The Seeing Stone (Spiderwick Chronicle)

The Seeing Stone (Spiderwick Chronicle)

by HollyBlack (Author), TonyDiTerlizzi (Author)

Synopsis

Book 2 of The Spiderwick Chroniclesin which Mallory, Simon and Jared ask many questions and discover the fate of the missing cat.

The Grace kids are just beginning to get used to Aunt Lucinda's strange old mansion when Simon suddenly disappears. At first Mallory thinks the twins are pulling some kind of prank, but when it becomes obvious that he's been snatched by goblins, Jared and his sister, Mallory, have to rely on the help of a mischievous house boggart, a nasty bridge troll, not to mention a loudmouthed hobgoblin, to get Simon back (and uncover why he was snatched in the first place). With the aid of a seeing stone the true nature of the secret world around them is now revealed. It's important the Grace kids tell their story but the faeries will do everything to stop them...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 144
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Childrens Books
Published: 01 Sep 2011

ISBN 10: 0857072447
ISBN 13: 9780857072443
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years

Author Bio
Tony DiTerlizzi is co-creator of the international bestselling series, The Spiderwick Chronicles. He has illustrated numerous picture books for children, including Ted, G is for 1 Gzonk and the critically acclaimed The Spider and the Fly, which won the Caldecott Honor. Tony lives in Amherst, Massachusetts with his wife, Angela, and their baby daughter, Sophia. Holly Black spent her early years in a decaying Victorian mansion where her mother fed her a steady diet of ghost stories and faerie tales. An avid collector of rare folklore volumes, spooky dolls, and crazy hats, she lives in West Long Branch, New Jersey, with her husband, Theo. Together with illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi, she is the creator of the bestselling Spiderwick Chronicles series of children's books.