Thursday, October 13, 2011

Amulet

Kibuishi, K. (2008). Amulet: Book 1. New York: Graphix.
Amulet is the story of Emily and Navin, brother and sister.  After their dad dies, their mom decides to move to an abandoned, run down shack of a house that belonged to their great-grandpa.  Emily finds a her great-grandpa's library, where she discovers an amulet that won't come out. After their mom hears a noise, from the basement, she is captured by a jelly-like tentacle-y monster, and to save her, they go out this door, which leads them to a parallel universe. The amulet helps them to a lake, where a trench coat-wearing guy leads them to an old house. The guy turns out to be a pink rabbit named Miskit. In the house, Silas (great grandpa) is dying. He tells Emily she has to take care of the stone. She accepts, and then she, Navin, Miskit, and friends go to rescue their mom. They do, but she is poisoned, and to find the cure, they must travel across the world.
I found this to be bizarre, and creepy.

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