The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Seeing Stone
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| The Seeing Stone | |
| Author | Holly Black |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Tony DiTerlizzi |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Spiderwick Chronicles |
| Genre(s) | Children's |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Publication date | May 2003 |
| Pages | 128 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 978-0689859373 |
| Preceded by | The Field Guide |
| Followed by | Lucinda's Secret |
The Seeing Stone (ISBN 0689859376) is the second book of The Spiderwick Chronicles. In this book, Jared comes home from school to find that Simon's cat, Mr. Tibbs, has gone missing. He goes up to the secret library and looks out a window to see Simon being attacked by invisible goblins. Thimbletack tells him the only way to see goblins is to look through the seeing stone, a circular stone with a glass in the middle of it. Now, he must save his brother. If you look inside certain General Mills cereal boxes, you will find a book inside that makes up The Lost Chapters. There are three books in all.
[edit] Plot
After ignoring Thimbletack's warning, Simon is abducted by a group of invisible goblins. Thimbletack guides Jared to a seeing stone device created by his great-uncle which gives the Sight when looking through the hole. Mallory and Jared go searching for him with fencing swords that they lose when confronted from by a troll. They narrowly escape to find the goblin camp. While rescuing Simon, the hobgoblin Hogsqueal convinces them to help him escape in exchange for his help in retrieving Simon. Hogsqueal spits in their eyes which gives each the Sight to see through the circular stone with a glass in the middle of it permanently. After rescuing Simon, they flee and lead the goblins to the troll where they meet their end. They rescue the rest of the goblin's victims and take an injured griffin back to their house.
