Tombquest #4 Stone Warriors

Tombquest : #4 Stone Warriors
ISBN: 9781760150402
Publication Date: 1 January 2016

The tombs are opening .... Nothing can save Alex Sennefer's life. That's what all the doctors say, but his mother knows it's not sure. She knows that the Lost Spells of the Eqyptian Book of the Dead can pull her son back from the brink. the problem When she uses the spells, five Death Walkers are also brought back to life. An ancient evil has been unleashed. Long-dead mummies are awakening. New York City is overrun by menacing scorpions. And worst of all for Alex, his mum and the Lost Spells have both disappeared. He and his best friend, Ren, will do anything to find his mum and save the world ... even if they have to go head-to-head with a Death Walker who has been plotting his revenge for 3000 years. Some tombs were meant to stay closed...

About the Author

Michael Northrop is the New York Times bestselling author of Scholastic's new multi-platform series, TombQuest. His first young adult novel, Gentlemen, earned him a Publishers Weekly Flying Start citation, and his second, Trapped, was an Indie Next List selection. His first middle-grade novel, Plunked, was named one of the best children's books of the year by the New York Public Library and was selected for NPR's Backseat Book Club. He is originally from Salisbury, Connecticut, a small town in the foothills of the Berkshire mountains, where he mastered the arts of BB gun shooting, tree climbing, and field goal kicking with only moderate injuries. After graduating from NYU, he worked at Sports Illustrated Kids magazine for 12 years, the last five of those as baseball editor.