- Genies, Djinn, Magic, Brothers and sisters
Meet John and Philippa Gaunt, twelve-year-old twins who one day discover themselves to be descended from a long line of djinn. All of a sudden, they have the power to grant wishes, travel to extraordinary places, and make people and objects disappear.
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Classical in form, unpretentious, resolved and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Philip Kerr
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 355
- Publisher
- Turtle back books, Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media, Orchard Books
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780439670203
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Philip Kerr is a British author. After gaining a master's degree in law and philosophy, Kerr worked as an advertising copywriter for Saatchi and Saatchi before becoming a full-time writer in 1989. A writer of both adult fiction and non-fiction, he is known for the Bernie Gunther series of historical thrillers set in Germany and elsewhere during the 1930s, the Second World War and the Cold War. He has also written children's books under the name P.B. Kerr, including the Children of the Lamp series. Kerr has written for The Sunday Times, the Evening Standard and the New Statesman. He is married to fellow novelist Jane Thynne. Source: wikipedia
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