Staff Picks (June14): Amulet Volume 6 — The Escape From Lucian SC

Publisher: Graphix

Kazu Kibuishi (Copper, Daisy Cutter) is back with the newest installment of the New York Times bestselling graphic novel series: Amulet! After discovering a mysterious necklace in the library of her great-grandfather, Emily and her brother Navin are thrust into a quest to save their mother from a nasty tentacle monster that invades the basement of their new home and kidnaps her. In pursuit of the creature, Emily and Navin follow the monster into a fantastical alternate reality populated with talking animals, robots, demons, and humans who are locked a war with the Elves.

Now the stakes are raised as the war with the Elves heats up even more. Emily and Navin travel to Lucian. The city has been decimated in the conflict leaving it nothing but rubble. Casualties within the city are undoubtedly high. Will the two manage to make it out of the city alive with all of their friends more or less intact or will they fall prey to military might of the Elf King?

~ Matt Demory