
Kingdom Keepers Inheritance: The Shimmer
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Narrated by:
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Alejandro Saab
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By:
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Ridley Pearson
In the near future, in the Epcot of Walt Disney's imagination, sixty thousand people live in a CommuniTree surrounding the forward-looking Walt Disney World theme park. Five unique families are among the residents—and some of the parents were once known as the Kingdom Keepers. Their identities are carefully guarded in order to raise their children without special treatment, most of the Kingdom Keepers work for the Walt Disney Company, and have settled into "ordinary" and rewarding lives.
When a messenger carrying a secret communication from Villains Park in Hong Kong coincides with both a solar eclipse and Eli Whitman's thirteenth birthday—a few "ordinary" kids are thrust into a battle to save Epcot and find their friend who has mysteriously disappeared.
With their friend missing and their parents acting strangely, the Kingdom Kids discover they are in possession of unusual powers as they forge a bond to rescue their friend and uncover the truth about how real magic has entered their lives.
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very enjoyable story. great reader.
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Good Story
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Cute but not as good as original sets
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Will08
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good but doesn't follow the book at all
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the youtuber voicing this super cool I used to watch him
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When there was a word I didn't understand, I ended up going to the paper book to see the spelling to figure out what it was. I was shocked when I realized that there was a character in the printed book that wasn't in the audio. So I went back to Chapter 1 and tried to read along to the audio and they are very different. One significant example is that the character of MarieClaire is named Marissa in the printed version. Other details are also different, and it isn't clear to me, because I stopped listening, how significant that will be to the story in terms of how the story, and next two books pay out.
After several days of pinging the various Ridley Pearson and Kingdom Keepers social media accounts, I got a response from Ridley's team -- they had heard from multiple people that the printed and audio books are different and had notified Disney of the issue. The audio book is an earlier version of the manuscript. I did get them to confirm that the printed copy is the final draft on which the rest of the series are being based.
Therefore, I am returning this title and hoping that Disney will re-release the audio with the correct manuscript.
If they do, I hope that they consider bringing back MacLeod Andrews, or give Alejandro Saab more background on the characters. I prefer my audiobooks performed, rather than read. While Mr. Saab is definitely an engaging reader, this book is not performed as the previous KK books were (or Mr. Saab was not given enough direction).
If Disney does re-release it (and I think they should), I hope they will consider enhancing the performance so that it is easier to discern who is speaking and so is aligns better with the previous books. For example, Del Philby is from NZ and has an accent. Maybeck's voice has been deeper since he was a teen. In this version, all the adult males (through Chapter 3) sound exactly the same.
This is the Wrong Manuscript
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So happy that Kingdom Keepers is back
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Good narrator. Pretty good story. Weird changes
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Sorely Disappointed
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