The Seeing Stone

Thanks to the mysterious field guide left behind by their long-lost great-great-uncle Arthur Spiderwick, life for the Grace kidsJared, Simon, and Malloryis beyond weird. When Simon goes missing, Jared is convinced creatures from the faerie world have something to do with it. Mallory is not convinced. That is, until she and Jared have to contend with a band of menacing, marauding goblins. Simon is clearly in danger, and its up to Mallory and Simon to save him, before its too late ** Amazon.com Review In the Spiderwick Chronicles' second book, things get even more exciting--and kind of scary--for the Grace kids, as the strange faerie world hinted at in The Field Guide blooms to full life around them. After making tentative peace with Thimbletack (a coveralled house brownie who's "the size of a pencil"), Jared chooses to ignore the creature's pleas that he destroy his great-great-uncle's mysterious tome, Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical [...]World Around You . Thimbletack warns, "You kept the book despite my advice./Sooner or later there'll be a price." Sure enough, the brownie soon sniffs out a "fell smell in the air," and the disappearance of Simon's new cat starts to make sense. And if the chapter titled "IN WHICH Mallory Finally Gets to Put Her Rapier to Good Use" doesn't get your heart racing as fast as the kids', just wait till you get a load of the troll. ("Cooome baaack. I haaave something for youuu.") The series' already-fast pace picks up quickly in the second installment, and we can begin to imagine what other sorts of trouble these three will turn up as they learn the rules to this odd (and dangerous) new world--while, of course, trying to explain away the strange goings-on to their mother. Next up, book three, Lucinda's Secret . (What's her secret? I want to know. Now! (Ages 6 to 10) --Paul Hughes Review "With their evocative gothic-style pencil drawings and color illustrations, rhyming riddles, supernatural lore, and well-drawn characters, these books read like old-fashioned ripping yarns." -- "New York Times Book Review" "Appealing characters, well-measured suspense and an inviting package will lure readers...Youngsters may well find themselves glancing over their shoulders." -- "Publishers Weekly, " starred review "The books wallow in their dusty Olde Worlde charm: Faeries! Dumbwaiters! Attics! But then, reading has an old-fashioned charm too." -- "Time" magazine Sort on Author : Diterlizzi, Tony & Black, Holly Enter ESI Part 3 : 05 Enter ESI Part 2 : of Calc ESN Part 1 : 02 Uncomma Title 2 : The Seeing Stone Number of Words in Auth: 5 Formats : EPUB ESN Combined : 02 Enter ESI Combined : of 05 ES Name : Spiderwick Chronicles Quick Search : Tony Diterlizzi The Seeing Stone ABook : E_Only Has Cover : Yes All Identifiers : amazon:B00BAWEHGK, genre:Scifan, maxpg:5 Test Text Series Index: 2 Single Author : Tony Diterlizzi Raw Title : The Seeing Stone Sorted Author by LN, FN: Diterlizzi, Tony & Black, Holly Enter Series Index : 02 of 05 Calc Series Group : The Spiderwick Chronicles, the Complete Series: The Field Guide; The Seeing Stone; Lucinda's Secret; The Ironwood Tree; The Wrath of Mulgrath Calc ESI Part 2 : of Title Length : 16 Title Parm A : The Seeing Stone Calc ESN Part 3 : 05 Any Num n Name : Chronicles Calc ESI Combined : 02 of 05 ES Group : SIPZ_E_Only Record ID : 252 Enter New Series (Calced): SIPZ_E_Only.Spiderwick Chronicles.Scifan.02 of 05.. Test Compare Series to Entered: TEMPLATE ERROR Formatter: failed to scan program. Invalid input ' ) , $) near ( EBook : Have Uncomma Author : Tony Diterlizzi & Holly Black ES Genre : Scifan Calc New Series : The Spiderwick Chronicles, the Complete Series: The Field Guide; The Seeing Stone; Lucinda's Secret; The Ironwood Tree; The Wrath of Mulgrath.... Calc ESI Part 3 : 05 Compare Author : gt Calc ESI Part 1 : 02 Calc ESN Part 2 : of Test Search : The Seeing Stone / Tony Diterlizzi & Holly Black Num of Aut : 2