Description: It's full-fledged war as Briar, the rat creatures, and the Pawan army storm the city of Atheia. The Bone cousins, Thorn, and Gran'ma Ben are all there to defend the Valley and stop the return of the Lord of the Locusts. When Thorn goes inside a ghost circle, she hears a voice urging her to seek the Crown of Horns. What follows is another dangerous journey for Thorn and loyal Fone Bone as they race to the sacred grounds of the dragons, searching for the one thing that may save them all. This is the breathtaking conclusion to Jeff Smith's nine-book graphic novel series.

Children's Literature Review: Winner of ten Eisner Awards and ten Harvey Awards, Jeff Smith's "Bone" graphic novel series has won millions of fans since it first appeared in comic book form in 1991. The series, described as "sweeping as the 'Lord of the Rings' cycle, but much funnier" by Andrew Arnold in Time.com, follows the adventures of the Bone cousins, three short, white, bald creatures who look like they stepped out of a Disney animated comedy film. Yet the adventure the Bones find themselves on is deadly serious when they encounter a girl named Thorn and her enigmatic Gran'ma Ben and join them on their mission to save their valley from a war with the evil Lord of the Locusts. In Crown of Horns, the ninth and final title in the series, Bone's cousin Fone Bone must help Thorn travel to the sacred burial ground of the dragons in search of the Crown of Horns, a mysterious object that could end the war once and for all. More serious in tone than the preceding "Bone" graphic novels, Crown of Horns presents a grim ...

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