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Amulet, Vol. 2: The Stonekeeper's Curse (Amulet #2)
by
Kazu Kibuishi (Goodreads Author)
In this thrilling sequel to AMULET #1: THE STONEKEEPER, Emily and her brother Navin head for Kanalis, a beautiful and mysterious city of waterfalls, where they hope to find the antidote for the poison that felled their mother. That cure lies in the eggs of a giant serpent atop Demon's Head Mountain, but the kids' archenemy, Trellis, is headed for the peak, too. A battle th...more
Paperback, 224 pages
Published
September 1st 2009
by GRAPHIX
(first published 2009)
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Apr 18, 2013
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Emily, the stonekeeper from the first book, and Navin, her kid brother, continue in this volume to try to rescue their mom from the lethal poison coursing through her system. They've animated the house of their great-grandfather into a giant steampunk mecha and proceed to walk it to a great underground city where they hope to find advanced medical help. Along the way, they are menaced by another elf stonekeeper, this one the lieutenant of the elf king who is sent to "clean up the mess" left by t...more
15 February 2013
Amulet, Vol. 2: The Stonekeeper's Curse picks right up from the end of the last volume and takes us on another beautiful exciting adventure. This volume is even more action-packed and thrilling than the first one. With even more drama and the introduction of several new characters, this story had me glued to the pages.
Although this is only the second volume, the character developments have already progressed quite nicely. Emily and Navin continue to impress me with their strength...more
Amulet, Vol. 2: The Stonekeeper's Curse picks right up from the end of the last volume and takes us on another beautiful exciting adventure. This volume is even more action-packed and thrilling than the first one. With even more drama and the introduction of several new characters, this story had me glued to the pages.
Although this is only the second volume, the character developments have already progressed quite nicely. Emily and Navin continue to impress me with their strength...more
I'm continuing to read the junior graphic novel “Amulet” series. The second book, “Amulet 2: The Stonekeeper's Curse” picks up where the first left off and is a fast paced fantasy adventure. My daughter really likes this series and enjoys me reading these after she's done. And I also enjoy sharing some of the books she likes.
This book was a fun quick read. The artwork is very good and the storyline is a fun adventure story pitting the main character, Emily, her brother Navin, and the m fantasy c...more
This book was a fun quick read. The artwork is very good and the storyline is a fun adventure story pitting the main character, Emily, her brother Navin, and the m fantasy c...more
I was so excited when I saw that this second book in the Amulet series was in my library (though unfortunately we do not have books 3 or 4- yet!). I was anxious to see if Kazu could keep up the suspense and incredible storyline through another volume.
I was very pleasantly surprised to find the pacing of this book very well done- the adventure picks up right where it left off, with not a moment's break. It made for an exciting read. And once again, although graphic novels are easier to read than...more
I was very pleasantly surprised to find the pacing of this book very well done- the adventure picks up right where it left off, with not a moment's break. It made for an exciting read. And once again, although graphic novels are easier to read than...more
May 10, 2012
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I love the book Amulet because some of the times they go well paced and the character new what to do in the story. I like how the auther organays the stuff and I like how the auther did the story. I like the beginning of the story it was so intresting and it is because her dad died because he had a car acsedend and than five years later pass and the mm went to her grandmother house and when the girl went to a room and she found Amulet and a monster was behind her and she did not now. And she was...more
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Excute with care of her brother and life in a home robot what life with she and barrow robot
The reach a town they have what to arrive of her man the hospital after to know seriously
good friends when reach with her man the hospital what those attack good have escape no
the brother of emely outside with her robot and leon escape of those evil person
but in a instant return and leon straggle this shortage and emely the hel...more
In Amulet Book 1: The Stonekeeper, Emily and Navin teamed up with some of their Great Grandpa Silas’s robots to rescue their mother who had been transported to an alternative world and was captured by a tentacled creature. The kids traveled inside a house invented by Great Grandpa Silas. The house can transform into a giant robot and move on their command. Emily wears an amulet that wields power in the alternative world. The kids recovered their mom, but she is poisoned.
In Amulet Book 2: The Sto...more
In Amulet Book 2: The Sto...more
This second volume picks up where the last story left off. Emily and Navin are trying desperately to stay ahead of the elves and to find a cure for their mom. The robots left behind by their great grandfather are doing their best to fill the kids in on the world around them and about the amulet that Emily now wears. But they can't provide much training on it. Enter Leon Redbeard, who helps the group escape the elves and meet up with the resistance...and provides Emily some much needed training o...more
A big improvement over the first book. Book one had too much non-stop action. It tried to make an exciting adventure out of characters we knew nothing about. There was a villain, but we didn't know who he was, what he was, or why he was chasing these kids. That's cleared up in the first few pages of Book 2. We find out he is an elven prince looking for acceptance from his father. His father is unimpressed by his achievements and has no problem threatening his own son with death. Immediately it w...more
This was a great addition to the Amulet series. Fans of the first book will love this one.
Emily and Navin have rescued their mother but she is dying from deadly poison. Now Emily and Nevin have to travel with the strange crew they found in the house to the city of Kanalis. There they will find more intriguing characters, hopefully find an answer to their mother's illness, and also find that more is afoot than just their small problems.
This was a wonderful graphic novel. The illustrations are abs...more
Emily and Navin have rescued their mother but she is dying from deadly poison. Now Emily and Nevin have to travel with the strange crew they found in the house to the city of Kanalis. There they will find more intriguing characters, hopefully find an answer to their mother's illness, and also find that more is afoot than just their small problems.
This was a wonderful graphic novel. The illustrations are abs...more
Mar 26, 2010
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Synopsis -
Emily and her brother Navin head for Kanalis, a beautiful and mysterious city of waterfalls, where they hope to find the antidote for the poison that made their mother sick. The cure lies in the eggs of a giant serpent atop Demon's Head Mountain, but the kids' archenemy, Trellis, is headed for the peak too... It's up to Em to triumph over evil while controlling the amulet's power without losing herself!
Classification -
Audience: 12+
Purpose: Mostly entertainment
Medium: Graphic Novel
Ge...more
Emily and her brother Navin head for Kanalis, a beautiful and mysterious city of waterfalls, where they hope to find the antidote for the poison that made their mother sick. The cure lies in the eggs of a giant serpent atop Demon's Head Mountain, but the kids' archenemy, Trellis, is headed for the peak too... It's up to Em to triumph over evil while controlling the amulet's power without losing herself!
Classification -
Audience: 12+
Purpose: Mostly entertainment
Medium: Graphic Novel
Ge...more
Emily and her brother Navin are on their way to find an antidote to the poison that's slowly killing their mother in this second installment of Kazu Kibuishi's Amulet series. Aided by the toys Emily's great-grandfather charged with her care and the sentient, robotic house, they make good time to the city--only to learn that the only cure is even further away, in a mountain forest, and the Elf King and his warriors are closing in fast. The stone that hangs around Emily's neck offers advice on how...more
The book Amulet, The Stone Keeper's Curse by Kazu Kibuishi is a graphic novel. The story is about Emily and her family along with the companions in the house are travelling to a mysterious and beautiful city called Kanalis, to fing the antidote against the sting from the Archnopod that Emily's mother got while they where traveling in book one, her mother is unconscious and near death if she does not get that antidote before it is too late. The book literally turns into a race against time to sav...more
Citation: Amulet: The Stonekeeper’s Curse, Kazu Kibuishi, (Graphix, 2009), 219p, Junior Book-Graphic Novel.
Genre: Graphic Novel/Fantasy
Summary: Emily and Navin arrive in the city of Kanalis is search of help for medical help for their sick mother. With the aid of friends, they obtain the cure for her their mother’s illness from the ominous Gadoba Forest and fight off the bad guys.
Critique: a. The story is an example of high fantasy that uses illustrations within irregular shaped frames to displ...more
Genre: Graphic Novel/Fantasy
Summary: Emily and Navin arrive in the city of Kanalis is search of help for medical help for their sick mother. With the aid of friends, they obtain the cure for her their mother’s illness from the ominous Gadoba Forest and fight off the bad guys.
Critique: a. The story is an example of high fantasy that uses illustrations within irregular shaped frames to displ...more
Amulet #2
Amulet #2; The Curse of The Stone keeper, is another adventurous and action-packed graphics by Kazu Kibuishi. This book compiles a journey to a mysterious forest to search for a very unusual and powerful, medicinal fruit that will bring Emily’s mother back to life. But on her way she will have to deal with the most bizarre and wicked enemies, the elves.
With the help of Leon and Miskit, Em manages to arrive at the forest of Gadoba trees that bore the enchanted fruit. But the conflict w...more
Amulet #2; The Curse of The Stone keeper, is another adventurous and action-packed graphics by Kazu Kibuishi. This book compiles a journey to a mysterious forest to search for a very unusual and powerful, medicinal fruit that will bring Emily’s mother back to life. But on her way she will have to deal with the most bizarre and wicked enemies, the elves.
With the help of Leon and Miskit, Em manages to arrive at the forest of Gadoba trees that bore the enchanted fruit. But the conflict w...more
Reason for Reading: Next in series. Cybils nominee
Comments: It's been awful long wait since the first book in this series that I had to sit down and think a bit before I dove into this eagerly anticipated sequel. While Book 1 was all dark and foreboding, this second in the, I assume, trilogy gets right into the action. We find out all the answers and reasons for Emily's attachment with the Amulet and what her quest must be whether she wants it or not. Her brother also has an important part to pl...more
Comments: It's been awful long wait since the first book in this series that I had to sit down and think a bit before I dove into this eagerly anticipated sequel. While Book 1 was all dark and foreboding, this second in the, I assume, trilogy gets right into the action. We find out all the answers and reasons for Emily's attachment with the Amulet and what her quest must be whether she wants it or not. Her brother also has an important part to pl...more
One of my biggest pet peeves in "modern" fantasy is when characters from the "normal" world are faced with some sort of fantasy weirdness and have either little or no reaction to it. Although this volume had a lot of this weirdness, Kibuishi very gracefully evades the trap keeping Emily and Navin's reactions believable and at times funny ("lets hope that tree was bad at math").
Overall this was a great volume and it made me like the story even more. It gives more detail about the history of the l...more
Overall this was a great volume and it made me like the story even more. It gives more detail about the history of the l...more
Graphic novels. Continuing with the Amulet books 2-4, we find Emily learning how to use the power of the stone as she and her friends and family flee the evil Elf King. As they head to the invisible city of Cielis to find the Guardian Council and seek their help, she makes an uneasy alliance with Trellis, the Elf Prince. It's difficult to know whom to trust in this foreign world, and she is betrayed by someone who seemed like a friend. There are nice drawings with dark, atmospheric tones where a...more
Kazu Kibuishi's Amulet: The Stonekeeper's Curse by Kizu Kibuishi is a popular book for kids and for some teens. This book talks about a girl named Emily and her younger brother Navin who finds a bracelet for a stonekeeper. Emily accepts the amulet and is now the stonekeeper. Meanwhile, the elf king sends out Luger to go hunt Emily and her companions down and Emily needs to find a cure for her mother. Will she find a cure for her mother while escaping from Luger and the elves?
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I picked up this bo...more
This is volume 2. I jumped right in , not having read volume 1, and it appears this one must have picked up right where vol 1 left off. It didn't take me too long to get a feel for the story. The story is good, but reminds me of Star Wars or something. More and more books nowadays seem to have a female in the role of the hero, and this book does that too. There is a really big cast of robots, talking trees, talking animals and a few elves and humans thrown in for good measure. I definitely like...more
I've got to say, there's something about a walking, fighting giant house that makes me happy. Especially when it's drawn so magnificently.
We're introduced to a whole new cast of characters, starting with Leon Redbeard, a fox who is destined to help Emily on her path and serve as a sort of bodyguard/sensei to her. We find the people of Kanalis are slowly turning into different sorts of animals and are oppressed by the rule of the elves.
Emily fights to keep control of her own self as the amulet's...more
We're introduced to a whole new cast of characters, starting with Leon Redbeard, a fox who is destined to help Emily on her path and serve as a sort of bodyguard/sensei to her. We find the people of Kanalis are slowly turning into different sorts of animals and are oppressed by the rule of the elves.
Emily fights to keep control of her own self as the amulet's...more
Emily has to find a way to cure her mother. The poison is spreading and they have to move fast. They head to Kanalis to find a doctor and he tells Emily the only way to cure her mother is a rare fruit. But the journey there is dangerous and none have ever returned.
This is book two in the series and it is really getting good. I still like Emily. She's a great character, who really cares about her family. She starts to struggle in this one though, due to the power of the stone. But she seems to b...more
This is book two in the series and it is really getting good. I still like Emily. She's a great character, who really cares about her family. She starts to struggle in this one though, due to the power of the stone. But she seems to b...more
Once again, a solid book, but not necessarily a really innovative one. The story seems familiar, but not to such an extent that it's not fun to read or seems like a knock-off. Nice design work, decent pacing, probably less formulaic to the intended younger audience, while still having a nice approach to the subject matter. I like that it deals with the sort of "with great power comes great responsibility" thing in a couple different ways - not just that when you can do the right thing you should...more
I thought this one was a lot better than the first. I am not a big fan of graphic novels, but this one is really good. A lot more action in this one. Cant wait for the third.
This second installment of the Amulet series follows Emily, Navin, and their friends as they continue their quest to save their mother.
As Emily continues to use the amulet, she feels like she's losing control. It's up to their new friend, Leon Redbeard, a wily fox, to help her hone her talents and fight against the temptation of the amulet. Will she be able to resist the lure of absolute power? Will she be able to save her mother? You'll have to read it to find out.
If you enjoyed the first boo...more
As Emily continues to use the amulet, she feels like she's losing control. It's up to their new friend, Leon Redbeard, a wily fox, to help her hone her talents and fight against the temptation of the amulet. Will she be able to resist the lure of absolute power? Will she be able to save her mother? You'll have to read it to find out.
If you enjoyed the first boo...more
Emily and Navin have rescued their mother but need to find a cure for her coma. As they go along they get another member in their clan. His name is Leon and he helps them get to know more about Alledia and the Elf King. She soon realizes her job is to kill the elf king. But she needs the help of Cielis which is a city that perished long ago.
I picked this book up because I like books that are Cartoon and adventure.
I finished this book because it is very interesting and somebody recommended this b...more
I picked this book up because I like books that are Cartoon and adventure.
I finished this book because it is very interesting and somebody recommended this b...more
It's getting interesting. I start to enjoy the story just to remember that will be only one more book.
As a summary I will think that this book has genre just like Avatar.
It is increased in level of adventure in this book, as a sign that it almost finish. The adventure now is not only in land but it's on airship. It seems like when you play an RPG game, the level of transportation tools is increasing (Final Fantasy is best example).
The other good thing is that the background of story is revealed...more
As a summary I will think that this book has genre just like Avatar.
It is increased in level of adventure in this book, as a sign that it almost finish. The adventure now is not only in land but it's on airship. It seems like when you play an RPG game, the level of transportation tools is increasing (Final Fantasy is best example).
The other good thing is that the background of story is revealed...more
This is the second book in the Amulet series. I am really enjoying the storyline and I really like the illustrations. The only thing that held this graphic novel back from being a 5 is the fact that there was one particular scene that SCREAMED Star Wars. It was the scene where Leon is trying to train Emily in the forest. This automatically made me think of Yoda training Luke. It is not a bad thing, I just have difficulty with story lines that remind me that obviously of other authors' works...
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Great art, even greater colouring. I read this together with my 7 year old son, and we both completely loved it. Cool blend of fantasy and steam-punk, classic fantasy themes but with a few twists to keep things fresh and surprising, and most importantly, LOTS of action. Good stuff for kids in here too (importance of family, of learning to trust others, of free will, etc.). Beautiful to look at, fresh and entertaining, morally grounded, and with compelling plot elements and plenty of action that...more
Am reading these books because I gave book 1 to my 10 year old cousin, and he loved it. So, this was more of the same - a girl on a quest, with the support of her younger brother. She meets allies along the way, and also enemies.
Coincidentally, this boo,km also has some fun with archtypes (evil elves!!), which I enjoy, but overall this isn't really something for kids and adults; I'd say it's pretty squarely a kids' book. Which, you know, is a valid genre, but once again one for which I am not t...more
Coincidentally, this boo,km also has some fun with archtypes (evil elves!!), which I enjoy, but overall this isn't really something for kids and adults; I'd say it's pretty squarely a kids' book. Which, you know, is a valid genre, but once again one for which I am not t...more
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Kazu Kibuishi (born 1978) is an American graphic novel author and illustrator. He is best known for being the creator and editor of the comic anthology Flight and for creating the webcomic Copper. He has also written (drawn) the Amulet series. The webcomic artist and noted critic Scott McCloud has said that some of Kazu Kibuishi's work is so beautifully drawn that "it hurts my hands when I look at...more
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May 27, 2012 05:24am