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Pete and the Persian Bottle
Pete and the Persian Bottle is the story of nine-year-old Peter (Pete) Bartlett, an average boy from an average town, whose biggest wish is to stand out in the crowd. Just when he thinks his life couldn’t get any more boring, he finds a mysterious bottle and releases a long-trapped genie. Now his troubles have really started.
90 pages, Paperback
Published May 13, 2016
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Sarah Jackson
19 books27 followersSarah Jackson is an emerging novelist specialising in cosy mysteries, romance, cookbooks and children’s fiction. Her debut novel “Winner Winner Chicken Dinner” was released through Serenade Publishing in 2022. She is the author of a number of self-published short stories, a gardening guide for beginners, a children’s novel, and is the co-author of a series of mini cookbooks. She regularly publishes book reviews via her blog www.sarahjacksonwriter.com, Amazon, GoodReads, and is an Early Reviewer for Librarything. She also reviews books for Sisters in Crime – Australia.
Sarah was born in Brisbane, Australia and moved to Melbourne in 2005. She works at Monash University on a casual basis. She has been employed in a variety of mostly government roles, with the occasional foray into welfare, ethics, justice and university administration in a medical faculty.
Sarah has completed several writing courses through Writer’s Victoria. Her tertiary studies include a Graduate Certificate in University Management from the University of Melbourne, a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) from the University of Queensland, and a Bachelor of Arts (Humanities, Film and Media Studies) from Griffith University.
Sarah is an active member of Writers Victoria, “Sisters in Crime”, and a member of the Australian Society of Authors.
Sarah was born in Brisbane, Australia and moved to Melbourne in 2005. She works at Monash University on a casual basis. She has been employed in a variety of mostly government roles, with the occasional foray into welfare, ethics, justice and university administration in a medical faculty.
Sarah has completed several writing courses through Writer’s Victoria. Her tertiary studies include a Graduate Certificate in University Management from the University of Melbourne, a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) from the University of Queensland, and a Bachelor of Arts (Humanities, Film and Media Studies) from Griffith University.
Sarah is an active member of Writers Victoria, “Sisters in Crime”, and a member of the Australian Society of Authors.
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July 24, 2017
I found this to be a delightful book and I've set it aside for my grandchildren. A great learning tool.
April 12, 2017
I am grateful to have won a signed copy of this book in a Goodreads giveaway. I intend to donate it to the library I work at to add it to our collection.
I enjoyed reading this short chapter book this afternoon! It's a whimsical tale that uses familiarity of what we know about a genie story and it's own unique storyline together. I absolutely will recommend this to children, especially as a summer read.
For me, my favorite parts of the book are when the friends are working together! They stand up against bullies, have fun, care for one another, and solve problems through teamwork! It's an excellent example for children!
While there are some typos, my only real criticism is that, to me from an American perspective, the mobility of the children characters does not match that of nine year old children. Also, it seems unlikely to me that all the children have cell phones at age nine.
I enjoyed reading this short chapter book this afternoon! It's a whimsical tale that uses familiarity of what we know about a genie story and it's own unique storyline together. I absolutely will recommend this to children, especially as a summer read.
For me, my favorite parts of the book are when the friends are working together! They stand up against bullies, have fun, care for one another, and solve problems through teamwork! It's an excellent example for children!
While there are some typos, my only real criticism is that, to me from an American perspective, the mobility of the children characters does not match that of nine year old children. Also, it seems unlikely to me that all the children have cell phones at age nine.
April 15, 2017
What an adorable adventure, full of perils and friendship, with gentle lessons that slip into the story seamlessly as readers are captivated by the events that are unfolding. The children are delightful, the good ones helpful and forging a new friendship and the bad one fittingly taught lessons about what his behavior brings in consequences.
This is a book for my daughter's class to enjoy and learn from. I sure her students will enjoy it.
This is a book for my daughter's class to enjoy and learn from. I sure her students will enjoy it.
May 20, 2017
read book to my two grand kids aged 5 and 9 beautifully written story which the kids could understand and learn from was read in three evening as kids wanted to get to end of the story
April 9, 2018
Today We Did
The summer holidays are almost upon Pete when he discovers an interesting old bottle in the skip bin next door. Unfortunately for Pete, instead of a friendly genie ready to grant him wishes, there is a scared Djinn residing in the bottle who just wants to go back to his homeland. Suddenly Pete is a rat and the Djinn is gone; how will Pete get back to normal now?
This was an easy, quick and entertaining read. It does sound fun to get some wishes from a genie, but it would be so easy for things to go wrong, just as Pete discovered. Poor Pete; all he wanted was to be more than average. Of course, being a talking rat did make him special, but it wasn’t exactly what he had in mind! His adventure as a rat was good, it felt realistic, with a little bit of danger and some rather funny moments. I liked Pete’s narrow escape from the Lace Monitor, and his heightened sense of smell.
Pete and the Persian Bottle was set in a small and hot town in Queensland, Australia. The language reflects the setting, with a number of Australianisms throughout the story. Having grown up in country Australia myself, the setting was familiar and the language and characters perfectly suited to the town. I quite enjoyed the story, and I liked the cast of kids too (except for the bully, Glenn, no one could really like him!) There were also a few black and white illustrations scattered through the text, which were nice.
Pete and the Persian Bottle is suitable for middle to upper primary school children.
*I received this book as a digital copy from the author, who asked me for an honest review of this book. I did not receive any other remuneration, and the review is composed entirely of my own opinions.
The summer holidays are almost upon Pete when he discovers an interesting old bottle in the skip bin next door. Unfortunately for Pete, instead of a friendly genie ready to grant him wishes, there is a scared Djinn residing in the bottle who just wants to go back to his homeland. Suddenly Pete is a rat and the Djinn is gone; how will Pete get back to normal now?
This was an easy, quick and entertaining read. It does sound fun to get some wishes from a genie, but it would be so easy for things to go wrong, just as Pete discovered. Poor Pete; all he wanted was to be more than average. Of course, being a talking rat did make him special, but it wasn’t exactly what he had in mind! His adventure as a rat was good, it felt realistic, with a little bit of danger and some rather funny moments. I liked Pete’s narrow escape from the Lace Monitor, and his heightened sense of smell.
Pete and the Persian Bottle was set in a small and hot town in Queensland, Australia. The language reflects the setting, with a number of Australianisms throughout the story. Having grown up in country Australia myself, the setting was familiar and the language and characters perfectly suited to the town. I quite enjoyed the story, and I liked the cast of kids too (except for the bully, Glenn, no one could really like him!) There were also a few black and white illustrations scattered through the text, which were nice.
Pete and the Persian Bottle is suitable for middle to upper primary school children.
*I received this book as a digital copy from the author, who asked me for an honest review of this book. I did not receive any other remuneration, and the review is composed entirely of my own opinions.
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