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Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Grade 5-9–In this expansion of a story from the "Arabian Nights," Tunnell tells how Aminah, who has been struggling to survive after the death of her parents, comes to be hit on the head by Aladdin's lamp. Near starvation, the 14-year-old goes to the Sultan's palace to ask his daughter, who is Aladdin's wife, for help. Annoyed at being approached by a beggar, Princess Badr throws the dented old lamp at Aminah without realizing its worth. Before long, the girl figures out how to summon the jinni and uses her newfound powers to improve her own lot and the world around her. Aminah is perspicacious enough to determine the rules of the jinni's magic and work them to her advantage, but her naïveté causes her to miscalculate the impact her new riches will have on others. Moreover, Princess Badr has come to understand the lamp's value and is exerting her influence to get it back, which puts Aminah in constant peril. Add a love story and a jealous would-be lover to the mix and all the requirements of a satisfying fairy-tale elaboration are satisfied. While not as well written as, say, Robin McKinley's Beauty (HarperCollins, 1978) or Spindle's End (Putnam, 2000), this novel is fast-moving and suspenseful enough to hold readers' interest.–Miriam Lang Budin, Chappaqua Public Library, NY
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From Booklist
Gr. 6-9. Aladdin's lamp is back in this fanciful tale of Aminah, an orphaned teen left to be a beggar in the streets of Al-Kal'as. When she pluckily approaches the sultan's daughter for work, the haughty princess flings her husband Aladdin's old oil lamp at the girl. The royal was not aware of the lamp's magic powers, and now Aminah has stumbled onto the road to riches. Get ready for high adventure along with constant suspense as Aminah waits for the princess to realize her error. Meanwhile, Aminah forges a relationship with Jinni, the lamp's witty and provocative genie, as the two cooperate to use the lamp in the most enlightened ways. Aminah strives to do good with her magic, and yet the tale skips preachiness and goes for rich characterizations and a strong, suspenseful plot worthy of the Arabian Nights. Anne O'Malley
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Grade 5-9–In this expansion of a story from the "Arabian Nights," Tunnell tells how Aminah, who has been struggling to survive after the death of her parents, comes to be hit on the head by Aladdin's lamp. Near starvation, the 14-year-old goes to the Sultan's palace to ask his daughter, who is Aladdin's wife, for help. Annoyed at being approached by a beggar, Princess Badr throws the dented old lamp at Aminah without realizing its worth. Before long, the girl figures out how to summon the jinni and uses her newfound powers to improve her own lot and the world around her. Aminah is perspicacious enough to determine the rules of the jinni's magic and work them to her advantage, but her naïveté causes her to miscalculate the impact her new riches will have on others. Moreover, Princess Badr has come to understand the lamp's value and is exerting her influence to get it back, which puts Aminah in constant peril. Add a love story and a jealous would-be lover to the mix and all the requirements of a satisfying fairy-tale elaboration are satisfied. While not as well written as, say, Robin McKinley's Beauty (HarperCollins, 1978) or Spindle's End (Putnam, 2000), this novel is fast-moving and suspenseful enough to hold readers' interest.–Miriam Lang Budin, Chappaqua Public Library, NY
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist
Gr. 6-9. Aladdin's lamp is back in this fanciful tale of Aminah, an orphaned teen left to be a beggar in the streets of Al-Kal'as. When she pluckily approaches the sultan's daughter for work, the haughty princess flings her husband Aladdin's old oil lamp at the girl. The royal was not aware of the lamp's magic powers, and now Aminah has stumbled onto the road to riches. Get ready for high adventure along with constant suspense as Aminah waits for the princess to realize her error. Meanwhile, Aminah forges a relationship with Jinni, the lamp's witty and provocative genie, as the two cooperate to use the lamp in the most enlightened ways. Aminah strives to do good with her magic, and yet the tale skips preachiness and goes for rich characterizations and a strong, suspenseful plot worthy of the Arabian Nights. Anne O'Malley
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
See all Editorial Reviews
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