The Secret of Ka (Paperback) by Christopher Pike

from jasmyn9

What if genies really existed? And what if you happened to stumble upon a magical flying carpet that could take you to them? Sara is visiting her father in Istanbul and is totally bored out of her mind. Visiting him one day at work she finds an unusual antique carpet. The next thing she knows she...

from wrighton-time

Sara Wilcox is spending the summer with her Father in Turkey, What she finds is that she is on her own most of the time due to his job at Bectar, a hydroelectric construction site. Sara finds the language difficult and loud, it is hot and crowded, no fun at all. She has just turned 15 years old a...

from marcelrochester

It starts slowly & the protagonist seems stupid and the portrayal of Istanbul is sort of racist, but it certainly gets intriguing even if it happens in the interest of obvious series-baiting. It's good set-up with no conclusiveness because the protagonist doesn't really learn what she has to do u...

from dukesangel002

I was afraid going into this book that a story that involved magic carpet and genies (djinn) would be corny. Luckily, I was wrong. Secret of Ka was an original idea that was well written and well executed. It was a lot of fun learning the rules of the djinn, how you can only make one wish safely,...

from highvoltagegrrl

While this book is listed as a young adult book, I would tend to think the younger ones would enjoy this book and classify it as more of a middle grade book. The storyline is generally easy to follow even when Pike creates this different world within our world. Magic isn't a trick and genies in a...