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Monday, October 8, 2012

The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Seeing Stone

Diterlizzi, Tony and Black, Holly. The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Seeing Stone. NY: Simon and Schuster, 2003. 108 Pages. (Fantasy Series)

Here is another adventure in the world of Spiderwick. The Grace children-twins Simon and Jared, and older sister Mallory-find a special eye piece or “seeing stone” that lets them see many strange creatures that cannot be seen with a naked eye. When Simon dissapears while looking for his cat, Jared and Mallory go on a scary adventure through the woods to try and find him. The kids come across a hungry troll in a swamp, and barely escape from it. They find a camp of goblins where they are keeping Simon and all sorts of other creatures, even a griffin. With the help of Hogsqueal, a hobgoblin, they manage to free Simon, save the griffin, and lead the goblins to the hungry troll for dinner.

I selected this book because I read the first one and couldn’t wait to see what would happen next. I will definitely read the rest of the Spiderwick books!!!

Reviewed by:MiniMe