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Supernova
Supernova
Author Kazu Kibuishi
Publisher Scholastic
Publication Date September 25, 2018
Number of Pages 198
Series Guide
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Firelight
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Waverider

Supernova is the eighth and penultimate installment in the Amulet series. The book was published by Scholastic on September 25th, 2018

Overview[]

"Emily has lost control of her Amulet and is imprisoned in the Void, where she must find a way to escape the influence of the Voice. Meanwhile, Emily's brother, Navin, travels to Lighthouse One, a space station where the Resistance is preparing to battle the approaching Shadow forces that would drain planet Alledia of all its resources. Emily and Navin must be smarter and stronger than ever to ensure Alledia's survival."

Book Description[]

Emily has lost control of her Amulet and is imprisoned in the Void, where she must find a way to escape the influence of the Voice. Meanwhile, Emily's brother, Navin, travels to Lighthouse One, a space station where the Resistance is preparing to battle the approaching Shadow forces that would drain planet Alledia of all its resources. Emily and Navin must be smarter and stronger than ever to ensure Aledia's survival.

Insights[]

Work started on 4/2, for details, please look at Firelight

The novel starts with Trellis, who is in one of his past memories. On a snowy mountain, Trellis finds an old lady with a lantern, glowing bright red. Trellis states that he is lost, and the old lady replies that "sometimes it takes getting a little lost to recognize a path". Soon, the two reach a shack. Inside, Trellis finds two elves, one being him during his childhood and another being his mother, frozen to death. After this, the old lady tells Trellis to leave the memory. Trellis asks, "Will I see you again", and the lady cryptically says, "sooner than you will expect." After this, Trellis awakes.

The keen-eyed reader may already recognize that the old lady is none other than Emily, given her red lantern and red hood, each representing her Amulet and red hair respectively. Inside, Trellis realizes the little boy is himself, and that this memory was stolen from him as the the king wanted him to forget this. With the knowledge the old lady is indeed Emily, her saying that she will see Trellis soon foreshadows that Emily will regain control of her stone soon.

Trellis awakes from his slumber, and it is revealed that he is in Ippo. The Elf Army is incoming, and it is Trellis's responsibility to meet them, most likely in battle. In preparation for the looming battle, the occupants of the Charnon House start taking in the women and children of the city, although those efforts only create panic. A little child named Patrick realizes this, and under the orders of Riva, tries to coax the people out of the house. However, these plans are ultimately put to no use, as Logi, along with the rest of the Elf Army surrender in the woods nearby. That night, during the party celebrating the victory, Vigo arrives at the prison to question Logi, who presents Vigo a "gift".

During this section, one of the characters who appears is Patrick. Patrick bears a striking resemblance to Emily, as well as the two sharing many character traits. In a moment without Emily, the presence of Patrick poses as a creative decision for Kibuishi to make, with Patrick essentially playing Emily's role for this section of the novel. Meanwhile, Logi has several interesting pieces of dialogue, the first of which was when he said "The war is a fight between Stonekeepers, after all. The rest of us are simply pawns in your game". This quote is quite ironic, as it is as far from the truth as it could get, being that the Stonekeepers are the pawns of Ikol and his masters. Furthermore, during his interrogation, Logi says the following: "She is very much in control, Master Vigo". This, along with the heavy foreshadowing seen in Firelight further suggests that Emily's loss of control was planned.

At the end of the Interrogation, Logi presents the "gift", stating that it is pathway into the void. Vigo immediately orders the guards out, realizing its danger. Logi attempts to hold on to the object, buying Vigo some time to escape. Moments later, the item explodes, blowing a hole into the side of the prison and releasing Emily, still trapped in phoenix form.

Trellis tries to help Vigo with a bubble shield but is easily countered as Trellis is sent flying back through a window. After a brief attack, and trapping someone's father under wood, the son tries to pull him out, but cannot, until he is saved by the Phoenix of Emily, after the resemblance of her failing to save her father. The 2 immediately run out, and Vigo questions the location of Emily, as Emily flies out.

Then, it shifts to the spacecraft that was launched in the end of Firelight.

Navin's mom is shown waking up after hearing brief calls from presumabley Emily, but she was hallucinating. After a bit, Navin and Aly wake up to go get ready to get off at Lighthouse One, but they enter a detoxifiation or a UV chamber. They are met with Bento, who is from a city named "Doonya" and Flon, who is from Kodora. After some rather friendly interactions, the detoxification completes, and they are welcomed onto Lighthouse One. They are met with Jaidoh, the leader of their S.A.M Unit. Jaidoh asks to see if the robots (Pil and Miskit) are secure. After Pil retalitiates, he is immediately hacked and starts dancing. Miskit then tells Jaidoh that he was made by Silas, so Jaidoh does not attempt to hack. They enter the S.A.M unit and are met with Cody, the technical driver. After that, they go to Bronxon and Toob and immediately start putting on gear, such as helmets from a Proteck Silkworm.

"I know what you're going to face out there. I hope your masters have taught you well."

-Toob

A brief interaction after Jaidoh discovers that Leon is not a fox is shown. He says that it was a curse given to many on Alledia. Jaidoh questions his intentions, but then it ends with this:

"I will fight for peace."

Then after the launching into Typhon and some basic asignments, they realize that they must retrieve Gadoba saplings from a farm, and Aly and Navin decide to go.

After arriving at Daikon Ranch, they are met with a friendly dog and Lucy Daikon. After a brief conversation, they go to meet the Gadoba Tress. They explain that they try to stem the tide of conflict but are often unsuccessful. After retrieving the saplings, they tell Jaidoh, who tells them to stay the night. They do. At the dinner table, Lucy and her mom discover that Navin's sister, Emily is a stonekeeper. After some brief conversation they head to sleep.

"You're a good person, and I appreciate that."

-Aly Hunter, presumably 2019

After that, they are waken up by Jaidoh and are told to rush down the mountains. After saying goodbye to Lucy, they head at a slow speed at first, but then are force to pick of the pace by Jaidoh, and eventually a Large Stonekeeper. They quickly reach the SAM unit who is flying because of how urgent it is. Miskit and Leon retrieve Aly and Navin via a drop down bungee-like pick up. Navin's mom is quite thankful that Navin is back and tells him "We need to stop doing this."

"Mom.. I don't think thats even an option."

-Navin Hayes

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