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It's only been a month since Gerald Wilkins became the richest kid on earth and uncovered a plot of murder and deception stretching back hundreds of years. But the events of The Billionaire's Curse were just the beginning.
As book two opens, Gerald, Sam, and Ruby discover that Gerald's family has been protecting a secret concerning nothing less than the fate of the world. Now the three are off to India in a desperate attempt to uncover the truth before their enemies do.
It's entirely possible this month may be even more eventful than the last.
Reviews (5)
Horn Book Review
Recently minted kid billionaire Gerald Wilkins (The Billionaire's Curse) knows that his legacy includes secrecy and danger. Now he learns new information that sends him to India on a search for one of three powerful caskets. This installment has plenty of action, and it spends enough time on characters' relationships to make readers care about the story's outcome. (c) Copyright 2011. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
Gerald Wilkins, an Australian kid billionaire, finds himself inadvertently hunting another ancient relic with his sleuthing friends, twins Ruby and Sam, in the second installment of the Archer Legacy series. While learning more about his family and their long-held secrets, Gerald, who has barely acclimated to his inherited wealth in England, accepts an invitation to visit the gem-collecting Gupta family in India. Marketplaces, temples, old forts, and tombs provide lots of places to get into and out of tight spots and fight off a bevy of villains, who are also intent on finding the titular casket. A fun romp for action-loving readers.--Cruze, Karen Copyright 2010 Booklist
Bookseller Publisher Review
Well done to Richard Newsome, who introduced us to Gerald and the twins Ruby and Sam in the first book of the trilogy The Billionaire's Curse. As a recap, Gerald, the young Australian, flies to London to find that his great aunt (who he didn't know about) has left him her billions and the quest to find her killer, which he did with the help of the British twins. With the addition of a couple of interesting characters, the original cast are back in the sequel The Emerald Casket. However, in this story the author has fleshed out the characters better; there is more depth to their personalities, as well as clashes between the three friends that teenagers will relate to. I think this makes the story even more entertaining, and that's what it is-pure entertainment. The intrepid threesome is involved in an adventure to find the bad guys and locate the jewels in the style of Enid Blyton's `Famous Five' and `Secret Seven' series. It's good to see books like this on the shelf as an alternative to stories of magic and fairies that seem to be so popular. I'm looking forward to the last one in the trilogy. Jan Bull is the owner and buyer for Foster's Little Bookshop, South Gippsland
School Library Journal Review
Gr 3-6-This old-fashioned adventure series continues along in its Biedermeyer-esque fashion, with many unlikely coincidences and melodramatic danger. The world's youngest billionaire, Gerald Wilkins; twins Ruby and Sam; and Indian femme fatale Alisha are on the hunt for a mysterious casket with supernatural powers. Evil Sir Mason Green, along with his murderous henchman, "the thin man," uses the children to try to steal this casket once they find it just as he did in The Billionaire's Curse (HarperCollins, 2010). They all head to India in search of a death cult that curiously shares the same symbology as Gerald's family crest. Character development is nil; new characters are introduced only to become stock figures so often found in this type of adventure, and the story is entirely plot driven. Some Australian slang will be unfamiliar to American readers.-B. Allison Gray, Goleta Public Library, CA (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Billionaire's Curse (2010), but 13-year-old Gerald and his squabbling twin sidekicks Sam and Ruby aren't giving up. Here they get a taste of the luxury an estate worth 20 billion brings while jetting off to India in high style to claim a second magical artifact before (presumed) murderer and all-around bad guy Mason Green can reach it. Laying broad hints that All Is Not as It Seemsor, as several characters repeatedly whisper, "Nothing is certain."Newsome again crafts a lighter-than-air caper. It's all heavily dependent on contrived clues, blundering or oblivious adults, chaperones who consistently vanish just before attackers arrive, conveniently spotty communications, lurid visions and massive gems that evidently sit around for the taking. The pace never lets up, though, and along with learning a bit more about the 1,600-year-long secret that Gerald's family has been charged with keeping, the young folk survive multiple kidnappings, escapes, chases and life-threatening mishaps. Inevitably they face off with Green again, here inside an ancient Indian temple prone to sudden massive floods. Fans of 39 Cluesstyle adventures will be swept along. (illustrations not seen) (Adventure. 11-14)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
