Flight of the Genie

The Secrets of Droon #21

by Tony Abbott, David Merrell

Hailed as the perfect series for kids not quite ready for Harry Potter, the bestselling SECRETS OF DROON series is enchanting young readers everywhere!

The city of Ut is a city of secrets. Mysteriously, it only appears once every one hundred years. And to enter, you need the key, which is kept in the magical bottle of Ut. Eric, Keeah, and the others need to get inside the city to help a friend. The good genie, Hoja, is being held prisoner there, and he needs rescuing! They have discovered the secret of the magic bottle, and so they know they can get inside the city walls. But what they don't know is that Ut holds other secrets. Dark, dangerous secrets. Secrets that involve a certain sorcerer named Sparr...

Genres: Fantasy, Childrens, Adventure, Middle Grade, Chapter Books, Juvenile, Fiction

128 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 1, 2003

About the author

Tony Abbott (born 1952) is an American author of children's books. His most popular work is the book series The Secrets of Droon, which includes over 40 books. He has sold over 12 million copies of his books and they have been translated into several other languages, including Italian, Spanish, Korean, French, Japanese, Polish, Turkish, and Russian. He has also written the bestseller Firegirl.

Abbott was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1952. His father was a university professor and had an extensive library of books which became one of Abbott's first sources of literature. When he was eight years old, his family moved to Connecticut where he went through elementary school and high school.

Abbott attended the University of Connecticut, and after studying both music and psychology, decided to study English and graduated from the University of Connecticut with a bachelor's degree in English literature. He attended the workshops of Patricia Reilly Giff to further develop his writing after college.

Abbott currently lives in Trumbull, Connecticut, with his wife, two daughters, and two dogs. Tony had one brother and two sisters.

Reviews

[Maximilian Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was very good because it connected very well with the last book. The kids need to save a genie the was trying to save another genie! Galen also ran away!

[Kryssy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved the riddles in this book!! and the way the dreams tied out! I didn’t think this would be one of the better books of the series considering they were going to a desert… not many books that involve a setting like that have much going on. But this was a decent entry!

Dumpella was such a fun addition! And julie’s little heart to heart with her. Aww

- Wizard for 6 months-ish
- Bottle from Prince has a city inside. Also trapped in Hoja (genie from a previous book)
- Max laughs when galen mentions a FEMALE love. Is galen gay?
- Ruler of Ut looks a lot like Neal. Puts them under arrest (??)
- Hoja lost his hat so can’t fly out
- Neal drops a pickle and finds the gang
- Neal pretends to be the duke to get the guards away. He pushed it too far… real duke shows up
- Sparr is coming to talk to the duke. Julie and neal pretend to be them to learn his plans
- The red eye is in ut??
- Galen appears much older. He is following a genie
- The red eye dug down. All the way through the world. Exactly half way from the prison is ut!
- The earthquakes is the red eye getting closer
- Ut goes back in the bottle. With sparr??
- Galen left with the old genie. Was she his love?

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eric, Julie, and Neal head back to Droon to help Keeah, Max, and Galen find out what Sparr is plotting in a secret city that emerges from a bottle once every hundred years. Another great adventure in this series.

[Tara · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is another great Droon adventure. I like how they modified Leah’s plane. These are just fun books.

[Rob · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series still just sort of grows on you, I read this book and am already searching for the next book. a good series that my son read from start to finish. This was a Good Read.

[Stacie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another fun adventure.

[Muskan Choudhury · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dazzling skkit

[Jeremy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've decided to read The Secrets of Droon series entirely for Christmas since i've been feeling a bit nostalgic. I want to be able to live a bit of the magic of being a kid and what beeter to help than this incredible series. I know that this series is for young kids but i feel it will still be great after all these years.
A great adventure with some new characters some of which don't look so new. And genies which are a favorite of mine in this series. The new setting was also great. It had great action, fun and mystery.

[Roxanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

small genie magic genie one of them turns into a genie later

[Felicia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute adventure story for 2nd or 3rd grade level readers.

[Roberto · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! I can't believe everyone goes into a city that hasn't been opened for 100 years! Really it's incredible.

[Sydney · Rating 4 out of 5]

when Keeah and her friends need to rescue this genie named Hoja after they rescue him they find some secrets about Lord Sparr.

[Anna]

After this book, read Special Edition 2: Wizard or Witch?