Emily puts it on and tells Navin not to tell their mom.

Emily touches it causing it to flash with light and flip over, revealing a stone necklace: The Amulet. “It’s better to lead a normal life.Ĭatalyst: When their mom leaves the room, Emily and Navin find an imprint on the podium for a hand. Her mom says that Silas was an eccentric and not someone to emulate. She can be like Silas and learn more on her own. Emily tries to use the artifacts of Silas’ genius around the room as proof that attending a new school and learning things that are “not useful in the real world”, like algebra, are not worth her time. Theme Stated: Emily’s mom tells her the study belonged to their relative, Silas Charnon. While exploring the house, Emily finds the study where weird-looking bird skulls are mounted on the wall, old robotic machinery is lying around and a book rests on a podium in the middle of the room (handwritten notes about “stones of power” are written on a page). Set-up: Two years later, Emily, her little brother, Navin and their mom move into an old family-owned house, hoping to start anew. By Emily’s facial expression, we know this story will deal with the emotional weight of this moment. Opening Image: The story starts with a pretty heavy prologue as our protagonist, Emily, and her mom try to pull her dad from the wreckage of a car accident before the car topples over the edge of a cliff.

Premise: Amulet is a superhero tale about Emily Hayes, a young girl who must learn to use the power of a magical amulet to save her family from a world of fantasy and danger. For an explanation of each “beat” please refer to Blake Snyder’s Beat Sheet. You can read the Amulet graphic novels in any order, but we recommend starting with book one The Stonekeeper.ĭiscover more great graphic novels for kids on our blog here.Spoiler Warning! Below is the plot structure of Amulet Book One: The Stonekeeper using Blake Snyder’s Beat Sheet as the basis for the breakdown (see my review of Blake Snyder’s book Save the Cat, an excellent storytelling resource). This is just the start of many incredible adventures. When Emily and Navin move to their great-grandfather’s mysterious house after the tragic death of their father, they are pitched into a sinister and incredible world.Īs the children embark on a mission to save their mother - kidnapped by a strange tentacled creature - Emily learns that she is a Stonekeeper and essential to the survival of this world. Amulet's fantastical comic strip illustrations and exciting plots make this a great series for kids 9+. The gripping adventure stories are set in a world of flying ships, giant robots and talking animals, where two ordinary children are on a life-or-death mission. Amulet is a wonderful series of fantasy graphic novels by Kazu Kibuishi.

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