Comic Book Bin 
 
 Comics
 
 Action Figures
 
 Games
 
 Movies
 
 Fan Films
 
 Books (102)
 
 Interviews
 
 About
 Classifieds
 Newsletter
 RSS
Search

Books
Last Updated: May 13, 2008 - 10:40:50 PM


The Wrath of Mulgarath (The Spiderwick Chronicles 5)
By Leroy Douresseaux
Feb 17, 2008 - 12:15:56 PM

Email this article
 Printer friendly page

Add to Del.icio.us     Add To Reddit
Add To Digg     Add To Stumbleupon


spiderwickchronicles05.jpg

THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES, BOOK 5: THE WRATH OF MULGARATH

SIMON & SCHUSTER BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS
AUTHORS: Tony DiTerlizzi (illustrator) and Holly Black (writer)
ISBN: 0-689-85940-6; hardback
114 pp., Text with B&W illos., $9.95

Jared Grace and his family:  twin brother, Simon, his older sister, Mallory, and their mother, Helen, moved into the secluded old house owned by their great, great uncle Arthur Spiderwick.  Peculiar accidents and pranks start to occur practically as soon as they walk through the door, and Jared, who started having trouble at his old school after his parents divorced, gets the blame.

Investigating their new home, the Grace children discover the truth about the Spiderwick estate.  The unseen and fantastic world of Faerie is all around them, as well as the strange creatures that inhabit it.  Jared also finds a worn old book, “Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You,” but it is the object of desire of many of the faerie creatures around them.

With The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book Five of Five: The Wrath of Mulgarath, the tale of the Grace Children comes to an end.  It’s Jared versus Mulgarath, the giant, shape-shifting ogre who is behind much of the evil committed around the Spiderwick estate.  The goblin hordes camp near Mulgarath’s junkyard palace, ready to launch Mulgarath’s war on humanity.  Byron, Simon Grace’s pet gryphon battles a poisonous wyrm.  And Arthur Spiderwick returns!

THE LOWDOWN:  One of the things that makes a fantasy series both beloved and memorable is the great ending, and The Wrath of Mulgarath goes out with a tremendous bang in a story that is a wellspring of magic and love.  It is as if illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi and writer Holly Black brought to bear all their creative talents to create a fountainhead of storytelling magic.

Black’s prose carries the reader through this lovely book on a tidal wave of enchantment and peril.  Each of DiTerlizzi’s wonderful illustrations illuminates the story and defines the enchanted mood and sells the Grace children’s perilous situations.  The reader will practically tear through the pages to see how DiTerlizzi’s illustrates the each new sequence.  It all adds up to make The Spiderwick Chronicles a magnificent juvenile fantasy that will enthrall action-loving modern audiences and because of its timelessness will entertain generations to come.

POSSIBLE AUDIENCE:  Fans of faerie will find this book calling to them.

A+

 



Related Articles:
The Wrath of Mulgarath (The Spiderwick Chronicles 5)
The Ironwood Tree (The Spiderwick Chronicles 4)
About This Movie: The Spiderwick Chronicles
Lucinda's Secret (The Spiderwick Chronicles 3)
All Can Be Known With A Lens of Stone - The Spiderwick Chronicles in Theaters Valentine's Day!
The Seeing Stone (The Spiderwick Chronicles 2)
The Field Guide (The Spiderwick Chronicles 1)



View last 10 articles by Leroy Douresseaux


© Copyright 2002-2008, Coolstreak Cartoons Inc. - All rights Reserved. All other texts, images, characters and trademarks are copyright their respective owners. Use of material in this document(including reproduction, modification, distribution, electronic transmission or republication) without prior written permission is strictly prohibited.

Top of Page


Hotwire Comics #2
Rough Stuff #7
Iron Man Beneath the Armor
More Old Jewish Comedians by Drew Friedman
The Pin-Up Art of Dan DeCarlo 2
The Wrath of Mulgarath (The Spiderwick Chronicles 5)
The Ironwood Tree (The Spiderwick Chronicles 4)
Batman: Animated
Lucinda's Secret (The Spiderwick Chronicles 3)
Growing Old with B.C.: A Fifty Year Celebration
Dark Wars: A Tale of Meiji Dracula
The Seeing Stone (The Spiderwick Chronicles 2)
The Field Guide (The Spiderwick Chronicles 1)
Sweeney Todd: The Companion Book
Philip Pullman: The Golden Compass