The Doom Stone

by Paul Zindel

Book Overview

Jackson is always psyched to visit his aunt Sarah when she's working on an anthropological dig. This time she's in England, at Stonehenge, and Jackson can't wait to see the massive and mysterious stone formations in person. But then he witnesses a vicious attack on a young man, and another on his beloved aunt Sarah. A savage beast no one has ever seen before is on the prowl. Now it's up to Jackson and his new friend, Alma, a gravedigger's daughter,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786851511
• ISBN13: 9780786851515
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 173 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

This book rules!!!!!!!!!

This book is a very hard to put down horror story. This story is a very exiting book. I couldn't put it down ever.

One of the Best

Doomstone is about a young man named Jackson who loves to go with his Aunt Sarah to anthropological digs. This time he goes to England where she is studying Stonehenge. On his way there he witnesses an attack from a strange beast on a tourist, then later in the story his Aunt Sarah is bitten by the beast. The bite from the beast takes control of her mind. Meanwhile Jackson meets a girl named Alma who helps him try to stop the beast. I think that this is one of the best books I have ever read. There is always adventure and the urgeto keep reading even when I need to stop. I recommend this book to anyone who loves adventure books with mystery in them.

A good action packed horror/mystery book

In "The Doom Stone," fifteen-year-old Jackson goes to visit his aunt (Sarah Cawley) near Stonehenge in England. Dr. Cawley is an anthropologist who studies skeletons of humans who have been dead for centuries. Soon Jackson spots a strange looking creature that looks like a living skeleton with huge red eye sockets and with slime oozing out of its nose. The creature, called Skull Face, is on a killing spree and it's up to Dr. Cawley, Jackson, Alma (a girl who lives close to Stonehenge in a crematorium), and the police to try to find the monster's weakness and find a way to kill it.I've read a few of Paul Zindel's books, and I have to say that he is best at writing books like "The Doom Stone," "Loch," and "Rats." Of those 3, "The Doom Stone" is my least favorite, but it's still great. "The Doom Stone" is more of an action packed horror book and it lacks in plot at the end of the book a little bit. However, I still liked it a lot because it was action packed and it was hard to put the book down. If you like action packed horror books, I recommend reading "The Doom Stone."

An exciting thriller about a monster lurking in Stonehenge.

Fifteen-year-old Jackson is visting his aunt in England, while she does important research near Stonehenge. People are being savagely attacked by an unknown assailant, including his aunt, who barely survives and is now acting very strange. A glimpse of the attacker convinces Jackson it's a monster. Now he must provide proof to the millitary, who have taken over the situation. I highly reccomend this to horror fans; be forewarned, however, it is very gory.

I love this book I can't put it down!!!!!!!!

This book was terrfic! It's about a guy named Jackson who sees this monster killing someone on the way to his aunts. Then the aunt starts to search for this monster. Then the aunt gets bitten and its all up to Jackson to risk his life to find this monster. But the bite on the aunt gets worse and the monster starts to control the aunts mind and she's going crazy! Read this book its great!!!!!!!!!