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 | 3 DOORS by Kiane & Rochell Simeon | Reviewed by Jeanette Cottrell | |
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| Publisher: AuthorHouse
http://www.AuthorHouse.com ISBN: (soft cover) 1418474894, (dust jacket) 1418474886 Genre: Children/Y-A Subgenre: Pre-Teen Release Date: September 2004 Format: soft cover and dust jacket Pages: 216 Price: (soft cover): $13.50, (dust jacket): $22.25 | |||
| Six youngsters are bound on a wild scavenger hunt, the annual Pirate’s Treasure Hunt in the freewheeling town of Brynwickville. Determined to amass the treasure before anyone else, they take a shortcut through a mysterious bookstore with three doors. Once inside they discover that they are trapped in an exciting and terrifying adventure. They are transported into a book called Räno-ek, and each inhabits a particular character. In the book, an archeologist has been kidnapped. His daughter, one of the children, holds the map that is the first in a series of clues to the secrets of the temple of Räno-ek, set in deepest, darkest Brazil.
3 Doors is certainly an exciting, almost dizzying book. At times, it resembles a comic farce, as in the descriptions of the buffoon-like town residents. At other points, with starving children groping through the wilderness, it evokes genuine fright. It’s almost as though 3 Doors is two books instead of one. With two authors, and a book within a book, this sandwich effect was probably intended. However, the story lacks the ability to carry readers from one mood to another without losing them. In one moment, we’re reading about torture and murder; and in the next, we’re immersed in humorous insults. I believe this was intended to be an Indiana Jones-style book for preteens, but I’m not sure it works. I also found the grammatical and verb tense errors to be jarring. Still, youngsters might well be entranced by the liveliness with which the story races along. The sisters Simeon have told a tale that never fails for another twist or angle, and their sense of humor is right on the mark. Jeanette Cottrell, Reviewer Author of "Sliding on Rainbows" | |||
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