Find The Other Four.

The Kingdom Keepers, Disney After Dark
By: Ridley Pearson

Summary

Finn, one night had what it can be call a "dream" but extremely different, he found himself in a place very familiar but hard to define. There was a Castle, a Cinderella Castle, a Goofy statue, an Exhibition Hall with Disney Characters and that is when he realize he was standing in the heart of Magic Kingdom Park. But it was dark and different, then an old man with white hair come to him, his name was Wayne. Wayne start to talk about "the other ones", Finn was only a kid who could not possibly figure out what was going on, he couldn't figure out anything Wayne was saying or who Wayne was and worst something strange was happening to his arm it was kind of turning translucent. Wayne told Finn he actually helped Walt Disney build this park and all the magic inside, and that everything that was going on was not a dream...

"This is getting a little weird, I think I want to go back now"
"I will push the button if you want, but I will have to warn you..."
"Warn me about what"
"What you will be missing. The park after dark. Basically all to yourself. The attractions operate day and night. Not many people know that."
"Now I know that I am dreaming."
"But you aren't..."
pg 7

That button was what actually took him there, to Magic Kingdom. Wayne talk about the audition Finn did to become a Magic Kingdom host and how he was a chosen one. This couldn't be any weird.

"We've got a problem. A big problem. A problem that affects not only the park, but the world outside the park. We call them the Overtakers...You need to contact the other hosts. All four. Arrange to meet them here at the same time. All five of you, I need you together. Here. All in the same place at the same time. I can explain it to you then. Once. As a group. Just the one time. You can decide as a group if you want to help us or not."
pg 11

Finn suddenly found himself in his bedroom back again, standing, looking at the moon and saw it exactly the same like he saw it in the park, it was like he transport or something. The next day he told everything to his friend Dillard but of course he thought Finn was insane.
Finn remembered his audition, the one he did to become a Magic Kingdom host and remember there were other kids there, other 4 kids; Willa, Charlene, Maybeck and Philby. He remembered how everything function to become a Magic Kingdom host, it was everything based on technology, holograms who were exactly alike and copy every movement they made, it was a three dimensional image that look so real but it wasn't. Those holograms were the ones who will stand at the stages.
With a friend of his named Amanda who's parents worked at Magic Kingdom he return to the park after school, he notice two men who were looking at him very weird and start following him, with the help of Amanda he ran away and decide he will find the other hosts, he was only able to find Charlene...








Text Responses

"Did you know that DHI-Disney Host Interactive also stands for Daylight Hologram Imaging?"
"This has never been done before. DHIs. Not like this."
pg 20

When I first read this I thought, why would Ridley Pearson make a host be a hologram? When hosts can be themselves and not a three dimensional image, they still can "wow" the audience, I mean what is the difference? But then I thought about the "dream" Finn had in which his arm turn translucent and they talk about this button, maybe he went there being a hologram and that can help with this problem of the Overtakers. I am wondering if this book takes place in the future, because of all this technology they talk about.

"Charlene looked straight at Amanda but spoke to Finn, "No one can know about this," she said. Then she lowered her voice and hissed, "It isn't safe".

In this quote Charlene was taking about the "dreams" of going to Magic Kingdom after dark and how the should meet there, but apparently she does not trust Amanda at all, she also knows about the Overtakers and the problem they need to solve, but exactly what is not safe? Does Charlene knows something Finn does not? With what Charlene just said, Finn knows he can't tell Amanda, no matter how good she has been with him and she has helped him, Finn just can't.

Final Thoughts

So far "The Kingdom Keepers" has been a really interesting book, with lots of mystery and suspense a lot of themes that makes you wonder, things that have confuse the protagonist and also confuses me and really a book thats makes me want to keep reading and reading. I still want to know the answer of why holograms and not the real people themselves and exactly what is the problem the hosts will have to face in order to help the park?
I predict that Charlene and Finn will meet at the park after dark and will want to hear more answers of how are they able to travel that way to the park and who are the Overtakers. Together they will keep looking for the other hosts but this men who followed Finn and Amanda are still looking for them and will find them.