Rock Jaw: Master Of The Eastern Border (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Bone (Prebound))

 (18 customer reviews)

The fifth and middle installment of the Bone series returns to the epic's beginnings, temporarily putting aside the Valley's violent political upheavals for a fast-paced and funny story of Fone Bone and Smiley Bone encountering an assortment of cute talking animals as they try to return a baby rat creature to its home in the mountains. On the way, they run into the opportunistic Rock Jaw, a giant mountain lion, and the two stupid rat creatures, who are still bent on baking Fone Bone into a quiche.

Probably the weakest of the Bone series, Rock Jaw: Master of the Eastern Border is nonetheless exciting and entertaining, and does contribute further development to the story's unfolding mysteries.

Steve Hamaker's coloration is again bright and pleasing, but once again he mixes up the two stupid rat creatures. Physically identical but with distinct personalities, the rats are color-coded (brown and purple) in the color version, but at one point Hamaker switches them,...Read more

We have all of these books. I got them to read to my two daughters age 7 and 9, but I enjoy them just as much. Humor and adventure good for adults as well as youngsters. The artwork is wonderful and colorful, the characters expressive and the storyline is wonderful. The binding and paper is solid and of great quality. Thick card stock. The colors are full and jump out at you. Love every last book. We have the whole collection.

The Bone book collection is truly amazing and they are an all time favorite for my daughter who have read this since she was 10 and she still loves them now at age 13 - it is rare to find books which works on so many levels and the drawings are just truly amazing.