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This fantasy adventure is perfect for Halloween week or any week for that matter. It has 
parallel worlds and a not too scary demon who supplies most of the funny moments. Told in third person, the story centers around an unhappy middle schooler, Emily. She hasn’t quite fit in yet and the popular mean girl is making sure she never does.
Enter the stone and Emily’s life changes—and not for the better. The stone has somehow chosen her to be the Stonemaster. She keeps the stone hidden but the power of it is soon evident in her world—just ask the neighbor!
Gorgo the demon pops out of the stone and he’s scary as they come but also helpful. Most of the real terror comes from a family in the other world who wants the stone. It’s an enjoyable read with hints of a sequel. I’ll be ready once I drain the candy bowl for all the trick or treaters tomorrow night. Too bad sequels don’t happen as fast.
PUBLICATION DATE: 2017 PAGE COUNT: 288
FULL PLOT (From AMAZON) Emily picks up a stone that looks like a cell phone but has unexpected magical powers. It’s a Spellstone! Now that she has become an unwilling Stonemaster—one who wields the power of the Stone—she has to figure out Spellstone technology fast if she is to survive a hair-raising adventure among giant dogs, demons, clones, mean girls, and deeply wicked people who want the Stone. A witty tale of a quiet girl who discovers she’s a hero when she needs to be. Stonemasters rule!
FIVE THINGS TO LIKE ABOUT:
EMILY AND THE SPELLSTONE
FAVORITE LINES:
“I have a list of rules,” she said.
“Oh, boy.”
“First off: I command you to always be honest with me.”
“Okay. You’re too old to have superhero bed sheets,” he said. “What? You said I have to be honest.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Michael Rubens is the author of the novels The Sheriff of Yrnameer, Sons of the 613, The Bad Decisions Playlist, and Emily and the Spellstone (June 2017). He is a correspondent and producer for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, and has previously produced for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. His writing has also appeared in places like The New Yorker Daily Shouts, Salon, and McSweeney’s. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, to help alleviate that area’s critical shortage of writers and producers.
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