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January 11, 2008
THE KINGDOM KEEPERS by Ridley Pearson
Visiting Disney World is one of the best places to have fun at in the whole world, but when you read THE KINGDOM KEEPERS by Ridley Pearson, you may never look at Disney World the same way.
Middle school student Finn Whitman has been chosen as one of five young teens to become “hologram hosts” at Disney’s Magic Kingdom in Florida. Finn will be on the cutting edge of technogy which is cool. It also means money for college is no longer a problem and his family has lifetime free admission to Disney World, but for Finn it means only entering the Park with permission from the company and meeting Wayne, an original Imagineer, who asks Finn and the other hologram hosts to stop the evil forces from taking over the Park.
Finn and the other hosts meet with Wayne as holograms during the teen's real time sleep. Wayne explains these forces are called the Overtakers, Disney creations including the Pirates of the Carribean and Maleficent, the evil witch from Snow White. So far these characters have terrorized the Park but could they reach out into the real world community?
Oh what fun it is to read about Disney rides that bear the clues to answer Walt Disney’s last puzzle and how dangerous these rides can be. Through the Magic Kingdom, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and the underground passages below Disney World our hologram teens and sometimes their human selves run for their lives.
THIS BOOK IS RECOMMENDED FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS GIRLS AND BOYS WHO LOVE DISNEY WORLD AND ADVENTURES STORIES. JUST REMEMBER TO WATCH OUT FOR PIRATES AND SMALL DOLLS.
Mrs. Jackson
Head of Young Adult Services
Posted by fjacksonem at January 11, 2008 9:21 AM
Comments
this book seems so awesome i started reading it and i couldn't put it down
Posted by: 13ubbly at January 10, 2009 7:59 PM
Great book and it seemed like i was in it
Posted by: parker at February 3, 2009 9:32 PM
OMG i have read this book about 5 times already and I started writing my own version of Kingdom Keepers, both me and my crush Patrick are.
Posted by: Addie at February 3, 2009 11:27 PM
My son has loved Kingdom Keepers since the first one came out, and just recently announced a new favorite series and author: The Dreamhouse Kings by Robert Liparulo. So, of course, I read the three books that are currently out and I have to say, quite good. Lots of action/adventure and suspense, and the family is really solid; they have to work together to solve a major--and I mean major--problem. I can see why my son is a fan of both series, some similarities in terms of suspense and excellence of writing. (It's about a family that moves into a house where there are portals to the past, but someone from the past comes through to their house and the action gets going.)
Posted by: Michael Tennison at June 11, 2009 8:40 PM