Seeing Stone - Spiderwick Chronicles, Book Two Of Five

by Tony / Black Holly DeTerlizzi

When Jared goes up to his great-great-uncle Arthur Spiderwick's library and looks through the pages to Arthur's Field Guide to the Faerie World, he notices the house Brownie, Thimbletack, standing in one of the bookshelfs. Thimbletack jumps to the window and says that there are Goblins in the area. He says that they are by the gate, but Jared can't see anything. Suddenly, they see Simon, who has been calling for his cat, being dragged away by invisible beings. Jared panically asks what is happening, and Thimbletack "I had forgotten, your eyes are rotten", before he points to a picture of a stone with a hole in it in the Guide. Thereafter, he disappears out in the corridor, and Jared has no other choice than to follow.

Hardcover

Published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Jesse Kade Jenkins · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like this entry better than the first. It’s pretty much a firecracker pace from about page three to the end. This is a fun kid’s story and while the characters aren’t fully fleshed out they are distinctive and fun to journey with. I enjoy the subtle humor and the magic of the world.