The Stone Warriors

Reviewed by: Sheila Dube - Springvale Public Library, Springvale, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: August 4, 2016

Review

In this fourth book of the Tombquest series, twelve-year-old Alex and his friend Renata find themselves in an unknown city as they are targeted by shadows from the underworld. Although the immediate background is explained for new followers of the series, young readers will want to start at the beginning for some character development. The power of the amulets assist Alex and his group as they battle mummies, death walkers and earthen shades as they try to retrace the clues his missing mother left for them. As they are reunited briefly, Alex learns a stunning truth and then is captured for the cliff hanging ending. The plot is formulaic in structure with Northrop adding rich descriptions of atmospheric details throughout. Scholastic provides a code in the endpages that allow readers to access a Tombquest game.

Overall Book Score: good