Novel

The Akhenaten Adventure

By P.B. Kerr

Copyright 2004

John and Phillipa were perfectly normal 12 year old twins living in New Yorke City when suddenly they grew wisdom teeth. The reason for this is because they don't age like other people. In fact, they aren't people at all. They are Djinn, or most commonly known as genies. John and Phillipa only knew about this when another djinn, their uncle Nimrod went into their dreams and told them that he desperately needed their help in unraveling a centuries old djinn mystery. He must solve this mystery before the other evil Djinn tribes do because its outcome could permanently affect the balance of bad luck in the whole world.

Being a Djinn means John and Phillipa have magical powers and have to be careful not to use them when someone says "I wish" because remember they are genies. John and Phillipa can also go inside bottles and lamps and if someone frees them, they must grant that person 3 wishes.

Humans are made of earth.

Djinn are made of fire.

The story starts in New Yorke City when John and Phillipa think they are normal people. Then Uncle Nimrod, in their dreams, asks them to fly to England where he lives. Though the main story takes place in Cairo where Uncle Nimrod is training these young Djinn how to control their magical powers. They are also there to find the tomb of Akhenaten.

The main characters in this book are: John, Phillipa and their Uncle Nimrod. John and Phillipa are twins. Uncle Nimrod is the brother of the twins mother, Layla. Layla is also a Djinn but doesn't tell her children until the end of the story. John, Phillipa and Uncle Nimrod basically work together the whole way through the story to solve the mystery of the the location of the tomb of Akhenaten.

• In one paragraph, explain what influences the behavior of two characters.

John and Phillipa's behavior was influenced when they find out that they are djinn. This is because they wanted to know more about djinn, therefore started reading alot, and their manners changed to their Uncle Nimrod because he was their teacher and taught them everything. They basically became better listeners.

I definitely recommend this novel to be made into a film. If one scene in the novel had to be cut out, I would probably choose the scene at the very beginning when John and Phillipa were living in New York City with their family and they wanted to change the names of their dogs. The reason why I would cut this scene out is because it doesn't mean anything and wouldn't contribute to any parts in the film at all.

The author of this novel, P. B. Kerr has made this novel interesting to read for teenage readers because it is very simple and easy to understand. The English in it isn't very hard and it is about something which would take a teenage readers interest (even though I personally think this book is random). Unlike other stories, this novel always has something interesting in almost each paragraph. This makes you want to read the novel more.