The Finders

by Nigel Hinton

When Rosie posts a parcel for a frail old man she has no idea that it contains the Djinn Star - Whose evil magic threatens to take her over. But she is tracked down by the Finders, the only ones who know how to save her. Together they set out to find the Djinn star and destroy it for ever

Genres: Childrens, Fantasy, Fiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published September 29, 1994

About the author

Nigel Hinton was born and educated in London. After two years in advertising, he worked as an English teacher for nine years. His first novel, Collision Course (winner of the Dutch Silver Pen Award) was written as a result of a challenge from one of his pupils. He began teaching part-time and also worked as a professional actor before concentrating on his writing.

Nigel is the ever-popular author the Beaver Towers series of stories for primary school readers (which has been adapted for TV), and, for secondary school readers, he wrote the Buddy trilogy. His novel The Finders won him the Federation of Children’s Book Groups Award.

Reviews

[Emilija · Rating 3 out of 5]

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This was a cute and sweet short story about a girl choosing between good and evil. Though it is a little dated to the 90s because I doubt many parents are sending off their young children to walk to a friend's house on their own.

[Ria · Rating 5 out of 5]

A charming little story about a girl called Rosie who is given a magical parcel by an old man and is slowly turning into a Djinn.
She has to return the box to the giver before midnight or she will be a Djinn forever.
But she is not alone, two guardian angels called "The finders" are on hand to help her give the Djinn star box back to the old man but they are racing against time, can Sidri, Mr. Ikbal and Rosie defeat the evil Djinn before time runs out?

[Tam KG · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best children's book from when I was younger. Fond memories re-reading this.

[Laura Attwood · Rating 3 out of 5]

A children’s book written in 1993.

The book contains dark magic, adventure and friendship.

This was a little old fashioned at times with some outdated language but it was a well-written story.
It’s about a girl who is tricked into taking the Djinn star by an old man and finds herself kidnapped by the finders. They soon realise that she is not a Djinn herself but she must return it as soon as possible if she doesn’t want to become one.

[Lizzie · Rating 3 out of 5]

When you finally read a book you've owned for 20 years! This was okay- a quick and compelling enough read to get through in a hour or so this morning. I probably would have enjoyed it if I'd read it 20 years ago as an 8 year old. Not really sure how to rate this since I'm not the intended audience. 2 stars seems too harsh so I'm going with a 3.

[Briony Crawford · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book was ok. I remember reading this as a child and loving it. Wanted to read it again, now as an adult and a teacher. The storyline was easy enough to follow, but children’s literature has definitely come a long way with newer stories like ‘Cogheart’, ‘The Land of Roar’ and ‘The Legend of Podkin One Ear’.

[Jonna · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite books when I was a child!

[Frankie Rufolo · Rating 1 out of 5]

Bland, boring and pretentious for a children's book. Every so often, there's a moment that's fun, or funny, or intriguing or pleasant, but it's rare! The book's not very imaginative, an awful lot of time is spent doing mundane things like eating cereal, the main character isn't developed and the illustrations though very detailed aren't very aesthetically appealing.

[Nikita]

its good book