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 Stonekeeper’s Curse, the family is safely back in their robotic house but their poisoned Mother has not awakened and is growing weaker. The kids point their house toward Kanalis, a mysterious and beautiful city, in hopes of finding an antidote for the poison. The kids’ mom is fighting for her life against the poison. Emily is fighting to figure out the power of the amulet she wears and how to control it. The amulet seems to be fighting to control HER.

At the same time, the family is being pursued by the Elf King’s son, Trellis, who needs to prove his abilities and loyalty by capturing them. The elves are NOT cute and have the most evil looking mouths full of shark-like teeth. What do they use those teeth for? I’m sure Emily and Navin do not want to know. In Kanalis the kids find that there is an underground resistance, an army of citizens fighting to free themselves from the elves. This group knew their Great Grandpa Silas and recognize the power of Emily’s amulet

This story is action scene upon action scene. Be sure to look at the Look Inside link to see the lush artwork – this is a graphic novel whose pictures tell the story as much as the words. Author: Kazu Kibuishi

• Look Inside Amulet 2: The Stonekeeper’s Curse
• Scholastic: Official Amulet Website
• Amulet Blog
• Amulet Comic Book Maker
• The Amulet Characters

Don’t miss Amulet 1: The Stonekeeper or Amulet 3: The Cloud Searchers. or Amulet 4: The Last Council. Finally, In Robots! get some great ideas for drawing your own robotic creations.