Bone #5: Rock Jaw: Master of the Eastern Border

by Jeff Smith, Jeff Smith (Illustrator)

Overview

Jeff Smith's New York Times and USA Today bestselling, award-winning BONE books are one of the most popular graphic novel series of all time!

Fone Bone and Smiley Bone strike out into the wilderness to return a lost Rat Creature cub to the mountains. It doesn't take long before they run smack into Rock Jaw, a sly and mighty mountain lion with a none-too-friendly disposition. Life gets even more complicated when they befriend a group of baby animals who have been orphaned by Rat Creature attacks. Everything comes to a head in an earth-shattering clash between Rock Jaw and Kingdok, the leader of the Rat Creatures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780439706360
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	02/01/2007
Series:	Bone (Comics) Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile:	GN340L (what's this?)
Age Range:	11 - 14 Years

About the Author

Jeff Smith is the New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning series BONE, which is published in more than 30 countries and is among Time magazine’s Ten Best Graphic Novels of All Time. BONE was a pioneer in comics publishing for kids in U.S. bookstores when it launched Scholastic’s graphic novel imprint, Graphix, in 2005.

Smith’s other award-winning and acclaimed comics include SHAZAM! The Monster Society of Evil, RASL, Little Mouse Gets Ready, BONE: Rose, and BONE: Tall Tales. Smith splits his time between Columbus and Key West with his wife and business partner, Vijaya Iyer, where he is working on his current project, TUKI.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for the BONE series:

New York Times Bestseller

USA Today Bestseller

TIME magazine Top Ten Graphic Novel

★ "This is first-class kid lit: exciting, funny, scary, and resonant enough that it will stick with readers for a long time." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review

"A true accomplishment. Not only is it a terrific graphic-novel series, but it's a superb example of storytelling." -- School Library Journal

"BONE is storytelling at its best, full of endearing, flawed characters whose adventures run the gamut from hilarious whimsy to thrilling drama." -- Entertainment Weekly

"Spectacular." -- SPIN magazine

From the Publisher

Fone and Smiley Bone just want to return a cute little ratlike cub to the mountains; but in the world of Bone, even a simple goodwill mission turns into a heap of trouble, which in this case arrives in the fearsome form of Rock Jaw, self-appointed master of the Eastern Border. A graphic novel series with legs -- and laughs.