BONE

Bone: Out from Boneville by Jeff Smith

Citation: Smith, Jeff. Bone Out from Boneville. Scholastic, 2005.

Plot: Fone Bone and his two cousines, Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone, have been run out of Boneville due to Phoney Bone's greedy, money-making schemes. The Bone cousins are trying to make their way back to Boneville when they find a mysterious map in the desert. Soon they are all separated, eventually all making it down into a valley filled with weird creatures individually. Bone eventually meets a human girl named Thorn who plans to help him find his cousins and get back to Boneville. However, mysterious rat creatures are after the Bone cousins, trying to thwart their journey back. And for some strange reason? A Dragon is guarding Fone Bone, showing up at every corner protecting him from the rat creatures. Can the Bone cousins find each other and make it back to Boneville alive?

Review: I have arrived! This is what I pictured in my head when I thought of graphic novel. I found one that is popular and appears to be the right reading level. Thank you 7th grade students! Also, I like that the pages turn the correct way. Manga messes with my brain too much. I tried DragonBallZ and I failed. Anyways, I read Bone and I'm really confused about it. How can my middle school students get it, but I don't? Are these creatures actually bones? Why is there a dragon? What are the rat creatures? I know this is part of a series, so maybe it comes together if you keep reading. I don't really plan on it... but you know. I read this one. And that makes me proud. But the little Bone guy? Has a crush on a human girl. I'm pretty sure that is just wrong. 


Ages: 11 and up


Series: First volume in the Bone series


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