The Akhenaten Adventure: Children of the Lamp Series, Book 1 by P.B. Kerr

Philippa and John Gaunt are not your ordinary, twelve-year-old twins. For one thing, they are totally different from each other: John is tall, dark and a magnet for trouble; Philippa is short, red-headed, with glasses and a cool, analytical mind. Nevertheless, they are so close to each other that they can almost read each other’s minds. They’re a couple of the richest kids in New York City, with an investment banker father and a glamorous, charity-ball-giving mother. They have two incredibly intelligent dogs, named Alan and Neil. The twins are extremely fit, but claustrophobic. At age twelve, they need to have their wisdom teeth removed. Only after this operation do they start to learn exactly how different they are. It starts when the cleaning lady wishes, in Philippa’s hearing, to win the lottery. Philippa feels power going out of her…and the next day, the cleaning lady wins $33 million! Other odd things happen, but it isn’t until the twins go to spend the summer with their Uncle Nimrod (their mother’s estranged brother) that they learn who they really are: Djinn. It is a story filled with amazing imagery, historical detail, fascinating background lore, high adventure, and quirky humor. The heroes are good-natured, all-American kids who, at the same time, become increasingly engaged in ancient mysteries, weird happenings, deadly dangers, and clever plots.