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Armed only with a research book and a book of magic rhymes, Jack and Annie go back 1,200 years to the Golden Age of Baghdad.

- In book #34 of Mary Pope Osborne’s Magic Tree House series, Jack and Annie go back all the way back to Mesopotamia during the ancient times and ancient Baghdad. Their task is to “journey back to Baghdad of long ago and help the caliph spread wisdom to the world.” After reading the letter from Merlin, along with other instructions, they are taken back in time through the book, The Golden Age of Baghdad. When they arrive at their destination, they are in the middle of a desert. They soon meet up with a band of merchants and one of the traders gives them a valuable item. Jack and Annie are tasked with returning a lost treasure to its rightful owner. I read one of Mary Pope Osborne’s books from the Magic Tree House series a couple years back for a class project. The book was very easy to follow and was interesting. That book was The Civil War on Sunday. That book along with this book had several historical facts and events that happened. This would be a good novel study to learn about ancient Mesopotamia and how the people of that are lived during ancient times.

I liked the “Season of the Sandstorms” for many reasons. The plot of the story was very intriguing and suspenseful, making it hard to put down the book. The plot of the story is for the main characters, Jack and Annie is to “spread wisdom to the world”. Also I like how the author embedded history into the story. There are parts of the story that were nonfiction material that gave accurate detail about various events in history. For example, in the text it said “In the ninth century, traders from all over the world brought their goods to Baghdad to sell”. The story message is to show that books and wisdom is powerful. ( )