Disney After Dark (The Kingdom Keepers, #1)

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Disney After Dark (Kingdom Keepers #1)

by Ridley Pearson, Tristan Elwell (Illustrator)

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Featuring a new paperback cover to match hardcover of Kingdom Keepers II: In this fantastical thriller, five young teens tapped as models for theme park "guides" find themselves pitted against Disney villains and witches that threaten both the future of Walt Disney World and the stability of the world outside its walls. Using a cutting-edge technology called DHI-...more

Paperback, 336 pages

Published August 25th 2009 by Hyperion Book CH

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May 06, 2008

Jennifer Wardrip rated it

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Five young teens living in Florida get the opportunity of a lifetime--they're each going to be turned into a DHI, or a Disney Host Interactive, to guide visitors throughout the park. The five teens--Finn, Charlene, Willa, Philby, and Maybeck--are a varied assortment of ethnicities, and all attend different schools. As Maybeck states, they're "the Orlando assortment pack." When Philby points out that DHI also stands for Daylight Hologram Im...moreReviewed by Me for TeensReadToo.com

Five young teens living in Florida get the opportunity of a lifetime--they're each going to be turned into a DHI, or a Disney Host Interactive, to guide visitors throughout the park. The five teens--Finn, Charlene, Willa, Philby, and Maybeck--are a varied assortment of ethnicities, and all attend different schools. As Maybeck states, they're "the Orlando assortment pack." When Philby points out that DHI also stands for Daylight Hologram Imaging, the kids get a little worried that maybe the people at Disney aren't telling them everything there is to know. And that turns out to be quite an understatement.

One night when Finn falls asleep, he finds himself in the park after closing-- in his DHI, or hologram, body. He meets an old man named Wayne, one of the original Disney Imagineers, who informs Finn that he and his other four DHI friends have been chosen for a mission. A mission to save the park from the Overtakers, a group of once-benign Park characters who have taken on power and are intent on spreading their power outside of the borders of Disney World.

What at first seems like a fantastical dream soon turns to reality, when the attractions at the Park begin coming to life when the DHIs cross over into the Magic Kingdom while sleeping. They're attacked by animatronic pirates from The Pirates of the Caribbean, the dolls from It's a Small World try to capsize their boat, a dinosaur fossil from the Thunder Mountain ride comes to life and starts chasing them. And then there's Maleficent, the witch from Sleeping Beauty, who appears to be all too real--and determined to stop the kids from solving The Stonecutter's Quill, the fable that Walt Disney passed along to save the Park from the Overtakers.

THE KINGDOM KEEPERS is definitely an imaginative read, full of action, adventure, and suspense. For anyone who has ever visited the Magic Kingdom, you'll recognize the settings immediately. Even if you're not a frequent visitor of Disney World, this is one book that will bring the magic--both good and bad--to very realistic life. (less)

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Oct 15, 2007

Karebear rated it

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Recommends it for: peeps

Okay, when I learned about what it was about, I thought that it would be REALLY, REALLY good. I just thought the idea was clever (it's about Disney characters gone bad at night in the park). But then I read it, and I realized I just didn't like the characters, or the way it was written...sorry. But I do think it's a worthwhile read.

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Oct 20, 2008

Heather rated it

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Recommends it for: younger teenagers

Recommended to Heather by: a student

Shelves: kids-and-teens

Not bad. In fact, pretty good in parts- it was exciting and fast-paced. It was also perfectly plausible to me- frankly, I've always suspected that the animatronic dolls in "It's a Small World" were up to something nefarious.

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Jan 14, 2011

Hannah rated it

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Where do I begin to describe my disappointment?

Living in Florida, I love Disney with a fierce passion. My best memories have been made there. I've seen this book every time I've gone in a store, and I figured it must be good.

How wrong I was.

Everything was so... bad, but let's break it down into elements.

Negative Elements:
The characters -
They were underdeveloped to say the least. You couldn't connect to anyone because the author simpl...more

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Dec 05, 2008

Katie rated it

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Recommends it for: Anyone Who Likes to Read

Recommended to Katie by: My sister, Friends

Shelves: favorites, i-own

I read this book a while back. My sister had read it before me and said she really liked it. So I thought I would give it a whirl. It was a little confusing at first because I didn't know what was going on, but It got a lot better!
I like how they based it at Disney World. It made me remember when I went to Disney World the year before. All the rides, and the cool things that are there in real life and the book. The author really did a great job with it.

I hope to be able to add ...more

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Jan 06, 2012

Kathy Davie rated it

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First in the Kingdom Keepers fantasy adventure series set in Disney World for children. This first book is also known as Kingdom Keepers.

Pet Peeve: The series is the Kingdom Keepers and yet Disney is listing every book as having the title "Kingdom Keepers". Gimme a break. It makes it very confusing for the casual browser to figure out where a book falls in this series.

<h2>My Take</h2>
Is Pearson getting a kickback from Disney? First Bridge to Never L...more

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Jul 29, 2011

Mrs. Knott rated it

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Have you been to Disney World? Do you love the Magic Kingdom? As a huge Disney fan, this book was so fun to read! You meet Finn and 4 other Orlando teenagers who have been chosen to become DHI's, which are holographic images that are trained to be Magic Kingdom park guides. However, Finn and his friends start waking up in the middle of the night as their DHI's, in the Magic Kingdom park. They find out from Wayne, an old Imagineer (what Disney calls their engineers and inventors), that the p...more

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Mar 26, 2011

Vicki rated it

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Talk about the classic case of the Battle of Good and Evil! And who knew there was evil in the Magic Kingdom? Oh, wait...Walt Disney did and he left a plan to battle the evil forces when they would arise.
Walt has shared an ancient fable with his original team of Imagineers. They are sure it holds the key to quelling the evil powers that they know are rising after dark in DisneyWorld but they don't know how to unravel the clues. In fact they aren't sure where to start looking for clues. But ...moreTalk about the classic case of the Battle of Good and Evil! And who knew there was evil in the Magic Kingdom? Oh, wait...Walt Disney did and he left a plan to battle the evil forces when they would arise.
Walt has shared an ancient fable with his original team of Imagineers. They are sure it holds the key to quelling the evil powers that they know are rising after dark in DisneyWorld but they don't know how to unravel the clues. In fact they aren't sure where to start looking for clues. But they do know their technology, so they hire some kids as park guides with the intention of creating holograms of the kids which can return to the park after hours and see what is going on.

Finn Whitman is one of these five young teenagers. They have been selected for specific skill sets, which when used together create an innovative group of young detectives. Finn was selected for leadership strengths. He becomes aware of the Disney organization's plan to use them as something beyond Park guides when he starts having recurring dreams of the park every night. In one dream he meets the old Imagineer Wayne, who convinces him first, that this is not a dream, and second that he must return the next night with the other teens so that Wayne can explain the mission just once, to all of them.

They don't all attend the same school and were not acquainted before they went to work at the Park so getting them together is not as simple as it might have been. Finn gets some unexpected help from a nice girl named Amanda, so he is able to arrange a time for the teens to go to sleep at the same time so that they will "cross over" at the same time. If their parents check on them, they are still in bed asleep at home, but their holographic image is in the park. They gradually become aware of some powers they have as holographs. One they realize quickly is that they can see the bad guys moving through the park, whereas Wayne cannot.

After dark, the audio animatronic figures that entertain Disney guests during the day may well be up to no good at night. The teens discover this quickly when they have a battle with the Pirates of the Caribbean, but they have scary run ins all over the park as they slowly gather and decipher clues. The evil forces also want the answers which the kids are seeking, so they dare to venture out of the park to strengthen their odds at overpowering the kids and gaining more control of the Park.

Mr. Pearson has created a fast paced adventure with clever capable young teens as protagonists and he certainly knows the Park and it's inner workings inside and out. Pearson and Dave Barry co-wrote the Peter and the Star Catchers series which was a great adventure series, and I expect to enjoy this series just as well. And I enjoyed reading it on my Nook, btw!(less)

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Mar 09, 2011

Sydney rated it

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Okay, this has to be one of my favorite books ever! I'm not to big into creepy things. Like dolls coming to life. And pirate robots. And witches. And all that good stuff. But this book was to good to put down! *Spoiler: This book is about five young teens (Finn, Maybeck, Philby, Willa, and Charlene) trapped as guides for the Walt Disney World. They are DHI's, which stands for both 'Disney Host Interactive' and 'Daylight Hologram Imaging'. When they fall asleep at night, they cross over to Walt D...more

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Nov 23, 2010

Deighton rated it

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The first time i ever herd of this book was from a teacher in sixth grade who read it to us. This book was so cool i decided to re-read it. This was so Amzing, with the magic wonders of Disney, adn the amzing descriptions. This book may not be for you it may be for you, I find it helpfull whe reading this book if you have had a pass excperience, or have been to Diney.(you should at least know disney characters.) This book gave exciting thrills all the way to the end. The kingdome keepers or D.H....more

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May 16, 2009

Giancarlo library rated it

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. i started reading this book at 5/15 and im almost done but i am decieding to do the write up now. ok hear it goes.

THIS BOOK IS AWSOME!!!!! One of the most amazing books i read, this book has so amy things that make want to read more, the is the reason im almost done. This book is a trill kind and makes you want to flip the page!!

Have u ever wondered as a kid what happenes after the disney park closes. You might think that the disney characters turn evi...morei started reading this book at 5/15 and im almost done but i am decieding to do the write up now. ok hear it goes.

THIS BOOK IS AWSOME!!!!! One of the most amazing books i read, this book has so amy things that make want to read more, the is the reason im almost done. This book is a trill kind and makes you want to flip the page!!

Have u ever wondered as a kid what happenes after the disney park closes. You might think that the disney characters turn evil and they walk around the park until they open again. Well you are correct, but where do you find Proof? Well Finn and four others have been luckily chosen in Orlando Florida to be used on new technology that creates a hologram of that human that was scanned and that hologram stays in Disney world as a new disney character or a DHI. The people who were scanned for DHI were named, Finn, Mybeck(last name), Milla, Philby(last name) and Charlene. The names were not shared to eachother, so basically they were total strangers to eachother. The holograms were made and now each of them were famous! Now they were part of the disney theme park and disney itself. This got a little out of hand. The people really only did this for more people to come in disney world but really when those hologrmas were made, Those teens were really "Part of disney".
There is an old man named Wayne. He is what the people call an "imagineer". Wayne was a deep friend with Walt disney when he was little and when Walt disney was old. Wayne was told many stories about Walts life and even a riddle he calls "The stonecutters Quill". This story was only told to Wayne and no one eles. Walts dreams of a theme park was passed down and soon it happened. The park was filled with Walts creations and magic, but when theres good magic there is also black magic. The theme parks disney character come to life and walk around the park through the eyes of other disney characters. Since the five people were hologramed and stayed in the theme park the whole time, the holograms AND the teens who were scanned were now a part of the theme park. These holograms, as i said before, were also called DHIs.
One day, finn had to go to sleep like every other person, but his dream was unusaual. It was like he was their in the them park. He stood in his PJs in the theme park, Disney World, in amin street which is in the park. He was confuesed and thought it was just a dream an odd one.
There he saw an old man named at the end of the park. Finn was about to go there but then wondered why isnt there anyone eles but just me and him. He wondered but then he just said it was a dream. He headed toward the old man. After a small back and fourth conversation, Finn found out that his name was Wayne. Wayne knew Finns name already, but how does this man know, finn wondered. This is all strange he said to himself. Wayne was talking about the "the big test" and finn is the leader and all of that. Finn was confused about everything. The last thing Wayne said was to bring all of "them" to me and to look out the window tonight and see how the moon is the same i=as in here. Wayne was convinceing Finn that this isnt a dream. Wayne pushed a button on this remote and that sent back to his bedroom in his bed.
Finn wondered what Wayne has meant by "them" and then it hit him... The other DHIs, the other teens. Finn had no idea what there names were so he planed to go in the theme park ilegaly by prtending to be his DHI hologram. they looked the same so whats the deal! He went his DHI without problem at first. He went to the theme park take photos with his fathers camara of the other DHIs. With theses pictures, he could show them to Brad, One of the people wo did the scanning for DHIs, and tell them where they were. Of cousre the Disney fans found out that the real finn was not a hologram but the real deal when the two Finns crossed paths. The real finn ran away quick with all of his photos. Finn explained that he needed to know where the teens were to Brad but Brad had not given Finn any inforamtion. But soon, after a few days, a leeter came to Finn naming four high schools, the letter was not signed but Finn knew it was Brad.
Finn wanted to find these people to drag them where Wayne wanted them and to find out if they had similar "DREAMS". The first time Finn tried to find a few people, he only found two and both had the same "DREAM" That night, Finn slept and eneded up in the same place still wondering whats happening. This time one other people was with him. Charlene. Charlene was freaked out too butnhad no control. Wayne said that hell explain whats happenin when Finn has everyone here, as in the DHIs.
Finn has soon has everyone and Wayne explains. The reason when they go to sleep and end up in the theme park is because somehow, With good magic, the DHIs "cross over" and become their hologrmas that stay in the theme park. Whenever the DHIs fall asleep, they become their holograms. These teens were chosen by the imagineers like Wayne and thats why This only happen to the people who were scanned and became DHIs. usually, The teens would fall asleep as soon as the park cloeses, at 8 o clock, from there they would follow Wayne and his explainations slowy make sense. The main problem in this book and the reasons why DHIs were chosen is because there is a group of bad creations like malficent and ursulla and many other bad disney creations that come to life at night and haunt the place down so when the park openes agian the disaters happen to the real people. DHIs were cosen because, the park needed someone half human and half hologram so that the human form an stop things in the real world and the holograms can fix things in the theme park. The grup of bad creations are called "the overtakers", only a few humans know of black magic and the real reson of DHIs.
The mission for the teens were to find the answer of the riddle that walt disney has made about the staory of "the stonecutters quill" and try to find the missing letters of Walt disneys important words of the theme park. The overtakers try to stop them by putting spells on them that affect them in real world and they try to stop them with pirates and haunted dolls in Disney world after the park closes. Finn deals with Disney park going through adventures that leave marks on his body form the affects of spells and the hurting Finn goes through. But because Finn is also human, he deals with his mother making excuses from these marks and why he goes to sleep early at 8 o clock. A big pain for Finn and the others.
ONE of the biggest problem was when one of the DHIs, Maybeck, was lost in the disney park at night and was captured. To go back to human world they had to use the remote WaYne used to go back, but one day the four were in trouble and used the remote and left Maybeck behind.Maybeck was left still sleeping in the real world and people thought it was a new sickness. The night came and Finn and the others came to recue him.

THATS ALL I CAN TEEL U. SOUNDS GOOD
READ IT YOURSELF KINGDOM KEEPERS DINEY AFTER DARK
BEST BOOK EVER THERE IS MORE ACTION IN THE BOOK BUT I WROTE TO MUCH READ IT YOURSELF OR ILL LEND IT TO U ONLY IF U READ THE INTIRE WRITE UP!! OKIS THIS BOOK IS RECOMENED TO EVERYONE WHO HAS A TASTE FOR MYSTERY AND A SENSE FOR FANTASY AND A GOOD MIND WITH DISNEY CHARACTERS!!! (less)

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Dec 20, 2011

Migdalia rated it

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Even though I gave it 2 stars, this by no means indicates that it was a bad book. The story is fun, and the author is a very good writer. It's a nice book on a rainy day. However, if you compare it in quality to the Percy Jackson series, Nick McIver Time Adventures or the Keys to the Kingdom series, it's not going to stack up as well (no pun intended). So, the moral here is, "Don't compare them." Honestly, you shouldn't, except that the star judgment needs to be fair.

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Nov 13, 2011

Michelle S rated it

Disney after Dark is about four young teens that audition to be hologramed tour guides.But what they didn't know was that caused them to be in the Magic Kingdom during or after closing hours when they went to bed.Finn and his friends were told that this happened because they were the chosen ones.What that meant was that they were to defeat the overtakers.The overtakers were the evil disney characters.Such as the pirates in the Pirates of The Carabbean attraction or maybe Magnificent from Sl...more

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Apr 28, 2010

Lydia Presley rated it

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Shelves: 2010, fantasy, fiction, young-adult

I probably liked this book more than I would have if I was not the Disney fan that I am.

Having worked at Disneyworld and enjoyed numerous visits both to Florida and California Disney Theme Parks, I loved getting reacquainted with the parks and the employee only areas described in the book. I loved all the references made to the Disney characters and think Pearson did a fantastic job of capturing what it feels like to be in the park and part of the park.

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Jun 27, 2011

Elizabeth Lehto rated it

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Shelves: fantasy, adventure

Five young teens find themselves pitted against Disney villains and witches who threaten both the future Disney World and the stability of the world outside its walls. Will they save the day?

As someone who grew up on Disney, I was super excited to read this book. It combines the awesomeness that is Disney World, with night time adventures, and some exploration into new technology, which is pretty cool even though it is the cause of the conflict in the novel.

It's been some tim...more

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Feb 13, 2011

Elisha Condie rated it

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Part of me wants to really like this guy for writing a cool story and the other part of me wants to punch him in the kidneys for writing a book that I want to write. I'm dying to walk into Disneyland and say "Hi! I'm writing a book and need access to all the secret tunnels" and they say "Right this way, madam" - just like Jeeves and I'm in.

Now I'm finished and man, this book was bad. Bad! It's such a shame -the idea of the characters in Disneyland coming aliv...more

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Aug 05, 2010

Kimberly rated it

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The premise of the book sounded exciting enough. I mean, what doesn't sound fun about a book that takes place in the Magic Kingdom?

However, this book had many confusing scenes (and starts off with one of the most confusing) and a ton of things that are never explained. Plus, the author seemed to like to throw in references to attractions or locations in the park (perhaps just to geek people out).

Next, some very very weird stuff happens. It's easy enough to accept evil ...more

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Nov 24, 2009

Meghan rated it

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This book would be a fun one to read to your kids, especially after they have been to Disneyworld. Almost the whole book takes place in Disneyworld in many familiar places like "It's a Small World", "Space Mountain", "Thunder Mountain", etc... There are some fun places the characters go that actually exist, but that as a member of the public can not have access.

I only gave this book 3 stars due to the inconsistencies in the plot and some events do not...more

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Aug 29, 2010

Heidi rated it

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3.5 stars--I'm rounding down. Finn Whitman and four other teenagers have gotten jobs as virtual Disney hosts: they've been turned into holographic images that guide people through Disneyworld's Magic Kingdom. Only there's more to the job than they were originally told. When they go to sleep at night as real kids in their real lives, they wake up as their holographic images in the Magic Kingdom. A mysterious Imagineer meets them (as holograms) and tells them they have to fight against the Ove...more

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May 25, 2009

Celtic Vira rated it

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May 09, 2009

Abby rated it

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Oct 01, 2010

Bakeshow rated it

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Maybe my expectations were to high. Maybe it came too highly recommended. Maybe because it was Disney I automatically assumed it would be amazing. I wanted so badly to adore this book. Maybe if I'd gone into it knowing nothing about it my opinion would be different.

I loved the basic premise of the story. I'm jealous I didn't think of it first. How awesome would it be to be in Disneyland (or world) after closing? Great idea for a story!

BUT... while the writing style wa...more

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Sep 07, 2010

Megan rated it

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Even though I am not exactly the target demographic for this series, I've wanted to read it for a while since I'm such a big Disney fan. It only took me a couple hours to read the first book, and while it was entertaining, I was kind of disappointed in the execution of what had the potential to be a really cool concept. I know it's a kids' book, but kids deserve well-thought-out plots at least as much as adults. The book would make absolutely no sense to anyone who hasn't been to Disney World in...more

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Apr 25, 2011

Chris rated it

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When I first heard about this book, I was totally stoked and knew I must eventually read it. I've been a Disney fan for as long as I can remember and I absolutely LOVE the Disney parks. The idea of an adventure book set in Walt Disney World with some crazy technological/sci-fi style elements…I was hooked.

The high level concept of the story is this. Disney has partnered with a "Holographic Imaging" company to create perfect holographic representations of Disney Hosts to sho...more

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Mar 22, 2009

Samie Foster rated it

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The Kingdom Keepers-The Forgotten Harry PotterOverall Rating: Wow I didn’t expect it to be this good Looking for a new fantasy book to read? Have you worn out and memorized the lines out of Harry Potter books? Or are you looking for something is both kid friendly and can be enjoyed by adults. Well in the bargain bin of a local Hasting I found this forgotten treasure that nobody seems to know anything about. It’s called The Kingdom Keepers Also know as Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark, this b...moreThe Kingdom Keepers-The Forgotten Harry PotterOverall Rating: Wow I didn’t expect it to be this good Looking for a new fantasy book to read? Have you worn out and memorized the lines out of Harry Potter books? Or are you looking for something is both kid friendly and can be enjoyed by adults. Well in the bargain bin of a local Hasting I found this forgotten treasure that nobody seems to know anything about. It’s called The Kingdom Keepers Also know as Kingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark, this book is written by Ridly Pearson. And if the word Disney scarred you? Don’t let it. Despite how silly the book sounds, it is a really great imaginative novel that isn’t too silly for adults and just fun enough for kids. So here’s the concept of the book. The book focuses on a thirteen year old boy name Finn Whitmen. He has won a contest along with four other kids to have their selves replicated into electronic hologram hosts to help serve people in the Disney theme park. Basically there’s a hologram of each kid is created to help tourist and answer questions in Disney land. But once the holograms of each kid is made(the book calls them DHI) something happens to them. When Finn and the other kids go to bed for the night , they wake up in Disney Land after dark in the form of holograms. And at night time Disney Land comes alive. And right here I will tell you that it is not as happy go lucky as you would think it would be. It is actually kind of a dark kids tale. The witch from Sleeping Beauty is trying to take over the world beyond Disney Land. She already nearly has complete control over the ark. And the five kids must go on a quest to solve a riddle in order to find the one thing that can hurt any Disney character. Along the way they encounter psychotic animatronics dolls, dinosaur skeletons that came alive and the Pirates of the Caribbean as well. It had this kind feel the old West World movie very much applied to story. But it’s entertaining oddly enough telling a epic fantasy in a story set in a world that kids can completely relate to. Just one real complaint wit the book. Where the hell was this book when I was in elementary school? I love this book, and I would of loved it back then too. We had to read ninety minutes every day and all I had was the box car children and baby sitters club. And if they could of included more Disney villains. I think it would have been more entertaining. But it’s still a masterpiece. An this is not a new book either. It was book that no one even knows about. It was written back in 1999. And if your like me and t sounds fun. You’ll like it. If your kid is into reading, then get it. My rating ting is four stars. It’s the Harry Potter no one knew about. I just wonder one thing though. Was this book any of inspiration for that Disney Game Kingdom Hearts? But now I’m just think out loud.P.S. check out my book website Lelue’s Realm http://www.freewebs.com/lelue/(less)

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Aug 19, 2010

Emi London rated it

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I'd give this book 2 and a half stars if I could. I started out hating it, unable to understand why anyone would give this book more than one star, but as I read further into it I found myself oddly addicted. Mostly because of the plotline. The plot is so entertaining. Who wouldn’t want to read a story about kids wandering around Disney World late at night? Nothing wrong with that, it’s just that the story is poorly executed. It’s too bad that somebody like Rick Riordan couldn’t have written thi...more

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Mar 24, 2009

Cindy rated it

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Like others that I saw when I read the flap of this book I thought this was the coolest idea for a book. But like all good books it's how the idea is taken and written and then transformed. I don't know if its the author just isn't a good YA author that this is just not his style. Either way the writing is the worst, and I've read some pretty bad stuff.

I hated that we had to mention the virtual magic kingdom, the characters were so one dimensional that I could see through them. And ...more

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Jan 19, 2012

Katie rated it

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I've never been to Disney World, can you imagine that? As if a vital part of my childhood is somehow missing, I still am eager to visit the magical land that has enchanted fans for years. Though I can not pick off of personal experience from the park, I can try to picture it in my mind through others, movies and books, correct? I picked up Ridley Pearson's Kingdom Keepers book on Kindle to help me do just that. While these books are geared m...more(You can read my full review -Here-.)

I've never been to Disney World, can you imagine that? As if a vital part of my childhood is somehow missing, I still am eager to visit the magical land that has enchanted fans for years. Though I can not pick off of personal experience from the park, I can try to picture it in my mind through others, movies and books, correct? I picked up Ridley Pearson's Kingdom Keepers book on Kindle to help me do just that. While these books are geared more towards kids much younger than I, a college girl, I still was able to enjoy the books immensely!

As the description above tells us, the main character of our story is Finn Whitman, among four other teens, is a new DHI (Disney Host Interactive) to Disney World. These holographic images of the kids guide tourists around the parks, spitting out information about different rides. Though they are hailed as celebrities to the parks, the children soon wish their choice had been different. For when they sleep, they enter into the parks, after dark, as their DHI selves. Upon meeting a mysterious figure named Wayne, they are told a fantastical tale about a group called the Overtakers. But who might these beings be? The animatronic pirates are the first of these creatures the children will meet, but someone else bigger than that awaits them. Maleficent, the evil sorceress from Sleeping Beauty. These Overtakers seek to take over the parks, but ultimately, they want to take over more. Through the mission that Wayne has given the five children, they are expected to search for things that Walt Disney himself has left behind to help stop the Overtakers from prevailing. But will they complete this mission in time, or will they be caught in the act?

I really did enjoy the story. At first, I was a bit hesitant, mainly because the writing wasn't as high quality as I am used to. I put on my realistic cap, though, and remembered that these were geared toward pre and younger teens. As a college sophomore, though, I really did end up quite liking the story! A few complaints was that the beginning seemed to drag on a bit and there were a few grammatical/punctuational mistakes that occurred. It wasn't enough to cause me to put the book down, however. The book turned out to be a great adventure and I very much enjoyed following the children along their dangerous paths. In fact, I've already purchased the second book on my Kindle and am waiting to read it!

I recommend these books to pre-teens on up who enjoy a good modern-day based adventure tale!(less)

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This book has an awesome concept, but it was not as good as I had hoped. The female characters are all the same (with the exception of Jez and Amanda), while the male characters are slightly more developed than the girls. I had a hard time liking the characters. The writing style is very choppy (especially when there is more action) and, considering that this book is set in the Magic Kingdom, I expected the story to be more magical than it turned out. After reading it, it feels as though...more

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Dec 17, 2011

Jarrett Reed rated it

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Who doesn't like Disney World? These kids end up getting jobs as Disney Host Interactives (DHI). The author, Ridley Pearson, uses the rides at Magic Kingdom in a way that no one would have ever thought of. We have all had a dream where we wish we are at an amusement park at night. These kids are forced to! I reccomend this book to any reader, young and old.
Finn is the leader of the kids and needs to save the park from a fleet of evil rides. The rides are coming alive after closing, trying ...more

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Ridley Pearson is the author of more than twenty novels, including the New York Times bestseller KILLER WEEKEND; the Lou Boldt crime series; and many books for young readers, including the award-winning children's novels PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS, PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES, and PETER AND THE SECRET OF RUNDOON, which he cowrote with Dave Barry. Pearson lives with his wife and two daughters, div...more

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