is: if your kid is too young for HP, this is way to go, since it seems to a children's version of the boy wizard's story. I might try reading the rest of the series if I see the books on the shelf, but only out of curiosity to see whether Kingsley can manage to pull anything slightly more creative out of her hat. (less)

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May 02, 2010 Davina rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: juvenile-fiction-fantasy

Although I did like this book I was reminded, continually, of the Harry Potter series; this can never be a good thing for an author to do, because frankly, nothing stacks up against the brilliance of Rowling's writing, and anything else will seem less--regardless of it's own talent.

Erec's world is quickly turned upside down when his mother goes missing. His brother and sisters stay behind while he goes looking, and he quickly meets up with Bethany who leads him to a mysterious and fantasy world...more

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Aug 16, 2009 Mery rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: pinjam

Petama mau komen alurnya,
pas pertama baca alurnya cepet banget yah, tapi lama-lama agak melambat.

trus tentang dunia sihirnya, futuristik bok...yah modern gitu deh

kalo cerita sih standard lah, gak terlalu nempel buatku.

keren juga tuh sebuah puisi digabung dengan matematika....pantesan mbak poppy bilang nerjemahin nya sampai berdarah-darah, memang keren banget koq...
saluuut buat Kaza dan Mbak Poppy.

overall sih bagus...

*lirik dewi*
"moga dia belum baca" ;D

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May 03, 2013 Cory R rated it 5 of 5 stars

I strongly recommend this book for those people who want a little bit of everything in there book. Mystery, Erec has to find his mom who has been kidnapped. Fantasy, dragons, kings, deadly competitiveness, magic, and out this world settings and creatures. Comedy, it has many purely humorous moments, one quote that has humored me to this day is, "His eyebrows shot up and down like two hairy boomerangs," I can never look at peoples eyebrows the same way again. Romantic, Bethany joins Erec early on...more

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May 09, 2008 MountainLaurel rated it 1 of 5 stars Recommends it for: the simple-minded

Honestly, I didn't know if I would finish this book. It has some of the worst writing I've ever seen published, and the story isn't original at all! It's basically Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire with a couple things switched around. I'm hoping that the second book will be a little more interesting...but if it's not I probably won't read it.

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Mar 26, 2012 Frogsterking rated it 2 of 5 stars

An extremely predictable and disappointing book that was almost painful to read. The characters are bland and stick very much to type ("Harry", "Snape", "Hermonie", and "Dumbledore"--to the button) and the author is determined to make sure absolutely nothing happens which could possibly make these characters grow beyond their familiar and "safe" traits. The plot is familiar and ridiculous "sad-orphan-boy-runs-away-develops-platonic-relationship-with-girl-orphan-travel-to-fantasy-realm-boy-finds-...more An extremely predictable and disappointing book that was almost painful to read. The characters are bland and stick very much to type ("Harry", "Snape", "Hermonie", and "Dumbledore"--to the button) and the author is determined to make sure absolutely nothing happens which could possibly make these characters grow beyond their familiar and "safe" traits. The plot is familiar and ridiculous "sad-orphan-boy-runs-away-develops-platonic-relationship-with-girl-orphan-travel-to-fantasy-realm-boy-finds-things-out-about-his-past" and if you can't figure out what these things are by reading the synopsis (the boy is missing his parents and the kingdom is missing their king,) maybe you will enjoy this book after all.

The book lacks a large amount of internal logic, the amount of magical power being thrown, much of it to children, makes it difficult to believe the world can sustain itself without being destroyed or invaded by some guy who just takes all these objects and uses them like an intelligent evil person. The villains are as you expect, devoting bizarre amounts of resources to menial things and then failing to stop an orphan child with no experience in their magical world from besting them. The plot spends some of its time involving a tournament where random children throughout the kingdom are competing in a contest to see who is king. It's one of the most unbelievable things I've ever read (not in that it is fantasy, but internally, the logic this fantasy realm could sustain such a thing is dubious,) but with the amount of magic being handed out like candy, and the strange creatures roaming around bringing out surprising bloodshed against children, if the characters were better developed and the set up more believable this could have been pretty exciting.

In arguably the only memorable sequence of the book (arguable in whether there are or are not any memorable sequences in this book,) one stage of the tournament is sabotaged, and a large amount of children are harmed and killed by a monster after completion of the event. The brutality is surprising and fresh. I feel this book could have been a good black comedy or parody of Harry Potter, ala the movie Scream, with it's stock-types and tournament poking fun at HP and the Tri-Wizard tournament. Unfortunately, Erec Rex is just vanilla, and very bad vanilla at that.(less)

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Apr 14, 2010 Maria rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Maria by: Mia Queen

Saking dah mulai jarangnya berkeliaran di toko buku, kalo si Mia Drama Queen ga nge-recommend (n minjemin buku ini tentunya), mungkin aku ga akan pernah berkenalan dengan si Erec Rex ini... hihihi... *thanks yah Mia... ^^*

Lihat sekilas sampulnya, temen2 pada bilang: "Kok mirip Harry Potter?" aku juga pikir hal yang sama awalnya...

Tapi setelah dibaca, sebenernya ga sama2 amat sih dengan HP (IMO). Yah kalaupun mungkin beberapa tokoh di Erec Rex ini kadang mengingatkan kita pada beberapa tokoh di H...more

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Jun 10, 2009 Courtney rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: children-s-young-adult

I received this book in one of the Goodreads drawings, and I have to say this was the best thing to be mailed to me in a while. The book is Eric Rex -The Dragon Eye by Kaza Kingsley. I received this book on Saturday, opened it and read it in one sitting. It was really, really good. I think the comparison to Harry Potter is inevitable, but there are not really that many similarities. The story is about a boy who ends up trying to find his mother after she goes missing. He ends up finding a magica...more

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Nov 23, 2011 Book Elf rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: all who love magical world and HP

Absolutely amazing!

If i can give a rate of seven, I will give it to this book. It superseded my high expectations on Erec Rex. From start to finish I was starving for this book. Some say it's like HP but it was totally different. Kaza Kingsley hit the target of what I wanted to write. Fantastic! There was no boring moment. I was on the peak of my flu but I cannot put the book down.

Let me tell you why: SPOILER ALERT!

1.THE CHARACTERS WERE ALL SPOT-ON!
- I like Erec Rex. He was not dumb. He didn't r...more

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Feb 22, 2011 Buckham Teens Library added it

Shelves: fantasy, tween

Erec is just a normal adopted kid, or so he thinks, until one day his mom goes missing. There is a babysitter named Mrs. Smith but she isn’t a very nice person. The children aren’t allowed to leave the house, not even for school. Erec’s siblings distract her while Erec sneaks out. He searches the town and meets this girl named Bethany and sees her go into a secret passage way. Together they take the passageway to a world they have never seen, a magical world. People are flying, doors are appeari...more

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Aug 16, 2010 Missririz rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: epic-magic-fantasy

Ketika membaca Tunnels dan Septimus Heap, tidak serta merta inget sama Harry Potter walaupun ada label the next Harry Potter di covernya. Tetapi ketika membaca Erec Rex, dari awal hingga akhir cerita cenderung membanding-bandingkan sama HP walaupun tidak ada embel2 HP di cover. Iyah memang beda sih ceritanya, tapi ada beberapa karakter, stuff, dan situasi yang hampir sama kaya HP.

Ini yang menurutku mengingatkan sekali pada HP :

Erec -- Harry (tokoh utama, sama2 anak biasa yang ternyata mempunyai...more

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Jul 15, 2010 Sarah rated it 3 of 5 stars

I enjoyed reading this book, once I finally got into it. I started it three times over the past few years before I was really drawn into the story.

It's a fun, light read. I would get a little confused sometimes about the upper world, though. I felt as though it was supposed to be just like what we live with magic hidden in it...until I read about the springball. While the magic was still hidden, I have to admit I was thrown off by the unfamiliar game. I had a little trouble connecting to the ch...more

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Dec 17, 2009 Mia Queen rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

Kelar dalam waktu 3 hari, suka covernya. Bayangin covernya si Erec mirip dengan freddie highmore dari rambut sampai senyum simpulnya.

Kesan setelah membaca 5 bab pertama :
- bingung, alurnya cepet sampai bolak balik lagi ke halaman depannya. entah karena lagi ga konsen atau penokohan yang hanya sepintas di awal.

- mau ga mau bandingin dengan Harry Potter dan Percy Jackson. Kalau dengan harpot mirip karena per bab ada gambar sketsa pensil gitu. Tapi yang bikin seru lumayan menggambarkan isi bab dan...more

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Mar 19, 2013 Pamela rated it 1 of 5 stars

I just didn't like it. The premise was a little too similar to Harry Potter, which made it impossible not to compare. The characters were all just ridiculous. Like, we're choosing our next rulers, who will be our rulers for the next few centuries, and anyone can enter, and there is rampant cheating, and no one notices?? Seriously? A whole bunch of people cheat and nobody, NOBODY, notices? Or cares? The main character knows nothing about himself, but never bothers trying to find anything out. He'...more

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Jun 20, 2009 Julie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A plot in which the young protagonist finds out that magic is real, and then enters into a magical world with its own set of rules that are discovered through trial and error. This could describe lots of young adult fiction, starting with Alice in Wonderland, the Oz books, and moving through Harry Potter and its many inferior imitations. (Charlie Bone, I’m talking about you.) Kaza Kingsley follows this basic plan, but she has created a thoroughly original new protagonist and magic world, combini...more

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Aug 10, 2012 Selina rated it 2 of 5 stars

I enjoyed this book at times, but it was difficult to follow. The line between the magical world and the "loser" world was not very clear. For example- springball. Erec started talking like he knew all about it, but he grew up in the "loser" world. I think things could have been a bit more clear. The mother, June, seemed selfish, especially since she convinces her son to commit multiple crimes to try and free her.

Some people have said this is similar to Harry Potter. I can see that in some aspe...more

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May 16, 2010 Ryan rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: audio-cd, childrens-books, fantasy, young-adult

I was quite surprised at this book. Although it seemed very amateur and haphazard, it managed to keep my interest. It might've had something to do with the British actor reading the book (who was fantastic) but I enjoyed the whole thing and have already gotten the second book on CD.
It was almost too much like Harry Potter. You can't help but compare them (and nobody can hold a candle to J. K. Rowling.) Still, it was not without it's charms. Mostly I found the contests and trials very interesting...more

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May 29, 2012 Simbahenom rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: perpus-sendiri-dan-tetangga

petualangan dimulai dari awal buku. Erec Rex yang tiba-tiba mengetahui ibunya menghilang (berkat informasi pikiran berkabut) langsung memutuskan misi untuk dirinya sendiri, yaitu menemukan ibunya. Pencarian membawanya ke dunia Kaum Setia, tempat orang menyadari dan menggunakan sihir.

Petualangan fokus pada menemukan ibunya, yang membawa Erec mengikuti kontes untuk menentukan Raja selanjutnya. Beragam kontes dijalani, dengan tetap fokus pada misi awalnya. Lalu disinilah banyak rahasia yang tak per...more

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May 10, 2011 Alvina rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy-fiction, pinjem

Erec Rex adalah seorang anak laki-laki berumur dua belas tahun. Ia tinggal bersama keluarganya di sebuah apartemen yang sempit. Suatu hari, Ibunya hilang dan Erec bertekad untuk mencari dan menemukannya. Dalam perjalanan, ia bertemu Bethany yang juga kehilangan orang tuanya secara misterius. Mereka menemukan dunia sihir, Alypium.

Selagi berusaha membebaskan ibunya, Erec dan Bethany ikut pertandingan untuk menentukan 3 penguasa Alypium berikutnya, dan mereka berhasil bertahan smapai final. Tetapi...more

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Apr 23, 2008 Doug rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is a wonderful first novel by Kaza Kingsley. The novel is pure fantasy, but like any great fantasy, it appears plausible and has just enough of the 'real world' in it so that you feel like you are part of the story. :)Doug

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Feb 17, 2011 Cynthia rated it 4 of 5 stars

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This review is dedicated to my brother-in-law, Karl, who can never read enough books with dragons in them. This is another fantasy series along the lines of Harry Potter. Erec Rex, a young boy living in New York, discovers another world that co-exists with ours. He soon finds himself in a contest to become one of the three kings/queens of this magical world and he uncovers secrets about his past along the way.

The book has a bit of a slow beginning, but by the end I was really enjoying the story....more

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Aug 20, 2011 Austin rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Any Fantasy Likers

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4.5 is what I give this book.I didnt have high expectations for this book but | was suprised. At first I thought its just another fantasy book were a parent goes missing and His/Her kid has to find them. First of all this book was unique because the fantasy world has human not trolls and goblins. The main point of this book was for Erec to find his mother but its a good twist how Erec, Bethany, Oscar, and Jack all enter a game to become Kings and a Queen. This book is filled with twists and turn...more

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Apr 10, 2012 Steve Smith rated it 4 of 5 stars

My 11 son received this book from Santa Claus this past Christmas. He took one look at the cover and refused to read it. I picked this book up a couple weeks after Christmas and couldn't put it down. Erec wakes up one morning at the beginning of Summer vacation and realized that something is terribly wrong. Mrs. Smith, the babysitter from hell, is sitting by the front door and there is no sign of his mother. Erec knows he has to save his mother. Taking his mother's "special" reading glasses and...more

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Dec 15, 2011 Shumoni.butler added it

This was a very good book becuase this had alot of action and the rest of the book was about how he is trying to find his dad and but he is hiding a sercert that he has never told his dad at all like he was half monster like those things were but he had a type of device that could help him try to keep his transfremations to him self and all of the of the magic that he holds to him self and all of the others want that staff.

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