Publisher: Cartoon Books
Writer: Jeff Smith
Artist: Jeff Smith
Price: $ 39.95 US, $ 54.75 Can
Comments: The adventures of three Bones in the forest is how we start out this tale. Fone Bone, Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone they are cute characters. The Red dragon is mysterious hiding from humans but letting all others see him. The Rat creatures are portrayed as dumb and they are funny to see.
Smiley Bone seems dumb but he is a delightful character who enjoys life to the fullest. Phoney Bone is always scheming trying to find a way to make money. Fone Bone has a crush on the girl Thorn, he just likes to be nice and help people.
Now hat do they do for fun in this forest? Well Grandma Rose races cows. She actually runs against the cows. The race is off to a fast start, the Bones all end up running in it to and a whole pack of Rat creatures join in to. These characters are well written. You find yourself entering their world easily.
This black and white trade paperback collects all of Bone's adventures. It is a huge 1332 pages long. It will hold your interest from start to finish.
Grandma and the dragon have some history. It keeps getting inferred to but never mentions exactly what it is as you read along. Your interest in what exactly it is will definitely be peaked.
It looks as if the forces of evil are marshaling there forces and the forces of good are to. War is coming to the Valley and it does arrive. Rat Creatures against Villagers and Stick Eaters. The Rat Creatures want to release their master who will destroy the world. The grandmother and her granddaughter along with the Bone cousins may be the only ones who can stop it. Their journeys are filled with adventures. The Bones may not seem like world saviours but they just might surprise you.
When they do show all the dragons underground they are a various lot. The dragons are in all shapes and sizes.
Now Thorn finds out how to defeat the threat of the Locusts she must touch the Crown of Horns and with the help of Fone Bone she does. He has stood by her from the start. He is shown as the truest of friends.
At the end the Bone cousins all head home. A happy ending.
This epic adventure is a masterful piece of writing. You will fall in love with all the characters. This is a must have read for any lover of fantasy and adventure at its best.
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