Ruby Rosemount and the Magic Carpet

Ruby Rosemount #1

by Jodie Brownlee

Ruby Rosemount is flying! A magic carpet (with attitude) is about to take her on the adventure of her life to a magical oasis. There genies, wicked villains, sand sprites, spells and dungeons will test all of her powers - including the ones she still doesn't know she has.

Genres: Fantasy, Childrens, Adventure, Magic

247 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Jodie is the author of the Ruby series for pre-teens. The books are published by Scholastic in Australia and New Zealand and Edizione Piemme in Italy.


Ruby Rosemount and the Magic Carpet was nominated by the publishing industry for the prestigious CBCA Book of the Year Award, was Dymocks Critic's Choice and Angus and Robertson's book of the month.

Ruby Rosemount and the Traveler's Telescope was nominated by young readers for the W.A. Young Readers Book Award.

The series appears on the NSW Premier Reading Challenge list, an Australian state government initiative to encourage children to read.

Jodie grew up in Australia, but presently calls Denver, Colorado home.

Reviews

[DeAnna Knippling · Rating 4 out of 5]

Recommended. I read it all the way through in one evening.

In short: Harry Potter meets the Arabian Nights. The main character is a girl, but boys play a strong role in this adventure as well.

The story starts out with Ruby, whose mother wants her to grow up to be a normal person, despite the fact that she has an obviously magic purse and gets mail from her mother by having the wind blow it to her. But red-headed Ruby isn’t cut out for a normal life (some people aren’t), and when her mother forbids her from going up to the attic the same day that her grandmother tells her that her birthday present is up there…well, goodbye normal.

I won’t be giving too much away if I say her birthday present strongly resembles the object in the title of the book.

However, the first thing that Ruby does with said present, after being magically and wonderfully (and thirstily) transported to a mysterious country in the desert, is LOSE it. It’s not her fault–she had no idea that magic carpets were so picky–but it’s her job to get it back from the evil half-genie madman who stole it from her.

[Eloise · Rating 5 out of 5]

My childhood fave!!!!

[Mitchey · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book started my love for adventure

[Elissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

re-reading a childhood fave to start the year

[Zoe · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book when I was 10 and loved the series. After reading this again 11 years later, I didn’t actually remember most of this story but some bits were vaguely familiar. Still such a fun book to read and enjoyed the ending so much!

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very exciting adventure that all children will love. Jodie has the exquisite talent of creating a world that is real, but has the addition of fantasy fun. All children and adults alike will want to read this and then dream of flying across the globe on a magic carpet.

Ruby thinks she is an ordinary girl of 11 until she starts to question some funny things that happen around her house. Her mother, Ann, tells Ruby she is imagining things and of course the teapot runs out, but Ruby knows her mother didn’t refill the teapot even after filing 20 cups. For Ruby’s 12th birthday she is given a carpet from her Grandmother and is stored in the attic. But Ann tells Ruby under no circumstances is she allowed into the attic. Ruby can’t help herself and goes to investigate. A magic carpet hovers and Ruby hops on. The carpet takes off out the window and Ruby is screaming silently.

Ruby falls asleep and when she awakes she is in an Oasis. Ruby hasn’t learnt how to control the carpet yet, so covers it with sand in order to find help. Ruby finds help and then discovers that her carpet has been found and sold to Horas, the conqueror of Oasis. Everything is not as it seems, there are Genies and little sand creatures called Spriggans. Ruby finds out she has a whole bunch of relatives and all of them Genies.

Ruby now has the task of recovering her Magic Carpet without being captured. With the help of her cousin Avalon and her friend Jaffa, they endeavor to break into the palace to steal it back. Of course it is no easy task. Will Ruby recover the carpet without casualties?

This was a fantastic story that I highly recommend to all children and adults alike. Full of adventure, fun and hilarious in the magical items that Jodie has created within her story. I will certainly be getting the next in the series, to find out what Ruby discovers next. ~ Katie Turner (The Kindle Book Review)

[Theresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book a week or two ago when I was cleaning out a draw which I hadn't touched for at least 2 or 3 years. In it I found this book, one that I now remember loving when I was about 11 or 12, but hadn't read since then. Reading it now brought back so many memories that I had completely forgotten, so for that, I'm very grateful of it.

[Prajwala Gmath · Rating 5 out of 5]

my favorite

[Marsbar · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've decided to re-read this series as it was what really got me into reading and I'm in a reading slump at the moment, going on about 2 years now. Hmmph

[claire · Rating 5 out of 5]

My primary school favourite, second to the Sister's Grimm, reread.

[Andrea Maino · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un giorno Ruby, dopo aver ricevuto una strana lettera dalla nonna, si reca in soffitta e vi trova un tappeto che la porterà in un’oasi nel deserto dove governa il perfido Greg.
La ragazza farà la conoscenza di Jaffa, un ragazzino che le racconterà tutti i i segreti del villaggio e scoprirà anche dei parenti speciali che le sveleranno le sue origini. Ruby deciderà così di aiutare gli abitanti del villaggio a liberarsi dalla tirannia e, grazie all’aiuto di geni del deserto e spiritelli dispettosi, vivrà un’incredibile avventura fatta di amicizia e magia.
Primo capitolo di una trilogia della quale, però, in Italia non è stata tradotta l’ultima storia, ci presenta una protagonista determinata e coraggiosa che scopre la magia e la usa per aiutare gli altri.
Un racconto divertente con protagonisti simpatici ai quali ci si affeziona subito e che ci regala un lieto fine che fa sorridere. Ai miei bambini di otto e dieci anni è piaciuto molto, hanno amato soprattutto gli spiritelli del deserto e il cammello amico di Jaffa. Anche il tappeto, con un carattere tutt’altro che amabile, è molto simpatico.

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had this book sitting on my shelves for ages, but for some reason never read it. I'm actually very surprised that it received so many 5-star ratings, because I don't feel that way at all. Many times while reading, I got a bit lost. At times, the author is unclear of what is happening. I imagined the whole fight scene at the end to be set in the afternoon, but just after it finished, the author casually mentioned that the sun way only just rising. I did, however, really like the storyline.

[Jacinta · Rating 5 out of 5]

This books is amazing. It drew me in right from the start and I couldn’t put it down until I had read it front to cover. I continue to come back to it when I want to escape the real world.

[lucia · Rating 5 out of 5]

CHILDHOOD CLASSIC. that ending whew i still think abt u ruby u QUEEN

[Igga · Rating 5 out of 5]

rlly good

[Megan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another favourite series from my primary school years.

[Charmaine Heffernan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a great book if you are into magic and fantasy