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The Seeing Stone (The Spiderwick Chronicles #2)
by
Holly Black (Goodreads Author),
Tony DiTerlizzi (Goodreads Author)
we said no still you looked
now instead
someone gets cooked
The Grace kids are just beginning to get used to Aunt Lucinda's strange old mansion when Simon suddenly disappears. Jared and his sister have to rely on the help of a mischievous house boggart, a nasty bridge troll, and a loud-mouthed hobgoblin to get him back. Illustrations.
now instead
someone gets cooked
The Grace kids are just beginning to get used to Aunt Lucinda's strange old mansion when Simon suddenly disappears. Jared and his sister have to rely on the help of a mischievous house boggart, a nasty bridge troll, and a loud-mouthed hobgoblin to get him back. Illustrations.
Hardcover, 114 pages
Published
May 1st 2003
by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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These are cute. It's really stupid that they come as short little nothing stories, though. All five of these would probably add up to half of one novel, so why they're separate is either a poor artistic choice or a really transparent way to make a buck.
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I really like this series. It's very exciting - there's adventure and fantasy. However, I think it can be really scary for kids. Especially the part of the goblins in the woods with jagged teeth and long claws that eat cats & dogs and drag small children off into the woods. I think you really have to know your child's tolerance for "creepy" before you let them read this book. But a great series so far...
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This book follows closely but not directly behind the first in the series. Jared, Simon and Mallory continue to figure out and learn what they can about the attention they have suddenly received from the magical creatures and try to find a way to stop them.
With their inability to see when they are under attack Jared discovers the Seeing Stone which gives the wearing the ability of Sight. Using this Jared and his brother and sister venture deeper into the faery realm just as it becomes more dange...more
With their inability to see when they are under attack Jared discovers the Seeing Stone which gives the wearing the ability of Sight. Using this Jared and his brother and sister venture deeper into the faery realm just as it becomes more dange...more
I definitely feel like this was a good step forward after the first book which, in all fairness, was primarily concerned with establishing the world for the rest of the Spiderwick series. I was really impressed with the sense of threat that The Seeing Stone was able to establish in so few pages. I was a little surprised at how dark this book was--besides subtly exploring the feelings of grief and anger the Grace children feel after their father leaves the family, there is also the fact that pets...more
The Seeing Stone
The Seeing Stone by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black is the second book of the Spiderwick Chronicles series. After reading the first book, The Field Guide, I felt so inclined to read the second. I have always been a sucker for suspenseful books and the two authors have really pulled me in. This use of suspense really allows the plot to unfold in a way that truly keeps me wanting to turn the page. Also, the vivid characterization of the Grace children has made me feel like they ar...more
The Seeing Stone by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black is the second book of the Spiderwick Chronicles series. After reading the first book, The Field Guide, I felt so inclined to read the second. I have always been a sucker for suspenseful books and the two authors have really pulled me in. This use of suspense really allows the plot to unfold in a way that truly keeps me wanting to turn the page. Also, the vivid characterization of the Grace children has made me feel like they ar...more
After finishing book one in this series, I could not stop, picked up book 2 and read it in one quick sitting. The story picks up just after volume one. Malory, Jared and Simon Grace are back at it again. The children soon learn that there is a price to pay for learning about creatures that usually stay hidden, with a mix of kidnapping, a cooked cat, briar patch cages, a wounded griffin, a pack of goblins and a troll. The story packs a lot in a small space.
Once you start reading the books you wil...more
Once you start reading the books you wil...more
Das Schuljahr könnte für Jared nicht schlechter beginnen, denn er fängt da an, wo er in New York aufgehört hatte, nämlich mit Streit mit seinen Mitschülern.
Schlecht gelaunt macht er sich auf dem Weg nach Hause, doch er muss schnell feststellen, dass er auch da nicht zur Ruhe kommt. Simons neues Haustier, eine Katze, wird vermisst.
Der Hauskobold Thimbletack hat ebenfalls keine guten Neuigkeiten, denn Kobolde haben herausgefunden, dass die Kinder das Handbuch für magische Geschöpfe gefunden haben....more
Schlecht gelaunt macht er sich auf dem Weg nach Hause, doch er muss schnell feststellen, dass er auch da nicht zur Ruhe kommt. Simons neues Haustier, eine Katze, wird vermisst.
Der Hauskobold Thimbletack hat ebenfalls keine guten Neuigkeiten, denn Kobolde haben herausgefunden, dass die Kinder das Handbuch für magische Geschöpfe gefunden haben....more
The Seeing Stone from The Spiderwick Chronicles series got my attention betweeen the beginning and middle of the book. At first it didn't seem interesting to me but as soon as I read it was a fiction book about gobblings, griffins and trols I became hooked.
It starts with a boy name Jared, a Junior High student, who gets in detention often and a twin brother, Simon who never gets in trouble and is the braniac of the family. Their great-grandfather always kept a notebook with a guide about all the...more
It starts with a boy name Jared, a Junior High student, who gets in detention often and a twin brother, Simon who never gets in trouble and is the braniac of the family. Their great-grandfather always kept a notebook with a guide about all the...more
With Book 1 setting the stage with the discovery of the field guide and proving that these strange creatures exist the second book truly begins the tale. Jared arrived home after school after once again getting in a fight. Not long after his twin brother Simon gets taken by an unseen force while looking for his missing cat(one of his many pets). Now Jared and his older sister Mallory must travel through the woods behind their house to rescue him.
I found this book more enjoyable than the first be...more
I found this book more enjoyable than the first be...more
The Seeing Stone was a very good sequel to the first Spiderwick Chronicles book, The Field Guide. In this book Jared finds a donut shaped stone where if you look in it you see all the magical creatures surrounding the estate. There are trolls, magical birds and there is one big master troll and his name is Mulgarath. Mulgarath is trying to seize the field guide so he could use all it's secrets to destroy the humans. I give this book 4 out of 5 stars because I really liked the storyline to it. I...more
This story is about Mallory and her twin little brothers Jared and Simon who move to their aunt's country estate with their mother when their parents divorce. They discover a field guide in the house which unlocks a magical world around them and send them through a series of enchanted events.
I loved this series! The pace was perfect, the tone appropriate, the characters absolutely believable and realistic (a trait which I feel is critical in enabling a younger reader to relate to the story), and...more
I loved this series! The pace was perfect, the tone appropriate, the characters absolutely believable and realistic (a trait which I feel is critical in enabling a younger reader to relate to the story), and...more
Im zweiten Band der Reihe um die Spiderwick Geheimnisse stehen den Geschwistern Grace einige Abenteuer bevor.
Auf der Suche nach seinem neusten Haustier - dem Kater Tibbs - wird Simon überraschen angegriffen und entführt. Sein Bruder Jarod bekommt dies noch mit, kann jedoch nichts sehen. Denn Simon wird von Kobolden entführt und diese und viele andere Wesen kann man nur mithilfe des zweitn Gesichts sehen. Mit Hilfe von Thimbetack findet Jared heraus, wie auch er die Wesen sehen kann schnappt sich...more
Auf der Suche nach seinem neusten Haustier - dem Kater Tibbs - wird Simon überraschen angegriffen und entführt. Sein Bruder Jarod bekommt dies noch mit, kann jedoch nichts sehen. Denn Simon wird von Kobolden entführt und diese und viele andere Wesen kann man nur mithilfe des zweitn Gesichts sehen. Mit Hilfe von Thimbetack findet Jared heraus, wie auch er die Wesen sehen kann schnappt sich...more
Again, a fun and enjoyable little read. I'm a little irritated by some of these reviewers who are being so harsh about these books; the big complaint that it is just too short, that all of them could have been strung together into a single novel, I understand a bit, but disagree with. I think we're forgetting the audience here: children, young readers! I think this is perfect for them. It is short enough to not be intimidating, but long enough to resolve the story with some humor and messages to...more
This was a really good book.
Yay, akhirnya temen gw selesai baca jilid kedua tepat sebelum istirahat.
Waktu istirahat selesai, gw pun selesai baca. Yap, tepat 58 menit. *doh, cepet amat sih*. Omong-omong kenapa ga diterbitkan jadi 1 buku yang tebal aza seh???
Nikmat bacanya namun nda memuaskan neh.
Gw pikir batu penglihatan kayak apaan. Ternyata alatnya kayak kekeran milik tukang emas gitu, tambahin batu jadi deh alat melihat yg serba tersembunyi. Binun? Tau kekeran milik tukang emas atau tukang betulin arloji? Nah itu plus ta...more
Waktu istirahat selesai, gw pun selesai baca. Yap, tepat 58 menit. *doh, cepet amat sih*. Omong-omong kenapa ga diterbitkan jadi 1 buku yang tebal aza seh???
Nikmat bacanya namun nda memuaskan neh.
Gw pikir batu penglihatan kayak apaan. Ternyata alatnya kayak kekeran milik tukang emas gitu, tambahin batu jadi deh alat melihat yg serba tersembunyi. Binun? Tau kekeran milik tukang emas atau tukang betulin arloji? Nah itu plus ta...more
The Spiderwich Chronicles, Book 2: The Seeing Stone
In this new invisible world of faeries things are happening that the Grace kids need to protect themselves from. Simon's cat is missing, Jared has gotten a detention at his new school and Mallory is practicing her fencing. Jared makes his way to the attic by way of the newly discovered passage through the linen closet only to run into the brownie named Thimbletack who has told him several times to rid himself of Author Spiderwick's field guide...more
In this new invisible world of faeries things are happening that the Grace kids need to protect themselves from. Simon's cat is missing, Jared has gotten a detention at his new school and Mallory is practicing her fencing. Jared makes his way to the attic by way of the newly discovered passage through the linen closet only to run into the brownie named Thimbletack who has told him several times to rid himself of Author Spiderwick's field guide...more
Estos libros se leen simplemente, en un suspiro. Son cortos, entretenidos y llenos de criaturas mágicas. Tengo en cuenta que son dirigidos a los niños, pero unos años más no harán diferencia, ¿no?.
Desde que mi mamá me leía cuentos antes de dormir, y clamaba por uno más, me ha gustado la literatura fantástica. Esta es una saga que me atrae mucho.
De nuevo nos encontramos con los tres hermanos Grace. En este volumen, salen fuera de los terrenos de su nueva casa, hacia el bosque, en búsqueda de su...more
Desde que mi mamá me leía cuentos antes de dormir, y clamaba por uno más, me ha gustado la literatura fantástica. Esta es una saga que me atrae mucho.
De nuevo nos encontramos con los tres hermanos Grace. En este volumen, salen fuera de los terrenos de su nueva casa, hacia el bosque, en búsqueda de su...more
The Seeing Stone is about three kids named Jared, Simon, and Mallory. Jared finds a secrect book, that explians how they are are in living in another world around them, so now a bunch of wierd creatures are exposed to Jared, Simon, and Mallory. One very dangerous creature named Molgurath wants to take that book. Jared's main external conflict is that he now has to protect his siblings and himself from evil goblins and Molgurath. Jared's internal conflict is that he has to deal with a new envior...more
This book picks up where the first book leaves off... obviouslly. Again, I give it a 3 star just because for adults, I wouldn't recommend it, but for kids I would highly recommend it.
The introduction of the faeries come in, the goblins, hobgoblins, ect... All of them get a good once over and suddenly you know as much as the characters do. I like that the authors keep the readers on the same page as the charaters. They by no means no more than we do, so for kids to know that they know as much as...more
The introduction of the faeries come in, the goblins, hobgoblins, ect... All of them get a good once over and suddenly you know as much as the characters do. I like that the authors keep the readers on the same page as the charaters. They by no means no more than we do, so for kids to know that they know as much as...more
The seeing stone
114 pages
Fiction
In this book it is like a mystery. Like CSI. The brothers and sisters are investigators. It is cool how the siblings get together so easily. I have never seen siblings get along. This book is like a mystery book. I like this book a lot. My whole book is my favorite. I would also recommend this book to anyone that like mysteries. Their aunts Mansion sounds really cool. It would be cool living in a mansion with mysteries.
I liked this book. It was really good and mys...more
114 pages
Fiction
In this book it is like a mystery. Like CSI. The brothers and sisters are investigators. It is cool how the siblings get together so easily. I have never seen siblings get along. This book is like a mystery book. I like this book a lot. My whole book is my favorite. I would also recommend this book to anyone that like mysteries. Their aunts Mansion sounds really cool. It would be cool living in a mansion with mysteries.
I liked this book. It was really good and mys...more
My Thoughts
I listened to the first three Spiderwick Chronicles audio books and loved them. What I liked about it... I thought that It was a very good book and the reader was a very very good reader and my brother said to me that the reader was the actor who played Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars movies and I thought that was pretty cool.
I love the books and my favorite book is the 2nd one and my favorite characters are Mallory and Jared they are my favorite characters because Mallory has a swor...more
I listened to the first three Spiderwick Chronicles audio books and loved them. What I liked about it... I thought that It was a very good book and the reader was a very very good reader and my brother said to me that the reader was the actor who played Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars movies and I thought that was pretty cool.
I love the books and my favorite book is the 2nd one and my favorite characters are Mallory and Jared they are my favorite characters because Mallory has a swor...more
Once again, the Grace children embark on an adventure of unnatural sorts in this second book in the series. Tragedy befalls the family when Simon is kidnapped by goblins. Jared and Mallory set out to find and rescue their brother without their mother's knowing. Throughout their journey, they encounter all kinds of magical creatures that can only be seen when one is looking through the special stone. They experience an assortment of unpleasant things along the way as well. Due to their determinat...more
I've been recommending these a lot lately at the library, especially to kids/families who are attracted to fantasies such as Harry Potter, but not quite ready to deal with the length.
I've always added the caveat that these are on the scary side for the age group (early middle grade), but it had been awhile since I'd read them myself.
They're short (and thus were perfect for reading at work when I needed something to do while they were fixing our roof and the main room was closed off) but I've a...more
I've always added the caveat that these are on the scary side for the age group (early middle grade), but it had been awhile since I'd read them myself.
They're short (and thus were perfect for reading at work when I needed something to do while they were fixing our roof and the main room was closed off) but I've a...more
Jun 29, 2010
marcosbooks
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5 of 5 stars
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Arthur Spiderwicks Handbuch für die fantastische Welt um dich herum ist weiterhin im Besitz Jareds. Thimbletack warnt ihn, dass dies gefährlich sei, doch der Junge hört nicht auf ihn....more
Simon sucht seinen Kater Tibbs, als er im Garten plötzlich spurlos verschwindet. Jared erhält einen „sehenden Stein“ vom Wichtelmännchen, mit dessen Hilfe man die Fabelwesen sehen kann. Leider war Jared unhöflich zu Thimbletack, und das Wichtelmännchen ist nicht gut auf ihn zu sprechen. Deshalb muss Jared allein mit
Bu bölümde Goblinler Simon'u kaçırırlar ve Jared ve Malory onu bulmak için ormana giderler.. Kitabın adı Jared'ın büyülü varlıkları görmek için "Görüş" özelliği veren ortası delik taşı bulmasından alır. Bu taşı Arthur Spiderwick önceden bulup gözlük gibi bişey olarak tasarlamıştır.
Ormanda Simon'ı ararken tabi maceralar yaşarlar. Başta Troll'la karşılaşma olmak üzere. Troll kötü ama şapşal olduğu için sevimli geldi bana sonunda Troll'ü kandırıp Goblinleri yemesini sağlayarak kurtuldular goblinler...more
Ormanda Simon'ı ararken tabi maceralar yaşarlar. Başta Troll'la karşılaşma olmak üzere. Troll kötü ama şapşal olduğu için sevimli geldi bana sonunda Troll'ü kandırıp Goblinleri yemesini sağlayarak kurtuldular goblinler...more
Apr 27, 2013
Philippe Lhoste
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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J'aime bien cette petite série, aux abondantes et bien faites illustrations, à l'intrigue un peu classique mais bien menée, aux personnages bien dessinés.
Dommage qu'elle soit si diluée en petits livres de peu de pages, à la typo très aérée, se lisant très vite.
Peut-être est-ce pour ça que mon fils, pas fana de romans en général, les aime bien : il n'aime pas passer trop de temps sur un roman.
Mais pour un adulte ou quelqu'un avide de lecture, c'est un peu frustrant : je sens qu'il faudrait une de...more
Dommage qu'elle soit si diluée en petits livres de peu de pages, à la typo très aérée, se lisant très vite.
Peut-être est-ce pour ça que mon fils, pas fana de romans en général, les aime bien : il n'aime pas passer trop de temps sur un roman.
Mais pour un adulte ou quelqu'un avide de lecture, c'est un peu frustrant : je sens qu'il faudrait une de...more
I chose this book becuae i read the first one and I wanted to know what happens next in the story of spiderwick. The plot of the story is that they lost Simon and jared and mallory are going on adventures to find him. Then at the end they find him in a cage and thye let him go. After they want to go home but it seems that everyone wants the book of Arthur Spiderwick.Now the goblins and all types of creaters are after them. My favorite quote from the book is "we have to find Simon". I really like...more
THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES-THE SEEING STONE
by
Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black
Jared and Mallory Grace find themselves in a world of goblins and various other mystical creatures as they search for their missing brother Simon. Will they find him before the goblins use him in their feasting ritual? Can they combat the creatures they come up against?
This is one of the best children's science fiction fantasies books I have read. I especially love the illustrations. They are so well done. There are ti...more
by
Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black
Jared and Mallory Grace find themselves in a world of goblins and various other mystical creatures as they search for their missing brother Simon. Will they find him before the goblins use him in their feasting ritual? Can they combat the creatures they come up against?
This is one of the best children's science fiction fantasies books I have read. I especially love the illustrations. They are so well done. There are ti...more
In the second installment of The Spiderwick Chronicles, we pick up right about where we left off, and the adventure gets more dangerous.
Despite the advice of Thimbletack, the Grace children have kept The Field Guide, and now faerie elements are out to get them. While looking for his lost cat Tibbs, Simon is kidnapped by Goblins, and Jared and Mallory are forced to go after them. It is only through the help of the Seeing Stone that they can find him, as normally a human cannot see fearie folk.
The...more
Despite the advice of Thimbletack, the Grace children have kept The Field Guide, and now faerie elements are out to get them. While looking for his lost cat Tibbs, Simon is kidnapped by Goblins, and Jared and Mallory are forced to go after them. It is only through the help of the Seeing Stone that they can find him, as normally a human cannot see fearie folk.
The...more
In this second installment of The Spiderwick Chronicles, twins Simon and Jared and their sister Mallory face a troll, a kidnapping gang of goblins, and an injured griffon. They get through on their wits and bravery, with a little help from a reluctant brownie, a magic stone, and a mischievous hobgoblin.
Black and DeTerlizzi keep up the action admirably in this book, and do not shy away from dark or unpleasant themes. I really appreciated this. Traditional fairy tales are not fluffy, happy stories...more
Black and DeTerlizzi keep up the action admirably in this book, and do not shy away from dark or unpleasant themes. I really appreciated this. Traditional fairy tales are not fluffy, happy stories...more
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Holly Black is a best-selling author of contemporary fantasy novels for kids, teens, and adults. She is the author of the Modern Faerie Tale series (Tithe, Valiant, and Ironside), The Spiderwick Chronicles (with Tony DiTerlizzi), and The Good Neighbors graphic novels (with Ted Naifeh) The Poison Eaters and Other Stories, a collection of short fiction, and The Curse Worker series (White Cat, Red Gl...more
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