Amulet (comics)

Amulet

Amulet Boxed Set of Books 1-3
Author	Kazu Kibuishi
Original title	The Stonekeeper
Illustrator	Kazu Kibuishi Jason Caffoe
Language	English
Genre	Adventure, Fantasy, Science fiction
Publisher	GRAPHIX
Published	January 1, 2008–present
Media type	Graphic novel

Amulet is a graphic novel series illustrated and written by Kazu Kibuishi and published by Scholastic.

The series follows the adventures of Emily Hayes (nicknamed Em), who after moving to their great-grandfather's house in the town of Norlen and then discovers and wears the magical amulet that uses magical powers. After entering the fictional world of Alledia with her younger brother, Navin and their mother, Karen, they befriend the allies and set off to defeat the villainous Elf King.

Vol. One: After David Hayes died in a car accident, his widow, Karen, and their children, Emily and Navin, move to a house in the little town of Norlen, as Karen cannot afford their old home and she hopes that a new location will help them reboot their lives and forget the bad memories which haunt them. The house, which has been in her family for years, is large and needs care and attention. As they clean the house, Emily finds a strange amulet in the library where her great-grandfather, Silas Charnon, worked and wears it. That night, Karen goes to the basement and is kidnapped by a monstrous arachnopod. Emily and Navin follow them into another world to save her. They are then pursued by a mysterious elf but are rescued by a rabbit-like robot called Miskit. They all go to the house in which Silas Charnon lives in this new world, called Alledia, and meet some his other robots, Cogsley, Morrie, and Bottle. Emily talks to Silas, who is on the brink of death. Emily is spoken to by a voice of the amulet, which tells her to accept the powers of the amulet and become a stonekeeper in order to save their mother, and Emily accepts, despite Navin's disagreement. They then hunt down the arachnopod in a plane with Navin piloting, Miskit shooting, and Emily using her stone. They catch up to the arachnopod but the mysterious elf reappears and kills the arachnopod, freeing Karen from the corpse. Emily and the elf struggle and Emily uses the stone to overwhelm the elf, Trellis. She saves her mother, but she ends up poisoned by the arachnopod and they begin to travel to the nearest city in a robot which Silas's house is transformed into.

Vol. Two: After Karen is poisoned by the arachnopod, Emily and Navin take her to the city of Kanalis to find a cure, but they are being hunted by the Elves sent by the Elf King. Luckily, they meet a humanoid fox named Leon Redbeard who helps them and teaches Emily some basic lessons of how to wield the amulet's power. While Emily, Miskit and Leon travel to Demon Head's Mountain, a humanoid bull, Balan, introduces Navin to a crew of humanoid animals called the Resistance, who help them to power the robots in the house after they have been powered off to prevent the elves from gathering information. Emily, Leon and Miskit arrive at their destination and are encountered by the Gadobah trees, which are future-telling trees that bear the fruit that can cure Emily's mother. Using her stone's powers, she finds the non-poisonous one and they set off to reunite with Navin and the Resistance. They are stopped by Luger, an elf stonekeeper, who is then attacked by Trellis. Luger loses control of his amulet's power, hence the title 'The Stonekeeper's Curse', but is destroyed by Navin piloting the robotic house infused with Emily's amulet power.