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The Akhenaten Adventure (Children of the Lamp #1)
by
P.B. Kerr
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 make people and objects disappear. Luckily, the twins are introduced to their eccentric djinn-uncle Nimrod, who will teach them how to harness their newly fou...more
Paperback, 384 pages
Published
September 1st 2005
by Scholastic Paperbacks
(first published January 1st 2004)
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Huaaaa...kalian bisa belajar banyak tentang dunia jin!
Misalnya kek gini :
- Jin baik namanya marid sedangkan jin jahat namanya Ifrit atau iblis *lirik lelembut hippo,rada2 mencurigakan memang!*
- Kalo jin masuk ke tubuh mahluk hidup, mereka harus menyediakan parfum karena pas balik ke tubuh semula, bau makluk hidup yang ditumpangi bakal nempel di badan (apalagi kalo u masuk ke tubuh unta, disarankan mandi parfum aja!)
- Kalo u berhasil mensegel ifrit (dalam hal ini memasukannya dalam botol ato kal...more
Misalnya kek gini :
- Jin baik namanya marid sedangkan jin jahat namanya Ifrit atau iblis *lirik lelembut hippo,rada2 mencurigakan memang!*
- Kalo jin masuk ke tubuh mahluk hidup, mereka harus menyediakan parfum karena pas balik ke tubuh semula, bau makluk hidup yang ditumpangi bakal nempel di badan (apalagi kalo u masuk ke tubuh unta, disarankan mandi parfum aja!)
- Kalo u berhasil mensegel ifrit (dalam hal ini memasukannya dalam botol ato kal...more
Semua hal yang tidak mungkin terjadi di dunia nyata dengan mudah terwujud di dunia fantasi. Tidak heran jika ratusan cerita bahkan mungkin saja kini jumlahnya mencapai ribuan bermunculan. Imajinasi setiap orang dengan dibiarkan bebas menciptakan karakter demi karakter yang dilengkapi dengan keistimewaan yang mengundang decak kagum.
Setidaknya semua yang saya tuliskan diatas ada pada karakter di buku ini. Lihat saja Layla, wanita cantik yang menikahi Edward Gaunt, seorang pria baik hati dan kaya...more
Setidaknya semua yang saya tuliskan diatas ada pada karakter di buku ini. Lihat saja Layla, wanita cantik yang menikahi Edward Gaunt, seorang pria baik hati dan kaya...more
Anda percaya jin? Percaya penuh atau separuh atau justru tidak percaya? Saya sih rada-rada tidak percaya, sebab belum pernah bertemu langsung dengan makhluk yang berasal dari alam gaib itu. Memang sih, dalam ajaran agama saya, Islam, keberadaan bangsa jin diakui. Malah ada yang menggolongkannya dalam 2 jenis: jin kafir dan jin Islam. Yang pertama itu adalah jin jahat yang tidak mau menuruti perintah Tuhan; sedangkan yang terakhir jin saleh yang selalu mematuhi penciptanya.
Jin yang saya ketahui h...more
Jin yang saya ketahui h...more
Two american children find out that they are actually Jinn (or Genie) and set off to London to help out their Uncle, er, Nimrod.
Not a bad book, slightly action-adventurish, but spolied by stilted writing and a quite bizarre hatred for the French, which might be ment to be humerous, but instead comes off as quite xenophobic.
The former might be because the author tends to write for adults and was trying to write "down" for children - the latter, I have no explaination for, unless his English-Sco...more
Not a bad book, slightly action-adventurish, but spolied by stilted writing and a quite bizarre hatred for the French, which might be ment to be humerous, but instead comes off as quite xenophobic.
The former might be because the author tends to write for adults and was trying to write "down" for children - the latter, I have no explaination for, unless his English-Sco...more
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The book is about twelve-year old twins named John and Philippa Gaunt.
They both live an upper class life in New York City,New York. But there lifes change when suddenly their wisdom(dragon)teeth are removed. After arguing to desire heat, they are sent to live with thier uncle Nimrod.
When they reach there, they have realized that they are djinns(genies). Then their uncle trains them how to use their powers before they take advantage. Nimrod, John and Philippa are trying to discover where the "Se...more
They both live an upper class life in New York City,New York. But there lifes change when suddenly their wisdom(dragon)teeth are removed. After arguing to desire heat, they are sent to live with thier uncle Nimrod.
When they reach there, they have realized that they are djinns(genies). Then their uncle trains them how to use their powers before they take advantage. Nimrod, John and Philippa are trying to discover where the "Se...more
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What do an earthquake, a toothache, television-watching dogs, claustrophobia (fear of small and cramped places) and a long-lost Uncle have in common? Normally, not much, until you meet John and Philippa Gaunt. These 12-year old twins from New York are about to set out on an adventure of a lifetime--and all apparently because their wisdom teeth are coming in early--well, that and the fact that they are descended from a long-line of Djinn. They get their wisdom teeth removed, their housekeeper's w...more
The book I am currently reading is called Children of the Lamp: The Akhenaten Adventure. By P.B. Kerr. He wrote his first story at the age of 10 called The Vanishing Airplane. So far I am only about half way through the book and so far it is really good. The book is the first of a series of 7 books written by Kerr. It is about two children named John and Philippa who live with their mother and father in the city. One day, they discover that they are magical creatures known as djinn. Throughout...more
Das AkhenatenAbenteuer ist der Auftakt zu der Reihe von John und Philippa, deren weitere Bände ich allerdings nicht kenne.
Das Buch hat 371 Seiten und eine recht große Schrift. Ist also je nach Lesetempo zwischen 2einhalb und 5 Stunden zu schaffen
Autor: P.B. Kerr
Genre: Phantasy
Seitenanzahl: 371
Zusammenfassung: John und Philippa haben ein kleines Problem. Nicht nur, dass ihnen bereits mit 12 die Weisheitsszähne gezogen werden müssen, nein. Mitten in der Operation wird ihnen gesagt sie seien Dschi...more
Das Buch hat 371 Seiten und eine recht große Schrift. Ist also je nach Lesetempo zwischen 2einhalb und 5 Stunden zu schaffen
Autor: P.B. Kerr
Genre: Phantasy
Seitenanzahl: 371
Zusammenfassung: John und Philippa haben ein kleines Problem. Nicht nur, dass ihnen bereits mit 12 die Weisheitsszähne gezogen werden müssen, nein. Mitten in der Operation wird ihnen gesagt sie seien Dschi...more
Though I’ve read thousands of books, the ones I discovered as a youngster are special. They’re like beloved relatives, worthy of a hug every time and fondly remembered. Yes, sure, now I’m too old for Journey to the Mushroom Planet. But it still gets a messy kiss from me. I can still vicariously enjoy the wonderful summer vacation of the children in Arthur Ransome’s famous Swallows and Amazons. E. Nesbitt and Edward Eager and their magic games. Alan Garner’s and Lloyd Alexander’s Celtic and Welsh...more
Have you read the Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan? It was like reading that but at the same time nothing fancy like that~ because i like this one better! I liked how it was written (I dunno, i really liked how UK writers write). It was like in the same boat as Red Pyramid, being Cairo and travelling in London and other parts of the world but not in a very hectic manner like Rick Riordan's throwing all information to you that you were sick of it and you cannot take it anymore.
This story was a fresh...more
This story was a fresh...more
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The children of the lamp!!! HENRY NULF
The children of the lamp is a book about two twins [john and philippia] who go to egypt to help their uncle....nimrod? While there they learn they are djinn [or genie.] and learn how to use their magicel powers for good. They experince many challenges like their uncle getting trapped in a tomb and a ancient evil dijinn getting free'd and nearly killing their uncle.
Like I said before there adventures take place in egypt but they start new york, before meetin...more
The children of the lamp is a book about two twins [john and philippia] who go to egypt to help their uncle....nimrod? While there they learn they are djinn [or genie.] and learn how to use their magicel powers for good. They experince many challenges like their uncle getting trapped in a tomb and a ancient evil dijinn getting free'd and nearly killing their uncle.
Like I said before there adventures take place in egypt but they start new york, before meetin...more
I found this an entertaining, quick-to-read adventure book, and the central idea, that some people in the modern day world are djinns of the ancient legends whose task is to protect the world, is nice enough. But the plot solutions were too facile and convenient, and so it was not really as exciting and fun as it could have been. However, what bugged me the most was the attitudes the author showed, through the narrative and the attitudes of the characters, towards, well, pretty much anything tha...more
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The book, inspired clearly by Harry Potter if not Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson books, was ok. The two protagonists, a set of twins who discover that they are djinn with magical powers, felt cookie cutter and never really seemed to break out of the mold.
To make things worse, there were a fair number of xenophobic comments spread throughout the book, the French receiving a good number of shots (hygiene being the number one thing attacked) though Egyptians were not far behind.
Coming at the book wit...more
To make things worse, there were a fair number of xenophobic comments spread throughout the book, the French receiving a good number of shots (hygiene being the number one thing attacked) though Egyptians were not far behind.
Coming at the book wit...more
The Gist
Philippa and John Gaunt are twelve-year-old twins living in New York City. They are very different looking, but they think very similarly. During the summer, their wisdom teeth grow in. They have an operation to get them removed, and their Uncle Nimrod visits their dreams and tells them to come to London. When they do, they learn that they are djinn (a.k.a genie) with huge power. Upon learning this, they enter into a world of luck and adventure, and try to help keep the homeostasis of go...more
Philippa and John Gaunt are twelve-year-old twins living in New York City. They are very different looking, but they think very similarly. During the summer, their wisdom teeth grow in. They have an operation to get them removed, and their Uncle Nimrod visits their dreams and tells them to come to London. When they do, they learn that they are djinn (a.k.a genie) with huge power. Upon learning this, they enter into a world of luck and adventure, and try to help keep the homeostasis of go...more
The Children of the Lamp series (I've "read" book one and book two on audio-book ... very good audio-presenter!) and am impressed. Great adventure series that's just plain FUN! The author doesn't treat childrens' imagination as though they are idiots (as many other writers can) and understands that kids can follow intertwining story lines with ease. The books are fun for adults and kids alike. The author creates a wonderful lightly-"historical" world that treats the child reader's intelligence w...more
Membandingkan buku ini dengan buku Bartimaeus Trilogy yang juga sama-sama menceritakan tentang Jin atau Alchemyst: The Secret of Nicholas Flamel yang menggunakan tokoh anak kembar yang memiliki kekuatan istimewa, rasanya jauh sekali. P.B Kerr mungkin dikenal di negara asalnya, Inggris Raya, namun sayangnya buku petualangan Jin-Jin muda ini terasa cukup hambar dibaca.
Gaya bertutur PB Kerr seakan mengingatkan pada buku-buku anak karya Roald Dahl, di mana tokoh dan alur cerita begitu mudah ditebak...more
Gaya bertutur PB Kerr seakan mengingatkan pada buku-buku anak karya Roald Dahl, di mana tokoh dan alur cerita begitu mudah ditebak...more
Dari segi cerita, jauh kalau dibandingkan Trilogi Bartimaeus...karakter Nathaniel dan Barty sangat kuat. Sementara John dan Phillipa kurang berkesan (atau harus baca lanjutannya dulu untuk mulai menyukai mereka?)
Tapi mungkin juga karena membaca edisi terjemahannya kayak melewati jalan berbatu. ouch ouch. Berkali-kali menemukan terjemahan yang membuat kening berkerut dan harus baca bolak-balik biar ngerti. Sering dengan mengira-ngira bahasa asalnya, aku malah baru ngeh maksudnya.
(terutama kalau a...more
Tapi mungkin juga karena membaca edisi terjemahannya kayak melewati jalan berbatu. ouch ouch. Berkali-kali menemukan terjemahan yang membuat kening berkerut dan harus baca bolak-balik biar ngerti. Sering dengan mengira-ngira bahasa asalnya, aku malah baru ngeh maksudnya.
(terutama kalau a...more
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In this book, two twins named John and Philippa had their wisdom teeth pulled. When the anesthetics kick in during the surgery, Uncle Nimrod tells them through a dream that both John and Philippa are Djinn. They travel to England to meet their uncle, and then the whole gang heads to Egypt to stop Iblis, a very evil and cunning djinn who is stirring up trouble. The twins want to find the lost djinn of Akhenaten, but Iblis wants to find then too for evil purposes. Nimrod begins to teach the twins...more
Category: Books
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Author: P.B.Kerr
Tiga Permintaan... Dua Bocah... Satu Petualangan...
Akhenaten – Firaun dinasti ke-18 – dikabarkan memiliki 70 Jin yang turut dikuburkan bersamanya. Hingga kini letak makamnya masih menjadi misteri.
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Di London, si kembar John dan Philippa tiba-tiba menyadari bahwa mereka memiliki kekuatan tak terduga: kemampuan untuk mengabulkan permintaan orang lain, berubah wujud dan menghilang.
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Saat belajar mengendalikan kekuatan it...more
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Author: P.B.Kerr
Tiga Permintaan... Dua Bocah... Satu Petualangan...
Akhenaten – Firaun dinasti ke-18 – dikabarkan memiliki 70 Jin yang turut dikuburkan bersamanya. Hingga kini letak makamnya masih menjadi misteri.
* * *
Di London, si kembar John dan Philippa tiba-tiba menyadari bahwa mereka memiliki kekuatan tak terduga: kemampuan untuk mengabulkan permintaan orang lain, berubah wujud dan menghilang.
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Saat belajar mengendalikan kekuatan it...more
I read this book with my 6th grade son, who was required to read it over the summer in anticipation of his social studies curriculum focusing on ancient civilizations. The concept of the book pays loving homage to the very old and magical Middle Eastern classic, The Arabian Nights, upon which the book is openly based. As someone who is often bored with formulaic children's chapter book series, I found this book surprisingly intelligent and sophisticated, My son, who often finds required books mo...more
The first title of The Children of the Lamp series the story centers on Philippa and John, twelve year old twins. Unbeknown to the twins, the removal of their wisdom teeth is the beginning of their djinn (or genie) powers. The twins visit their Uncle Nimrod in London who reveals the secrets and mysteries of the djinn history and culture. The story’s plot is slow moving with a limited development of the young protagonist’s characters. The author has a good use of imagery, but often gives too many...more
I really enjoyed reading this book and after reading negative reviews on Amazon, it just strikes me as funny as to what I don't notice when reading a book or things I automatically pass over. Maybe I too am a racist and sexist individual but I thought that people would have larger issues with other subject matter than what they did. I enjoyed the book and felt that I got to know the characters enough to care about them and love experiencing their adventures with them. As a piece of fiction I see...more
Jinee, magic, and fantasy all this can be found in The Akhenaten Adventure (Children Of The Lamp, Book 1). This book is a fantasy Showdown don't get confused by the name this book has battles, Fantasy, and adventure that you'll keep reading till its over and then Go and read the rest of the trilogy.
The first reason why I like this book is the fact that there are many battles that take place in the story. The children must battle evil djinn and their leader. There is a part where the children ar...more
The first reason why I like this book is the fact that there are many battles that take place in the story. The children must battle evil djinn and their leader. There is a part where the children ar...more
Hola. Children of the Lamp, The Akhenaten Adventures, by P. B. Kerr. In this book, two kids, John and Philipa Gaunt—some rather rich, claustrophobic, and interesting twins get their wisdom teeth pulled. During this normal event, the children both have the same dream in which they meet their eccentric uncle, Nimrod and play a dice game with him. In the dream, Nimrod tells them to go to London for the summer to meet him. After the tooth pulling, the kids have strange things happen. They both grow...more
The story begins with a rumbling out in the desert of Egypt and an unearthing of an ancient Egyptian stone tablet. I can identify with that beginning; it holds my interest and pulls me in. It matches what the cover and title suggest to me. Where I begin to lose interest is in the introduction of the two main protagonists John and Phillipa and a story line that has their wisdom teeth being pulled. All this is done so that they can meet their uncle in a dream and have him request they come to Engl...more
When wealthy New York twins John and Philippa have to have their wisdom teeth removed rather young (they're twelve), it triggers a series of events that reveal to them that they are djinn, descended from a powerful tribe of djinn, and just coming into their powers. Sent to England to learn from their Uncle Nimrod all about being djinn, they are drawn into the age-old conflict between good and evil djinn, and travel with their uncle to Egypt to find the secret behind the disappearance of 70 djinn...more
I came across this book accidentally, I was searching my local library catalog on the computer for another book when this book came up. I've never hear of this book (or this series) before; it looked very interesting and something I would be interested in. Anyways, I got the book from the local library and started reading it right away. I was sucked into the story from page one, I think I read almost half the book in one sitting it was so good.
John and Philippa Gaunt, are twins and they live in...more
John and Philippa Gaunt, are twins and they live in...more
I just discovered this wonderful fantasy series about 12 year-old boy-girl twins who live in New York City and discover that they're djinns. In this first book they accompany their English Uncle Nimrod to Egypt to learn about djinn culture. I've always been a sucker for books that take place in Egypt and this one is very well written.
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John and Phillipa are 12 year old twins living in New York. Summer vacation is looming when they go to the dentist for their annual checkup. Everyone - kids, dentist, and parents- is shocked when it's discovered that both have sprouted wisdom teeth overnight. Things get stranger when both are awakened in the night by an earthquake, and each has an extremely odd dream involving their estranged Uncle Nimrod who tells them to come to England for the summer. The next morning both twins have grown an...more
Awsome! We all enjoyed this story. A bit scary in parts but no more than the first harry potter book that we listened to in our last car trip. A bit long sometimes with overly complicated explanations that if i was reading i would have skimmed thru. Seriously... do we need a techinical explination of why genie's can survive in a bottle? just suspend your disbelif!
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Also writes as Philip Kerr.
Philip Kerr (P.B. Kerr) is a British author of both adult fiction and non-fiction, most notably the Bernie Gunther series, and of children's books, particularly the Children of the Lamp series.
Kerr was educated there and at a grammar school in Northampton. He studied law at the University of Birmingham from 1974–1980, achieving a masters degree. Kerr worked as an adverti...more
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Philip Kerr (P.B. Kerr) is a British author of both adult fiction and non-fiction, most notably the Bernie Gunther series, and of children's books, particularly the Children of the Lamp series.
Kerr was educated there and at a grammar school in Northampton. He studied law at the University of Birmingham from 1974–1980, achieving a masters degree. Kerr worked as an adverti...more
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Apa yg nyari yang payah ya?
*lirik viki*
*ngasih permen tulang biar gak ngambek*
Mar 11, 2009 01:26am
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