title: Bones: Skeletons and How They Work
author:  Steve Jenkins 
description: Starred Review. Grade 3-6 From the life-sized human skull grinning out from the brick-red cover to a complete skeleton waving goodbye from a gatefold late in the book, bones are given an entertaining and fresh treatment. Beginning with the opening spread of life-sized animal bones, human bones are quantified and qualified. Hands, feet, femurs, ribs, spine, and skull are shown and compared to other species. Symmetry and joints as well as adaptations for survival are introduced. Humor abounds in the illustrations as well as in subheadings such as, That's a Handful, Big Foot, and Head Case. Readers will be lured in by interactive touches like What bone is this? and the Some Assembly Required spread with all 206 adult human bones unlabeled and grouped by body area. Displayed against a navy-blue background, the spread opens to the burnt sienna gatefold mentioned above. Two additional gatefolds include a small python (200 ribs) and a collection of skulls. Jenkins's characteristic cut-paper collages in mottled creams and grays are perfectly suited to the topic and contrasted against solid jewel-tone, full-bleed backgrounds. The precise and scaled representations (many life size) are clearly labeled. Text, other than an opening page, is limited and supports the highly visual and sophisticated treatment. A More About Bones spread completes the book with a hodgepodge of fascinating facts. With applications that range from anatomy to evolution and mathematics, this book will find a place in every collection. <i>Carol S. Surges, McKinley Elementary School, Wauwatosa, WI</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  ### ACT 01: Deimos’ Profession?  
  
  
  
  
  
  The player’s pet ‘Deimos’ has reconstructed all the parts of his body!
  
  
  
  
  
  Usually the undead is formed because of a strong grudge or a curse. These are
  the sources of their power, making them jealous of the living. The undead
  cannot live anywhere because of that hostility. Unfortunately, Deimos’
  evolution wasn’t completed because of the roughly assembled body made of cheap
  bones. But now it can be exchanged for 208 bones and the ‘Perfect Skull.’
  
  
  
  
  
  Now that all the parts are fused together and is optimized to fit the body,
  Deimos will get a chance for a new evolution.
  
  
  
  
  
  ‘Roughly assembled? Cheap bones?’
  
  
  
  
  
  Ark’s face distorted oddly.There was the old saying that said people should
  not bite at sore fingers. Ark also felt that way about his pets. He had
  lovingly cared for his pets. He gave them good food and built them a body.
  Educated them and treated them like his children…….
  
  
  
  
  
  But even though he treated them well, his children didn