Life is not easy for twelve-year-old Erec Rex. His single mother can barely support her six adopted kids. And they've moved into an apartment so t...
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Sep 26, 2007
Kaza
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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!!!
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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Mar 25, 2010
Nikki
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"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 he More...
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 he More...
May 12, 2008
Laura
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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 not More...
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 not More...
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Oct 15, 2007
brian
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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
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Nov 20, 2010
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May 02, 2010
Davina
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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 fa More...
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 fa More...
Aug 20, 2009
Jennifer
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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 More...
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 More...
Aug 16, 2009
Mery
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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...
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...
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May 09, 2008
MountainLaurel
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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.
Apr 14, 2010
Maria
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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 menginga More...
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 menginga More...
Jun 10, 2009
Courtney
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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
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Nov 23, 2011
Book Elf
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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 l More...
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 l More...
Feb 22, 2011
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
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Aug 16, 2010
Missririz
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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 More...
Ini yang menurutku mengingatkan sekali pada HP :
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Jul 15, 2010
Sarah
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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 co More...
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 co More...
Dec 17, 2009
Mia Queen
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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 luma More...
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 luma More...
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May 08, 2011
Clara
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I've made it almost to the end and I don't really care if I finish it or not. It's such a copy of Harry Potter, it's ridiculous.
I mean, an orphan (whose eyes are commented on by various characters) raised in the non-magical world who goes back to the magical world via the subway and participates in a multi-part contest (one part is an underwater contest where all the contestants can swim and breathe underwater and another part is a maze with deadly mythical creatures in it), while l More...
I mean, an orphan (whose eyes are commented on by various characters) raised in the non-magical world who goes back to the magical world via the subway and participates in a multi-part contest (one part is an underwater contest where all the contestants can swim and breathe underwater and another part is a maze with deadly mythical creatures in it), while l More...
Jun 20, 2009
Julie
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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, combi
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May 16, 2010
Ryan
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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 More...
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 More...
May 10, 2011
Alvina
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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 fi More...
Selagi berusaha membebaskan ibunya, Erec dan Bethany ikut pertandingan untuk menentukan 3 penguasa Alypium berikutnya, dan mereka berhasil bertahan smapai fi More...
Apr 23, 2008
Doug
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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
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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 enjo More...
The book has a bit of a slow beginning, but by the end I was really enjo More...
Aug 20, 2011
Austin
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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
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Dec 15, 2011
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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Apr 14, 2009
Tamir
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LOVED this book! It's just a fun adventure of this boy Erec Rex who is adopted by this woman who's got connections to the magic world. She gets kidnapped and Erec goes to find her...and she happens to be in this magic world. While there, there is a contest to be the new kings (there are three in the magic world) and all three need to be replaced. But something fishy is going on.
This one kept me up late reading...and I even picked it up in the middle of the night if I'd wake up someti More...
This one kept me up late reading...and I even picked it up in the middle of the night if I'd wake up someti More...
Jun 29, 2011
Trine
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This story resembles Harry Potter so much that it is impossible not to compare them. An orphan who expiriences unexplaining things until he suddenly falls into a world of magic. He makes new friends and foes and meet a lot of people, some friendly and some conspicious. Soon we realize that he has a past in this world and some very special powers - but what happened ten years ago? Unfortunately, it looses the comparison. The writing style is somewhat abruptly, the characters one-dimensional and t
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Apr 04, 2009
Maria
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Charming YA fantasy that in style seems very much like an alternative Harry Potter with a lot of Terry Pratchett humour thrown in. Actually it was the last part that made it loose a star for me. I'm not too big a fan of Terry Prachett's style because he tends to try to cram too much humour into too little text, and it therefore becomes disruptive to the plot. I found the same to be the case in the beginning of this book, but it may just have been Kaza Kingsley introducing the universe and "
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Mar 18, 2008
Brenda
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Fun adventure book series. By the middle of the book, I was hooked. I can't wait for her to come out with more.
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Dec 19, 2011
Jacky
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This book is about a boy who ends up trying to find his mother after she goes missing. He ends up finding a magical world, where he goes on a huge adventure.The book was magical and engaging. The author made the characters relatable and likeable. I would recommend this book to Harry Potter fans. If you read this book, you can see the similarities it has to Harry Potter whether that be the storyline or the character, but they are both unique in their own ways. Overall,I felt like Erec was a very
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Feb 23, 2011
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