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The Stone Warriors
The Stone Warriors
Reviewed by: Sheila Dube - Springvale Public Library, Springvale, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: August 4, 2016
Review
In this fourth book of the Tombquest series, twelve-year-old Alex and his friend Renata find themselves in an unknown city as they are targeted by shadows from the underworld. Although the immediate background is explained for new followers of the series, young readers will want to start at the beginning for some character development. The power of the amulets assist Alex and his group as they battle mummies, death walkers and earthen shades as they try to retrace the clues his missing mother left for them. As they are reunited briefly, Alex learns a stunning truth and then is captured for the cliff hanging ending. The plot is formulaic in structure with Northrop adding rich descriptions of atmospheric details throughout. Scholastic provides a code in the endpages that allow readers to access a Tombquest game.
Overall Book Score: good
About the Book
Author:
Northrop, Michael
Illustrator: ,
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc
Book Type: chapter book fiction
Genre: adventure,fantasy
Audience: grades 4-6
Binding Type: trade edition
Binding Quality: fair
ISBN: 9780545871082
Price: 16.99