Smith, J. (2005). Bone: Out From Boneville. New York, NY. GRAPHIX. 9780439706407; Paperback; $12.99 (also available in hardcover, e-book, and video)
Out From Boneville is the first of 9 books that tell the story of the Bone boys - Fone Bone and his cousins Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone as they find themselves outcasted from their hometown of Boneville into a desert where they are separated by a swarm of locusts. The story follows Fone Bone in his journey to locate his cousins and get back on the road to finding their way back home. Along the way, Fone Bone is chased by rat creatures who keep threatening to bake him in a quiche, protected by a red dragon who seems to only appear to him, and helped by a beautiful human girl named Thorn and her cow-racing Granny. Will Fone Bone and his cousins be reunited before the rat creatures get to practice their culinary skills on them? Will anyone ever believe Fone Bone about the big red dragon who keeps helping him? You’ll have to read the whole series to find out!
If you are more into watching than reading, there is a great animation up on YouTube.com that enacts the entire volume:
There is also a video game available through TellTale Games. Their website is: https://web.archive.org/web/20070304215937/http://www.telltalegames.com:80/bone?
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