Their adventure continues as they follow the instructions from the amulet. The children race to help her and find themselves entering a bizarre world through a door in the basement. Protective, their mother investigates the noise and is spirited away by a strange beast. The stay in the new home is short-lived and their sleep is interrupted by a strange thump. That night, the amulet warns Em to keep her family together and safe.

In his things, she finds an amulet among the puzzles, inventions, and books. While exploring, Em discovers the library of her eccentric Great Grandfather Silas, who has disappeared some years before. The three do their best to make the house habitable. Em is clearly haunted by the loss of her father and is taking the move away from everything they know very hard, even though she realizes why it is financially necessary for the family. Two years later, Emily, her brother Navin, and her mother are forced to leave the city and settle in a family home in the country. In the wake of a harrowing car crash, Em and her mother must physically let go as the mangled wreck slides over the side with her father still trapped inside. Publisher: GRAPHIX/Scholastic, New York ( Janu).Together with Miskit, they face the most terrifying monster of all, and Em finally has the chance to save someone she loves. Em and Navin, desperate not to lose her, follow her into an underground world inhabited by demons, robots, and talking animals.Įventually, they enlist the help of a small mechanical rabbit named Miskit. Before long, a sinister creature lures the kids’ mom through a door in the basement. Preview of Amulet 1: The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi (from Scholastic)Īfter 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. They also get the help of some mechanical robots, one whom is Miskit the rabbit.

Emily has found a magical amulet that gives her the power to survive in the strange place. The book follows the thrilling and magical adventures of Emily and Navin Hayes, sister and brother who in pursue of their kidnapped mother into an unreal world. Originally published in 2008, Amulet 1: The Stonekeeper is the first book in the series. Amulet is a children graphic novel series by comic writer and illustrator Kazu Kibuishi.

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