Galvin, Michael and Speakman, Peter Rebels of the Lamp, 151 pgs, Disney/Hyperion, 2015. $16.99 Content:
Language: G (0 swears); Mature Content: G Violence: PG13
In the distant past a heartbroken magician discovers access to a
new level of power, a power that once created, can’t be controlled. After some
intervention, the world is safe, but a new group in modern times, is seeking to
discover a way to bring the power back. Parker
is a pre-teen that doesn’t have a great home life, and so he likes to
exaggerate. This doesn’t go over so well when he has to move in with his cousin
Theo in a small town. When chance leads him to discovering a Genie, he couldn’t
be happier. Wish after wish soon follow, with fun that is sometimes too extreme
for the more mellow Theo and their new friend. But there isn’t just one Genie,
and the others are not quiet as nice. Parker and his friends are taken on a
harrowing journey that will require bravery and smarts to survive.
Well this is a Disney book and looks very cute, but it is
seriously violent. At least for a school library. There is a family that burns
alive, numerous and creatively violent deaths throughout the entire book, and tons
of gun violence. Elementary school parents would have me out on the street for this book, so I am
rating it for Middle School and higher. That being said, this was a fun to read
book that was action packed and fast-paced. Students will love to imagine what
they would do if they found a genie. The magicians journal from the past, shown in
different paper with a different font, are very interesting. Overall the book
reads like an entertaining movie.
MS – ADVISABLE Reviewer: Stephanie Elementary School Librarian
& Author.
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