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Title | : | The Stonekeeper (Amulet #1) |
Author | : | Kazu Kibuishi |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 192 pages |
Published | : | January 1st 2008 by Graphix |
Categories | : | Sequential Art. Graphic Novels. Childrens. Middle Grade. Comics. Adventure. Fantasy |

Kazu Kibuishi
Hardcover | Pages: 192 pages Rating: 4.16 | 58989 Users | 4954 Reviews
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Graphic novel star Kazu Kibuishi creates a world of terrible, man-eating demons, a mechanical rabbit, a giant robot---and two ordinary children on a life-or-death mission.After the tragic death of their father, Emily and Navin move with their mother to the home of her deceased great-grandfather, but the strange house proves to be dangerous. Before long, a sinister creature lures the kids' mom through a door in the basement. Em and Navin, desperate not to lose her, follow her into an underground world inhabited by demons, robots, and talking animals.
Eventually, they enlist the help of a small mechanical rabbit named Miskit. Together with Miskit, they face the most terrifying monster of all, and Em finally has the chance to save someone she loves.
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Original Title: | The Stonekeeper |
ISBN: | 0439846803 (ISBN13: 9780439846806) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Amulet #1 |
Literary Awards: | Bluestem Book Award Nominee (2015) |
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Ratings: 4.16 From 58989 Users | 4954 ReviewsWeigh Up Of Books The Stonekeeper (Amulet #1)
Meh.Every story, whether it's being told orally, as a book, as a graphic novel, or in a kind of performance is allowed to reuse old tropes. Particularly when the story being told is appropriate for kids, there's a talent in figuring out how to use familiar images and objects in new and exciting ways. It's what distinguishes the good writing from the knock-offs. The storyline that involves a hero who finds a powerful object of some sort that could be good or could be bad is one pretty classicA fun graphic novel. It's probably YA, or middle grade. But I still enjoyed it pretty well. My main gripe? This first story starts out with the death of a parent. Like, in the first four pages. That's heavy-handed storytelling, and this book is better than that. In the same way that you don't have someone kill a kid as a cheap way to establish a villain, you shouldn't have to kill a kid's parent to provide characterization and motivation for the young protagonist. It says a lot that after that
Cool! What an enjoyable read this has been! I loved it! Felt like i was watching one of my favorite 90s show. The nostalgia feels hit me hard. Action packed, fast paced, suspenseful ride! Such a great finale to end book 1. We had 20% dialogue and 80% visual that is why in my opinion it is such a fast read. I find the art pretty amazing i would just stare at it for a few mins and then move on to the next page. I would have enjoyed it a bit more though, if there was more dialogue and interaction

4.5* this is what I imagine the outcome of a brilliant studio ghibli brainstorming session would be like if someone said what if we went for a whole, spiderwick chronicles, meets stranger things, meets a series of unfortunate events kinda vibe? and whats not to love about that? this was adorable and Im super excited to carry on with the series, I just wish it had been longer as I felt a little cheated with it having finished without any kind of closure. hats of to you kazu kibuishi, you left me
Wow, so I had planned to pick up one of the three books I'm currently reading tonight, but instead my 6 year old begged me to read this. Being that she has read all 8 installments (at the time of this writing) roughly 8 billion times, I decided to humor her. She told me to let her know how many stars this one gets in the morning when she wakes up, and I'm excited that we've found a series to fangirl over together. I promised my little folk that I would read more graphic novels this year, and it
I loved this little graphic novel! My favorite is the pink bunny named Miskit :-)So Emily's dad dies in a car wreck, Emily and her mom were in the car with him. The book jumps ahead 2 years and Emily's mom takes her and her brother Navin and moves to and old family home out in the middle of no where. When they are all cleaning the house, Emily finds this amulet. She decides to keep it and it talks to her, I want one! All kinds of things happen and Emily and Navin are on a search for their mom,
This story creates a mood. It is creepy. This is crazy cool. The art is pretty amazing and the world Kazu makes up is astonishing. A family moves into a house knowing nothing about it's past. Their first night there they hear noises that eventually lead them to another world. The amulet is their guide and protector. Imagination, wow. This is some imagination. I really enjoyed this little book. I will be continuing with this series. I have to know what happens.
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