The Kingdom Keepers series by Ridley Pearson is about five kids who were recruited by Disney to participate in their new "Disney Hosts Interactive" program, or DHI, for short. DHI can also stand for "Daylight Hologram Imaging". These kids were made into holograms that would walk around and give tours of Disney's Magic Kingdom in Disneyworld, Florida. Only, at night, when the kids go to sleep, they find themselves inside the park as their holograms. This is caused by the work of a retired Imagineer who needs their help in defeating a group of Disney Villans called "Overtakers"
That is the basic summary of the series arc. There are three book in the series so far, and the fourth will come out tomorrow.
Book One: Disney After Dark is centered around the story called "The Stonecutter's Quill" It leads the kids to finding Walt Disney's first Ink Pen, which has the power to weaken the Overtakers' leader, Maleficent. It also brings some old plans of Walt's, which were never used, to life.
The characters for the entire series are as follows:
Finn Whitman- He is the main character, as the books mostly center around his life. He is the chosen leader of the DHI's, though he is reluctant to accept the title. He is able to fully cross over into his DHI-self, even when he is awake and out in public
Terry Maybeck- Over-confident one of the group. He does have talent, and can cross over, but not as purely as Finn- none can.
Charlene aka Charlie- Jock of the group. She occasionally lacks self-confidence, but is very useful where athletics are concerned.
Willa- Smart, and clever. She is very talented when she is brave enough.
Philby- Computer-geek. He researches any information relevant to what his friends are doing, and then some. He rarely lacks knowledge of any subject
Amanda Lockhart- Mysterious girl who shows interest in Finn, as he does for her, though neither owns up to it. It is revealed later in the series that she is a Fairlie- being "fairly human". She is half human, half fairy and has the ability to levitate herself, and other objects.
Jezebel "Jez" Lockhart, aka Jess Lockhart- Sister of Amanda. She used to be under the spell of Maleficent and was her loyal servant, until Finn released her from the spell. She is also a Fairlie, and has dreams that always come true in the future. She, and her sister, are eventually made into DHI's as well.
Book Two: Disney at Dawn is set in the Animal Kingdom. Disney is expanding the DHI's to the other parks, and the cruise ships. They added a patch to the program that would prevent the kids' crossing over into the Disney parks at night. Only, Maleficent has escaped and got hold of the program, before it was patched. Now, she has the ability to control the DHI halves of the kids, and the new DHI's of animals.So, if the kids were to fall asleep, Overtakers could trap them and they would be caught in sleep forever. To worsen matters, Jess disappears. It is up to the kids to destroy the rouge program, find Jess, and stay awake in the progress.
Book Three: Disney in Shadow takes place in Epcot and Hollywood Studios. Wayne, the Kingdom Keepers' friend and mentor, disappeared at the end of the previous book. They are determined to find him, and are led by Jess's visions to Epcot. One night, when they are searching, they drop the remote that returns them to their homes, and it gets locked in a lost and found locker in Magic Kingdom. They are trapped in the park until it opens and they can get the remote. We meet Wayne's daughter, Wanda!
This entire series is AMAZING and I can't wait until the next book arrives in stores. I like book three the best, because it has ALOT of suspense. Wanda didn't play much of a role in my opinion.
Now for the new apps:
- There is a new countdown widget for Ally Carter's new book, Uncommon Criminals. I am not thrilled by the plot, and will borrow it from my local library before spending money on a copy of it.
- Facebook "Like" Button: I will add this to all of my blogs, and this button will let you like the page I made for my blogs. On this page, I will update you on new posts, and I will put up polls for which books to talk about on here. Ha! as if anyone actually reads this... Does anybody read this? Hello?
Anyway, I'll talk to you later. Ciao!
