KINGDOM KEEPERS 2 - Finished!
I am happy to report that Kingdom Keepers 2 has been printed as page proofs, and I've copyedited them, and it's into production at Disney Books. Here we go!!!
I'm told the first copies of Steel Trapp should arrive on my doorstep any day. It will be published in April -- a crime novel for younger readers.
Also, Dave Barry and I are within days of finishing Science Fair, for publication next January.
Things are looking up!
Ridley
I'm told the first copies of Steel Trapp should arrive on my doorstep any day. It will be published in April -- a crime novel for younger readers.
Also, Dave Barry and I are within days of finishing Science Fair, for publication next January.
Things are looking up!
Ridley
posted by Ridley at 2:55 PM
89 Comments:
Yay.
I've already pre-ordered it on Amazon.
Just in time for my next Disney vacation, aside from my field trip in April. :)
i'm very excited about the 2nd kingdom keepers. i was just married at epcot and honeymooned at disneyworld so disney is a big part of our life. can't wait to read what happens next. also intrigued by broadway disney concept as i've been acting since 11.
Congratulations Ridley on finishing KK 2. I'm hesitant about letting the kids know you're done because they'll torment me with the endless questions like
When is it coming out? I can tell them in August till i'm blue in the face, but the next day at practice Any news on KK 2? It's a true testament of a great book that you've written when kids are willing to drown their own swim coach to get any kind of information about KK 2.
Has the title been finalized?
Tyler:
Pretty sure it's KK2 Disney at Dawn.
hi to your swim team!
Ridley
YAY! I am so excited. I'll have to pre-order it like catherine. Come to Greenwich?
yay!
I'm so excited.
Make sure you come to the Poisoned Pen while doing your book tour!
any news on the disney broadway book?
I'm not much of a reader but I finished the first book in three hours. I hope that this book will be as good as the first, but I'm sure it will. I am so close to ordering the book without telling my parents, but I'm not that crazy... I am actually going to Disney Land in a few weeks.
Yes! It's coming out soon! What is the title now? I checked on Amazon, and it said The Kingdom Keepers: Rise of Chernabog. Is that it, or has it changed?
Hey Ridley just wanted to say I'm happy for you!!! I know KNOW Disney will make the first into a movie!! -Hope
Hey I just want to say that i really like your books, I usually favor them, and that I can't wait for the new Kingdom Keepers book. By the way, I was wondering if you could give me some advice; I'm a young author and I thought it'd be cool to get advice from you.
OMG thats awsome!!! I cant wait to read it... i love your books and just finished Peter and the Secret of Rundoon. Just like catherine its comming out just in time for a Disney Vacation
Hey Ridely it's me bunny. See I forgot my password and then I had to make a new one so now I'm known by my kindergarten nick-name Finn. Anyway, I'm still asking about the cool advice and I really am wondering when the second Kingdom Keepers is coming out, if you know of course. Bye Bye! London Rules!!!! ;)
Disney Broadway Book is in the works. KK2 is August of this year.
Thanks for the notes!
Ridley
oh wow ridly
congrats on finishing kk2
has anyone came to you about a movie yet.. because it should be one
There is no definite movie deal in place. We seem to be always discussing one...
There is some talk, also, of a video game on the web. Stay tuned.
R
Video game on the web?
...interesting...
Ridley, need any testers for the game??? Hahaha.
I want my KK2....
Woo Hoo! XD
Congratualtions Mr. Ridley!
Oh! By the way, I'm that crazy girl with the video camera that gave you and Dave that pethetic Rundoon drawing. I met you guys at Magic Kingdom, you two signed my Rundoon book! XD
And I look forward to Steel Trapp!
~M-----(sorry, can't reveal real name online, but nicknamed Minna Mouse ^^ )
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yay
I had fun making these:
http://catherinescreativity.blogspot.com/2008/02/kingdom-keepers-2-trailer.html
http://catherinescreativity.blogspot.com/2008/02/kingdom-keepers-2-teaser-trailer.html
Yes my B-day is Augest 30th It comes out 4 days before my birthday!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!! I can't wait till August when K.K.2 comes out. And I'm curios when Steel Trapp is coming out. So good luck with the book viewings when K.K.2 comes out and I really hope K.K.1 is made into a movie. It's too good of a book to not be. ;)
Finn
Ooh!, yay! I just finished the first one. i feared that that would be the only kingdom keepers, so i came to your website. By the way, i like the fact that your kingdom keepers story had real things in it. Thanks!
Oh, by the way, good idea of turning it into a movie finn.
Thats Great news Mr Ridley!
KK was great reading last summer and this summer is sure to be even better thanks to KK2!
Just 1 Question?
How many KK books do you plan to make, One for each park? That would be extremely awesome.
Anyway, thanks for all the great books you've published, starcatcher series was great, and i really cant wait to read more of your books!
Hope to continue reading KK books for a long time and maybe even watching some KK movies -fingers crossed-.
- IrishFinneganFAN
Hey IrishFinnegan!
More books, I sure hope so!
Ridley
mr.ridley your books are amazing i cant wait for the kingdom keepers soooo captivating if they do make it a movie can you tell us where auditions would be im an actress who lovesssss Amanda and fantasy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks for the awesome books!!!!!
(my mom doesnt like them though because they keep me from my homework! jk)
-artemis
Eternal curses on 2-hour bus rides home that will keep me form getting to my copy sooner...
I am so excited that the book is finished. Congrats! I cannot wait for August and am counting down the days. When you go on a book tour for KK2, it would be so great if you kept the Pittsburgh, PA and Morgantown, WV areas in mind!!
And the movie idea is great by the way- I think if Disney doesn't make it- they'll regret it.
Hi again Mr. Ridley,
I had another question that came to mind recently, I know that both Amanda and Jez/Jess aren't DHI's but if they were, would their "powers" be of any use when crossed over, or would the fact that they are made of light be a factor? I guess it might just come down to how your percive it with your mind, like Finn and Philby floating through water.
Sorry to ask a question so strange and confusing but i was dying to know.
Again, congrats on the book!
- IrishFinneganFAN (2)
(yup i forgot my password after just two days, yet im honor role, go figure)
YAY!
I love Kingdom Keepers and CAN'T WAIT for the next book to come out. Just a question: what made you choose Chernabog? Out of all the evil villians, what made you choose the big gargoyle-like thing? I think it's very creative.
Also, if there was a movie (which I think Kingdom Keepers should totally be a movie!), do you mind telling us where the auditions are? I would love to try out!
Thanks for the update!
kklover4evr!
Dear Mr. Ridley,
I cannot wait for the second book, and i hope that there is a third one, maybe in regular disneyland, or another theme park, but don't change the character
OMG thats awsome!!! I cant wait to read it... i love your books .i hoping there is a movie.i adutioning for diffrent agents right now but i can't find the right one ,well talk to you later..sincerly ,brianna
you can also find me on myspace,under the name of brikly<3
or my email dianalausd@yahoo.com
OMG thats awsome!!! I cant wait to read it... i love your books .i hoping there is a movie.i adutioning for diffrent agents right now but i can't find the right one ,well talk to you later..sincerly ,brianna
you can also find me on myspace,under the name of brikly<3
or my email dianalausd@yahoo.com
Hi Ridley!!!
I absolutely love kk and i cant wait for kk2!!! i really believe that kk should be a movie (i am an actress and would LOVE to be amanda :))!!! i recomended this for summer reading at my school last year and my teacher picked it!!! for the summer reading i made a "coming attraction" movie which my friends and i were in for kk and it turned out so well (i have the perfect cast if you like ;) haha)!!! well keep us updated!!! your a genius!!!
Hi Ridley!!!
I absolutely love kk and i cant wait for kk2!!! i really believe that kk should be a movie (i am an actress and would LOVE to be amanda :))!!! i recomended this for summer reading at my school last year and my teacher picked it!!! for the summer reading i made a "coming attraction" movie which my friends and i were in for kk and it turned out so well (i have the perfect cast if you like ;) haha)!!! well keep us updated!!! your a genius!!!
Welcome to the club, newsie_goil.
I mean that in the way of 'perfect Kingdom Keepers cast suggesters' and 'Wannabe Amandas'
I'm always changing my mind on a cast.
I've had my mind set on my cast since I first read this book so I'm pretty darn sure that it's the perfect cast....um yea...Sry to be mean but this is a cast of very professional actors and actresses who have futures ahead of them!!!
BTW some of them (like me) attend a performing arts academy...as in it is our school....we all perform at a professional theatre...most of us have agents....so once again i really think i know what im talking about
Hehe, I have a Kingdom Keepers fansite where we're listing actors who we think would be good for the parts.
Not trying to start an argument.
Just being plain old obsessed me.
hey catherine nice site. btw what is the whole disney bway thing? im really interested!
btw my lovely cast
Finn-Ben L.
Wayne-Jason M.
Dillard-Colin S.
Willa-Nicole M.
Charlene-Crystal C.
Maybeck-Vince G.
Philby-Jake L.
Amanda-Arrielle R.
Jezebel-Sarah H.
sry i cant give their full names but im just so proud of my cast that i had to post them!!!
btw my lovely cast
Finn-Ben L.
Wayne-Jason M.
Dillard-Colin S.
Willa-Nicole M.
Charlene-Crystal C.
Maybeck-Vince G.
Philby-Jake L.
Amanda-Arrielle R.
Jezebel-Sarah H.
sry i cant give their full names but im just so proud of my cast that i had to post them!!!
I am obsessed with Kingdom Keepers, too! I went to a model search a few months back and Warner Bros. was there and said I had great model and actress potential! I really hope I can audition for a Kingdom Keepers movie. OMG we should all sign a persuasive petition saying it should TOTALLY be a movie! Anyone wanna join me?
hey i'll definately join!!!
Wait i'm confused... Is the book already out? Or is it comming out in August of 2008?
Hmm...I haven't been to Animal Kingdom since I was in fifth grade...and I'll be in ninth when it comes out...
Oh I hope my dad does buy those WDW passes...
ridley-
i have a question about the character wayne from KK.is he based on the man wayne theibauld who was an early disney animator?
I recently has to buy a new KK book due to the fact that my first copy was torn, the cover paint was scratching off, many of the pages ripped, and half the book is curling.
I hope The Kingdom Keepers becomes a movie!
PS: I'd want to be Maleficent or Willa(tree) :-P
I forgot!
I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT BOOK!!
I've gotten two of my friends hooked on this book. :-)
Im so excited for the new Kingdom Keepers. I mean you have no idea how excited I am. I read the original like 10 times and I'm reading it now.I can not wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Uh...I think i'm developing Kingdom Keepers oriented schizophrenia (mutliple personality disorder).
At some moments I appear more tan (Amanda!), and I tend to be nicer, but during others, I'm alabaster pale (Jez!), and meaner.
...I don't know either.
HI!!! MY NAME is Tyler and i have just been accpeted into the Disney College Program at the Walt Disney Resort from May through Jan of this year! and am sooo excited! i have checked on Amazon.com and i had saw that your book is comming out on the 26th of Aug. My question to you is will you be at the parks and if so can i met you!?!? after all i will be an intern with Disney! Thank you so much for inspiring me to presue my dreams!
cant wait. hope you come to greenwich.
I made a blog all about it
http://dhilovers.blogspot.com/
I'm just so excited for the new book I can't stand it. I really hope you come to Magic Kingdom though. I have annual passes and I would love to meet you!
Dear Ridley,
I just want to tell U am am the biggest fan of kingdom keepers. Ive written almost 10 book reports about it(I have had a lot of english teachers) I wrote a play about it and performed it. I even made a movie about it! I really would like to be in the movie I am exactly like finn a play soccer, have a crush, and i have a passion for disney! You should email me, but i am not sure i can display my email. (by the way i tried all of the secrets at Disneyworld and some of them worked)
will kk2 be in the dreams agian.
YES! Finally! After i read the first one I've just been dying to read more! I about to do the same as the Catherine girl did below me.
GO KINGDOM KEEPERS!
the catherine girl...that could be a promising nickname...
Anyways, I really can't wait for this. I get this really good feeling whenver I read a series, I just grow to really love the characters. Could you try to not give us a 3-year wait between books from now on? No offesne, I ujst a suggestion.
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Ridley,will the characters in kk2
still crossover into the park when they sleep? Also,it would be awsomeif kk2 was turned into a movie.
Hey Ridley!
I can't wait for KK2 to come out! I loved KK1. I did a powerpoint over it for school last year. Again, can't wait for the new one!
-Jake.
HEY Ridley!!!
OMG I love your book KK i cant wait till KK2! Such a HUGE fan of you! BTW no offense, but you could of had a better ending for KK. If you do make a movie, i'll be perfect for Finn (exept im not as old as him, just a year apart)Anyways, i love how you did KK with the mysterys and adventures and how Magic Kingdom came to life! Please Respond!
-Joshua
Dear Fans and Ridley!!!
I cant wait tiill that video game!!! Im sure its going to be awesome! I have made a preveiw of it with my version of KK The Game. Its not one the BIG I yet but it wwill be next month! Anyone who has questions just make and leave a comment and- I wil get it ecause all the comments after i signed up are emailed to me! :)
-Joshua
OK Joshua, I'll bite.
I'm interested in this game you are talking about. I'd like to receive information about it.
Awsome book Mr. Ridley can't wait for the second and all after it if u make more books for the series
same i want the info also
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i loved kingdom keepers and i can't wait until i can read the second one. I wonder... is there going to be a third or even a fourth?????
from,
K.Q.
I can't wait to buy it. It's my favorite book. I hope finn is in it. Be sure to make a third one.
i really can't wait for this book to come out!!!! me and my friends are waiting patiently!!!!
I love Kingdom Keepers so far! Only about I dont know 90 pages left! And its seems like it has a lot more to tell!!!
Go Ridley Person!
Hi Mr.Riddley!
Listen no meaning to be rude but on VMK you can't say those words or even get soda's and stuff. I wish you could though! LOL! But dont tell me about the book because Im still reading it! It won a MT ( mark twain ) Award at my school and so far it's the best!
Hi Ridley!
If you do make a movie of KK I would love to be in it! Although I have never been to WDW I have always dreamed of it! If I could pick a role to play I would want to be Jezz ( because she is mysterious ) or AManda ( because she is nice and has a lot of time with Finn) But anyway keep the books coming!
Dear Ridley,
Hello! I saw on the back of the book where they talk about you and your other books, I saw that you live fairly close to St.Louis or in it Im not sure where. Well my class has to do a Wax Mueseam abiut famous missourians and I think you should be a canidate for our grade level to choose from!
- Emma -
think you need to scratch any future VMK tie-ins.
VMK is going to close its gates May 21, 2008.
yea i agree with catherine scratch it. but catherine if its already in the book and its being published ridley is pretty much screwed
Dear Mr. Pearson,
I just want to let you know, I love the first KK book. I'll be at Barnes and Noble the day the 2 book comes out! And when KK1 gets its movie deal signed, could you please let us commenters know where the audition is? Thanks in advance :). Aha, I just realized I'm probably the 900th person to ask that. Anyways, your work has opened a new window for me. I'm only in middle school, and I did a book for a project in Literature that was inspired by KK1 (it had you in ackknowledgements) and it got a copy of itself put in the school library! If I'm not an actress or future disney animator, im going to be a writer :)!!
Hello,
I am curious to know if Virtual Magic Kingdom (VMK) is inside the new book since the game is closing on May 21st.
Thanks!
I absolutely love the Kingdom Keepers book, and would like to know is there a possibility that it would turn into a series? It is one of the most amazing books I have read in a long time, and am highly anticipating the sequel!
My friends and I very excited that you are releasing KK2 soon (I got them into it reading it too). We all want to congratulate you on a job well done, and just in time for our Disney vacation too!
Any idea details about the September tour for Kingdom Keepers 2 Ridley? NYC on the tour?
I can't wait until Kingdom Keepers 2 to come out! LOL 2 to! Anyway I practically live in Disney I go about every month! It would be a great idea for this book to become a movie! I'd love to audition, though would have a better chance to auditioning for Peter and the Starcatchers movies ( if it becomes a movie ) because I'm a littler younger than the people in the book. Congratulations on your book!
My twin 12 year old daughters are so captivated by your books. I can't thank you enough for the magic that you have created in our home. They discovered Kingdom Keepers along time ago and have gotten their entire Middle School in Fort Lauderdale reading it. The library can't keep it in stock and it is the most requested Reading Counts book these past two years. VMK also runs in the households on the weekends and they will be so sad when it closes.
I guess one of the reasons that the girls were so captivated by the story are their names, my Allison is blond and her twin is Jillian is darker. They are huge Star War freaks as well so much so I wrangled a private tour of SkyWalker Ranch for my computer geeky kids to emerse themselves in. The biggest thrill would be for them to be cast in your world.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for the joy of reading.
It's about time another Kingdom Keepers is in the works!!!! I've read the first one three times already!!! It's the BEST book I've ever read!!!! I love anything to do with Disney World and I've always wanted to know what happened after dark. I hope the characters stay the same. I really liked Wayne and Flinn. The ending of the first book left me guessing. I can't wait!!!! When does it plan to publish? I want to get it before I leave for Disney World next year.
Hey again. I was just reading through some of ur comments and i agree about the movie!!! if it ever becomes a movie, i called dibs on amanda. whenever amanda talks in the book, i have to act it out in the mirror. i know, i'm a dork. :P lolz. if disney doesnt trun this book into a movie, they're missin out!!! for ur new books, u should visit different parks, but with the same characters. I simply adore amanda!!! its cute that she has a crush on finn. lolz. please comment back. btw, i have a new game on my blog thats called disney who am i? reading about it.
XOXO, Alexia!!!!
Hi Ridley,
What are the chances of KK becoming a Graphic novel? In my opinion Gaphic novels are prime to hit the younger reader market. Plus I can't think of a better book to get the Graphic novel treatment.
Will you be promoting KK2 at BEA at the end of the month?
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