The Empress's Tomb

by Kirsten Miller

Book Overview

Kiki Strike and the Irregulars saved the world last night. You might want to send them a thank you note. Ananka Fishbein's mother considers her the resident underachiever of the Upper East Side. Of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1599900475
• ISBN13: 9781599900476
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 369 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.6" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

Bought this for my daughter, read it for myself

I thought this would make a nice present for my daughter, but as she's only 11, I thought I'd read a chapter or two to make sure it was appropriate for her. Danged if I wasn't up til 4am reading all the way to the end! The author knows how to keep the story moving, and the internal dynamics of the seven friends will keep any reader's interest. I wish these books were better known and easier to find than other, inferior books in this genre.

Empress =D

This most definitely is on my list of my favorite books of all time, along with the book that comes before it in the Kiki Strike series. Kirsten Miller has a marvelous way of keeping track of everything that's going on in her book, and things don't just fall out of the story. It's written in an entertaining way, but that doesn't overpower the plot in itself.

A very nice book

A very nice book, very well written and keeping a suspense all the time. You cannot leave it until you get to the end.

imastermind's review (I am a teen reviewer)

The Empress's tomb is just as great as Kirsten Millers first book, Kiki Strike and the Shadow city! In this book, the Irregulars are faced with some well hidden secrets, a cute squirrel-obsessed boy, and the task of keeping the shadow city secret from all of New York. Ananka, Oona, Luz, Betty, Deedee, Iris, and my personal favorite charachter, Kiki Strike, are the amazing crime fighting Irregulars. Their lives, along with so much else, are at stake. Go Irregulars!!!

Courtesy of Teens Read Too

Get ready for the next adventure... The Irregulars have returned! On the agenda this time around are the following things: Finish mapping the Shadow City. Since Livia and Sidonia Galatzina, (supposed) Queen and Princess of Pokrovia, and Kiki's mortal enemies, managed to get an incomplete copy of their map, it's more important than ever that The Irregulars finish what they started. Stop Lester Liu. He got away last time, and they aren't about to let that happen again. But when Oona seems to throw herself in the middle of the whole thing, no one is sure what to do or who to believe. Keep Ananka in New York. Ever since Ananka joined The Irregulars, her grades have been plummeting. Now her mom wants to send her to a boarding school on some farm. Find the squirrels. Trained squirrels are attacking people, and someone is painting life-size pictures of them all over the city. And he seems to know who The Irregulars are. And those things are just the beginning. This is a book of secrets, and misunderstandings, and sneaky dealings. No one is quite what they seem, not even the people you might think you know. And you can't be too careful about who you trust, or who you don't. I admit that I had a moment, a split second of concern about this book. I loved the first one (Kiki Strike: Inside the Shadow City) so much, and second books are historically a letdown even when they're good. After the first page, I was thrilled to admit I was completely wrong to doubt. By the end, I was groveling at Kirsten Miller's feet! Strong memorable characters, well-written, fast paced, exciting, touching, hilarious... And, of course, indispensable information like how to appear mysterious, how to know if your house is haunted, how to take advantage of the power of scent, and much, much more. You absolutely must read this book. Trust me. Reviewed by: Carrie Spellman