The Legend Of The Lamp Volume I

The Legend Of The Lamp #1

by Tina Monson

The last thing Hannah needed, or wanted, for her sixteenth birthday was a boring church history road trip - that is until grandpa shares with her the mysterious Kimball family secret. Passed down for generations, beginning with Heber C. Kimball, Hannah becomes obsessed with the legend of the lamp. Excited, she begins a quest to search out church history sites to find and decipher clues left more than one hundred years earlier.

Genres: Lds, Family, Novels, Lds Fiction, Historical Fiction, Religion, Fiction

382 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Tina Storrs Monson was born in Provo, Utah, but moved to San Diego, California by the time she was two. She is the second of eight children and one of seven girls in her family. Her writing is strongly influenced by her hometown experiences and her large family, whose flair for story telling never ends.

As a direct descendant of Heber C. Kimball and Orson Pratt, the stories told to her by her parents about them encouraged a fascination with the Book of Mormon, Church History, and the adventures of the early saints.

Tina loves reading and as a child would disappear for hours only to be found devouring every book she could get her hands on. She enjoys all types of books from children's stories to mysteries and even historical articles. She began writing in the fifth grade when her mom challenged her to enter a state writing contest about the American Constitution. Luckily, she won and her writing career began soon afterward. She is now the author of seven published books including the popular Liahona Legacies series and the Legend of the Lamp series.

While attending Brigham Young University, she met her husband, Kreg. They have been married for nineteen years and have five children, three boys and two girls, randing in age from 2 months to 17 years old.

Her newest novel, Waters of Mormon, was released January 2007, and she is currently working on the final volume of The Legend of the Lamp Series.

Reviews

[Kristin]

I read it because we had it. Not a genre I care for.

[Karen]

3 children, 1 legend, and the desire of a mother for her children to learn LDS church history as the making of this book. I guess for very young readers the mystery is full of adventure, but this book is so unrealistic it was hard for me to finish.
MOST of the things the children do would not be allowed at the historic sites of the LDS Church. These kids would have been arrested for vandilism and theft. The writer takes great liberties in what these children would be allowed to do. I hope that kids that read it and then visit the sites don't try what is discribed in the book or there would be trouble.
The book end but isn't finished, I won't be reading the rest.

[Jordan]

This wasn't a bad book, but it wasn't the greatest either. I still think that it could've flowed better, and maybe been edited better too. There were a few parts where it could have been more exciting and suspensful. One part was close but it wasn't a sitting-on-the-edge-of-your-seat suspense. After all of that, I guess that it was good enough that I want to read the second book because you're left hanging at the end of the book.

[Sophia]

Amazing! Starting when they find out about the Kimball family legend from their grandpa, this book follows four kids on a treasure hunt around the world to different places significant to the prophet Joseph Smith. Finally, they need to bring back two individuals from each of the ten lost tribes of Israel, while avoiding the evil prophet Tantua. Awesome! With the scriptures as their guide, Hunter, Hannah, Hayden, and Allie manage to free themselves and their new friends.

[Josh]

So far I'm not impressed. I'm convinced that the problem I have with Tina Monson books is that the dialogue is terrible and unbelievable. For example Hannah is talking to her friend complaining about the terrible trip she has to go on when her friend says that she will "text message" her. Come on understand the dialogue that should be going on the friend would only say that she will "text" her no need for the message. We'll see!







So I finished and ........... meh

[Chanel]

I loved this book. It was a great audio in the car for a long ride to california. It is a great book for the entire family. I really loved both volumes and look forward to volume III. If you liked national treasure, you will love this one.

[Cherissedyer]

Great book for all ages!

[Bryson]

This is a great LDS fiction book. It sort of reminds of a National Treasure LDS version. I loved the series. It's a great book to check out!

[Tricia]

If I was 13, I would probably think this was great. This is an LDS late-juvenile/early-YA fiction adventure book about three teenagers looking for treasure on a church history tour.

[MaDiSoN_RaNaE]

this was sooooo good!! i couldn't put it down!!

[Britt, Book Habitue]

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[Brittany]

i loved this book it is a awsome fiction book with a little bit of church history mixed in

[Bookaholic]

It's an amazing book of adventure and mystery. The kids are trying to solve a legend and there are other books that follow. It truly is an amazing book!

[Jocelyn]

I am currently reading this book! it is sosoosososo GOOD!!! i love it! <3 :)

[Dora]

It was okay. The writing wasn't the best and hated finding the typo I did. It is mostly for young teenagers, but was fun to read. Don't know if I will read the sequels though.

[Joelle]

I loved the plot line/story line, but the writing isn't as good, and it may lead people to believe the story is true because she is related to President Monson!