Tone and Mood

In The Revenge of the Shadow King, I think one mood would be unfortunate. I think this because  many of the creatures that are stored in the book don't benefit Max or they don't benefit the environment. And only a couple of the creatures, such as that spriggan, actually pay back Max for releasing him, while others pay him back in destruction. One quote that supports the mood is," Then, as he was just about to give up, something soft brushed up against him. It was his backpack, floating in the torrent. With what little strength remained, Max pulled it close and curled his arm around the bag. But it didn't matter. That was the last thing he remembered"(Benz 56). Max, shortly after fell out through a waterfall, which was very unfortunate. Luckily, the spriggan was there to save Max by putting him into a tree, using his powers and that might be how the spriggan pays Max back.

I think the tone would be mysterious and suspicious because when Max is trying to find the book back that Harley had hid, Max can't tell whether noises are nature or mysterious creatures. A quote to support this would be," Max stepped one way, then another. The shadow mimicked him. Max jumped. It jumped as well. Then to his horror, Max noticed that every place the shadow had fallen, the grass lay withered and brown"(Benz 60). This shows the horrors that is probably going through Max's mind. He doesn't know if it's a friendly creature either. A particular moment where Max swayed the belief of others was after when Harley thought too many fantasies from the book was coming to life that he hid the book. Max had to try and convince Harley to calm down and give back the book so that they could fix this and understand what's happening. Max's suspicious tone impacted his persuasiveness by reasoning with Harley and thinking logically, asking many questions, before he would had done something stupid, like destroyed or hid the book. Max was unsuccessful however, Harley did hide the book somewhere he doesn't know so he'll need to search for it.