Bone Out from Boneville

If it isn't our favourite comic book character. Bone. As the first book of the Bone series, it starts off with the three Bones: Phoney Bone, Smiley Bone, and Fone Bone, getting stuck in a desert. Fun. We can safely say it all started when Phoney Bone is run out of Boneville and the three cousins seek refuge in the desert. Great place. Not water, plenty of sun, no shade what so ever. Not to mention that it never seems to end. However, when they finally get to a deep, forested valley where Grandma Ben and Thorn live, they seem to be saved. Yet in every place, there's something. And here, dangerous rat creatures haunt this valley and there is always more than one way to get caught and killed. Also, as Phoney Bone is apparently wanted by the enemy (Kingdok, his minions, and the Hooded One), the Bones have a lot on their mind to think about. They have to run away from countless amounts of dangers, all the while Phoney is brewing up more trouble. Yet in one way, Grandma Ben, Thorn, Phoney, Smiley, and Fone are one tight family- they care for each other and they try to make it better for one another. Even when they are all nearly killed again and again by Phoney's schemes, they never stop caring for one another!

Phoney Bone is the trouble maker of the group. Constantly looking for things to get money off of, Phoney is always on the loose.

Smiley Bone always has on a huge smile, with a carefree air around him. If anyone acts stupid, it's Smiley.

Fone Bone is our main character. With a certain crush for Thorn, he has a severe sense of what's wrong and right. He likes to stand up for himself and his friends.

Thorn is a strong figure and one everyone wants to be friends with. Especially Fone Bone.

Grandma Ben takes care of everyone, from the three troublesome Bone cousins, to Thorn. She's the mother hen in this equation.

Jeff Smith creates a whole new world of the Bones and their fight to get back home. Will they make it? Don't miss the next books! Jeff Smith is an excellent weaver of both a story, and an excellent drawer. His drawing come to life on the page, with an equally artistic plot to follow!

*** I give this book a 9.8 out of 10***

"You were th' richest bone in Boneville! An' it was your money-grubbin' schemes that got us into this mess, remember?" (Fone Bone)

"Do you have to keep bringing that up?! So I got us run out of Boneville, and a lynch mob chased us for two weeks! Jeez! One little mistake and I gotta hear about it th' rest of my life?!" (Phoney)

"Maybe you'll think twice next time before you build an ORPHANAGE on a HAZARDOUS LANDFILL!!" (Fone)

"What is wrong with that?! That's two community services rolled into one!! It was th' ULTIMATE TAX SHELTER!" (Phoney)

"You never learn, do you?" (Fone)

" I shoulda stuck with my first idea!" (Phoney)

"What? Combining a slaughterhouse with a petting zoo?! Oh, yeah! That was brilliant!" (Fone)

"AHH! What do you know?" (Phoney)