Booklog: The Amulet 1-2 (Kibuishi)

Kazu Kibuishi, The Amulet 1: The Stonekeeper and The Amulet 2: The Stonekeeper's Curse

"Not everybody wants to be a hero, Leon."
"But they should."
Two years after their father's death in a car accident, Emily and Navin move to their great-grandfather's dilapidated country house, shut up since he disappeared many years before. Their mother insists that if they work together, they can make it a home, but Emily isn't so sure. Then she and Navin discover a mysterious amulet hidden in their great-grandfather's library that warns them of approaching danger. Too late to save their mother from capture by a cephalopod-like monster, Emily uses the power of the amulet to follow the creature into the parallel world of Alledia. There she and Navin discover that their great-grandfather was a Stonekeeper, the former master of the amulet, whose full strength can even turn back time to grant its possessor's heart's desire. All Emily and Navin want is to save their mother and return home, but by inheriting the amulet, they've also inherited their great-grandfather's allies and enemies, all of whom have their own plans for the stone ... not to mention the stone's own plans ...

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Highly recommended.