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Piece of Mind (Emily the Strange Novels #4)
by
Rob Reger,
Buzz Parker , Jessica Gruner (Goodreads Author)
Emily the Strange stands for: Do it yourself; think for yourself; be yourself.
In the concluding volume of the story arc that has defined this singular 13-year-old, Emily’s uniquely odd to-do list includes:
1. Lose (and regain) mind
2. Reprogram golem
3. Locate secret book vault
4. Commune with Dead Dark Aunts
5. Rescue Cousin Jakey
6. Redecorate souvenir kiosk
7. Thwart Thought T...more
In the concluding volume of the story arc that has defined this singular 13-year-old, Emily’s uniquely odd to-do list includes:
1. Lose (and regain) mind
2. Reprogram golem
3. Locate secret book vault
4. Commune with Dead Dark Aunts
5. Rescue Cousin Jakey
6. Redecorate souvenir kiosk
7. Thwart Thought T...more
Hardcover, First edition, 273 pages
Published
December 27th 2011
by Harper
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“Emily the Strange: Piece of Mind” by Rob Reger, Jessica Gruner, and Buzz Parker is published buy HarperCollins Publishing Co. and is the fourth book in the, “Emily the Strange” series. It was published in 2012. I greatly identify with the main character, Emily although I find that this book differs rather greatly from its three counterparts.
The basic outline of the book, not to mention the series, is that, Emily is anxious to get the mysterious magical substance that is her ancestral birthrigh...more
The basic outline of the book, not to mention the series, is that, Emily is anxious to get the mysterious magical substance that is her ancestral birthrigh...more
Oct 28, 2012
Barbara
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Shelves:
animals,
bullies,
community,
families,
fantasy,
friendship,
gifted,
mysteries,
road-trip,
self-esteem,
strong-women
Thirteen-year-old Emily has plans to claim her family inheritance in this, the fourth and concluding title in the series. Emily is a wonderfully confident young woman, independent, creative, smart, and a great problem-solver. Along with her four beloved felines and Raven, her golem, she travels to Seasidetown in order to rescue her cousin and summon the black rock that is her destiny. It's hard not to like such a quirky, self-sufficient protagonist, and it's equally difficult not to enjoy the bo...more
Emily Strange is what most girls want to be. Intelligent, witty, humorous, girl genius. She is independent and quite smart, so I don't understand why this book is so underrated. Mind you, it has a great average rating, and I'm glad.
This is the end. The end of my sweet Emily Strange. I think I'm going to cry. Give me a moment.
That's better. Piece of Mind has been one of the best books I have read so far. I absolutely love it.
All the characters are funny and they all have a purpose in the story.
T...more
This is the end. The end of my sweet Emily Strange. I think I'm going to cry. Give me a moment.
That's better. Piece of Mind has been one of the best books I have read so far. I absolutely love it.
All the characters are funny and they all have a purpose in the story.
T...more
It was a great ending to a great series! After I finished reading it, It felt like a was closing a chapter of my childhood. :( I will miss you Emily, Raven, Patty, Miles, Enigma, Mystery, Neechee, the dark aunts and especially Sabbath <3
I love Emily the Strange. Comic books, graphic novels, novels, t-shirts, it doesn’t matter. If it says Emily the Strange on it, I will check it out. The Emily the Strange novels are one of my favorite products. Piece of Mind was no exception to that. In Piece of Mind, Emily has to learn how to harness the power of black rock before her uncle Attikol beats her to it. Compared to the other books in the series, this book felt slow, especially in the middle. It felt like the middle of the book was j...more
Although I cannot enjoy reading Emily the Strange books as much as I would have if I was a few years younger because of the immature writing style, the character of Emily Strange really interested me. And not just because Emily is a combination of everything that is awesome and dark. What really impressed me about her is how she seems to have found her identity at such a young age. Emily has found her passions in life (or death) and she knows very clearly what she likes, what she wants, and what...more
Emily the strange is about a thirteen year old girl who loves cats. Emily loves to solve mysteries. This time she has to solve all these missions: try to lose her memory and then gain it back again and save her cousin Jakey from the place he is stuck with and much more. Emily is a bit pressured into solving all this but she loves a good challenge.
I think that Emily is a brave and independent girl. Sometimes you have to face your challenges on your own by being brave and strong even if it means p...more
I think that Emily is a brave and independent girl. Sometimes you have to face your challenges on your own by being brave and strong even if it means p...more
I love Emily the Strange, and I am most definitely going to dress up as her for Halloween next year, because I will be thirteen and everything! But anyways, Emily has taught me a lot, and has helped me so much with finding my "inner-strangeness". I found out about Emily the strange when I heard about Chloe Moretz playing her, because I had seen Kick-ass and I thought that she was awesome and hit girl was awesome. Last year was tough because it felt like the whole class was just stupid, (well, it...more
Rob Reger, creator of the Emily the Strange franchise, has brought to life the diary/journal of a 13 year old estranged girl. Not only is the book in journal format, but it also includes photos, lists, drawings and sketches, printed transcripts (in this story), and anything imaginable to a creative 13 year old girl. Every thing is in black, white or red, keeping a constant theme of the Emily phenomenon. The style brings the book to life creating a sense of the character's every day thoughts, big...more
What can I say about Piece of Mind except that Emily the Strange has done it again! She's taking a well-deserved summer break to her ancestral home and she's hoping to find the black rock that has been her aunts' source of power. But mortal enemies are abound, including a girl that can wipe out memories. Has Emily finally met her match?
For a second here, I truly believed that Emily might not win her match against her arch-nemesis, Attikol but I was wrong. Emily isn't your typical girl; in fact,...more
For a second here, I truly believed that Emily might not win her match against her arch-nemesis, Attikol but I was wrong. Emily isn't your typical girl; in fact,...more
I LOVE the overall feel of the Emily Strange series! There were certain times though that the diary-type style of writing became a bit too much, but it was mostly a fun experience, like being told secrets by a complete stranger (which in some cases sounds really weird).
The cover and the inside art gave the book a really personal feel, and the palette used made it even more interesting to me.
I'm very happy to have been on a journey with Emily for the past week!
The cover and the inside art gave the book a really personal feel, and the palette used made it even more interesting to me.
I'm very happy to have been on a journey with Emily for the past week!
Piece of Mind by Rob Reger (and Jessica Gruner and Buzz Parker) is the forth and final book in the Harper Collins series. Dark Horse, though, is now publishing a three part comic about Emily and her cats trying to break into the music scene — from her basement.
In Piece of Mind, Emily is sent by the ghost of a Dark Aunt, back to the seaside town she visited in Dark Times. Her goal this time is to activate her Black Rock summoning powers before the Shady Uncles gain the power.
As this is the last b...more
In Piece of Mind, Emily is sent by the ghost of a Dark Aunt, back to the seaside town she visited in Dark Times. Her goal this time is to activate her Black Rock summoning powers before the Shady Uncles gain the power.
As this is the last b...more
Quirky story that I am sure the followers of this series enjoyed. This book seemed targeted towards tweens and younger teens. I liked the comic book/manga feel to it.
I really enjoyed Emily's sarcastic sense of humor and the story was easy, and fun, to follow. She was a fun character to read about and the story was interesting enough to hold my attention. I love how she had to do everything in 13's--she would make to do lists that had to include 13 items. I liked how this book had the girl power...more
I really enjoyed Emily's sarcastic sense of humor and the story was easy, and fun, to follow. She was a fun character to read about and the story was interesting enough to hold my attention. I love how she had to do everything in 13's--she would make to do lists that had to include 13 items. I liked how this book had the girl power...more
This is the 4th novel of Emily Strange that I have read.
I didn't like the 3rd and I was hoping the 4th would cure my broken heart.
Too bad this book is apparently the continuous journey of Emily's in the 3rd book.
Only, if on the last book "Dark Times" Emily was travelling to the 20's era, on "Piece of Mind" she's travelling in today's time. But it's still about the black rock and Shady Uncles and The Ebenezers and all.
I don't dig the story.
Isn't as smart, quirky, and surprising as the first 2 boo...more
I didn't like the 3rd and I was hoping the 4th would cure my broken heart.
Too bad this book is apparently the continuous journey of Emily's in the 3rd book.
Only, if on the last book "Dark Times" Emily was travelling to the 20's era, on "Piece of Mind" she's travelling in today's time. But it's still about the black rock and Shady Uncles and The Ebenezers and all.
I don't dig the story.
Isn't as smart, quirky, and surprising as the first 2 boo...more
I only finish a book if I like it, so in that respect I suppose it can be considered good. This is the 4th book, and you cannot pick this up in the middle of a series and understand it. I wouldn't say the plot is very in-depth, and it is written in journal format, complete with illustrations. It is about Emily Strange, and is a bit strange, but I enjoyed it.
I love the format of these books - it's a diary entry/illustrated/list style of writing that really makes me feel like I'm inside the extremely bizarre mind of Emily Strange. This falls into the unusual mystery category of The Mysterious Benedict Society and Kiki Strike, and I really enjoy all of them.
Not my favorite one, but I very satisfactory ending! I really liked the quotes at the beginning of each day that were somewhat indicative of what was going to happen. I wish there was another one :( Not many loose ends though which is always good.
Emily strange is in search of her black rock, with Akotol an many others in her way like... A thought theif?! Emily strange:piece of mind is the 4 th and final book in the Emily strange series. :'( I almost cried when I finished it
Un golpe de mente pone fin a las alocadas aventuras de la inigualable y extraña Emily the Strange. Aunque había esperado algo más de la lectura, acabó siendo entretenida y pasé un buen rato con su peculiar protagonista, sus gatos y sus amigos -y no nos olvidemos de sus archienemigos-. Dejando atrás las novelas juveniles, que es lo que habitualmente no paro de leer, es bueno encontrarse con libros así para desconectar un poco de ese género. Si vais con la idea de encontrar una historia corta algo...more
Ok, exams officially are evil! I can't believe it took me a week to read this book!
Anywho, as always, it rocked! I really wish this wasn't the last book! Emily has got to be one of the best characters ever. She is dark-ish and definitely strange, and totally out of this world....but somehow, she really fits! I love it! I love the new character introductions- I am proud to say I actually saw the Shady Uncle thing, as well as the Bright Girl bit- and I was ecstatic to get to see Jakey again! I wi...more
Anywho, as always, it rocked! I really wish this wasn't the last book! Emily has got to be one of the best characters ever. She is dark-ish and definitely strange, and totally out of this world....but somehow, she really fits! I love it! I love the new character introductions- I am proud to say I actually saw the Shady Uncle thing, as well as the Bright Girl bit- and I was ecstatic to get to see Jakey again! I wi...more
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Emily goes on a quest to summon the mysterious black rock before her arch-nemesis Attikol. Pros: will appeal to fans of the Emily books and merchandise; edgy; interesting style
This was the best one of the series. I hate to see it end, but the more I read it I understoon how and why it is the final book in the series. It was so good.
Excellent read for the genius youngsters who which they can take their education into their own hands. Alas, it's too late for me. Almost.
Oct 27, 2012
Selma Raquel
added it
Awesome and interesting as usual ^^ I love how she finally found her liquid black rock :D
LOVE IT ..
finally attikol is damn gone.... let him rotten in prison.
Love the plot, new characters..
kinda sad that raven had to go to spend the rest of her life with attikol's cousin. Umlaut. I mean i love raven soooo much.
so yeah. VERY RECOMMENDED TO EVERYONE
finally attikol is damn gone.... let him rotten in prison.
Love the plot, new characters..
kinda sad that raven had to go to spend the rest of her life with attikol's cousin. Umlaut. I mean i love raven soooo much.
so yeah. VERY RECOMMENDED TO EVERYONE
So far so good! I like how it has a lot of pictures! Medium read for me.
A little predictable but funny and random all the same.
I loooooove these books! It's my fave series! It is a very influential, funny, and intense book. My fave part is when Attikol is overpowered.
where is can I got it?
Such a great book.
My favorite is the third in this series, but this is an excellent way to end it. Sad to see it go.
My favorite is the third in this series, but this is an excellent way to end it. Sad to see it go.
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Reger's friend Nathan Carrico designed Emily in 1991 for a skateboard company in Santa Cruz, where Cosmic Debris was born. In his Santa Cruz garage (and later an artist warehouse in San Francisco) Reger created the designs, and with Matt Reed brought them into the fashion world by creating t-shirt designs that captured the essence of this mysterious young girl with 4 black cats. Since then, Cosmic...more
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