Jack Frost: The End Becomes the Beginning (5) (The Guardians) Paperback – September 15, 2020

The main story is poignant, tender, and exciting, and the ending – very satisfying - may bring a happy tear. Author Joyce is a great storyteller and he shares some wonderful thoughts, one of the best being a description of the power of a story. (The villain can’t stand this fact, but it’s quite true.) And there are many other warm, inspiring thoughts in this book that make it special. Also, we see how Jack Frost becomes a leader as he comes to the rescue time and again, find out more about the mysterious pain in his hand, learn the history of his Twiner friend, and we see his Guardian friends join together with their unique talents to support him in what everyone hopes is a final battle.I recommend this book for 3rd through 5th grades, depending on the reader’s abilities. As a mom and librarian who hasn’t yet read the previous books in the series, I viewed this on its own merits. I can see kids avidly reading it and being eager to find out the ending. It contains suspense and danger and we see the power of good come forth in response. It is a little difficult getting through the first part of the book with all the lengthy descriptions and backstories of the other Guardians. I think it wasn’t necessary to provide descriptions of so many characters and events from previous books; this story can stand on its own easily. The white font on black pages in the center of the book will be appealing to kids, although a little harder to read than black on white. Finally, Joyce is quite multi-talented, as his drawings are creative and add much to the story. This is one of the better books for elementary school ages, and – parents – your kids will want to come back for more.

This is a great ending for the series of books. I'm so glad that I enjoyed reading them. The movie was good but the stories were better in my opinion.

This book concludes the series nicely. However, if you seen the movie, don’t compare. The book ties all the series together and end it very nicely. You’ve followed the development of Jack Frost since the first book. His character development is the most interesting of all the charactersThe drawings are crisp and tie the story nicely. The writing is crisp and on point.

I had no idea The Guardian series even existed. I was introduced to it by watching The Rise of the Guardians on Netflix. I fell in love with Jack. As far as I can tell, most of his story is covered in this volume. But just to be sure, I have purchased the other four, just in case I missed something. Volume 5 does bring the series to a satisfying ending. At least for me. Thanks to William Joyce we have a book that tells a story that can be read each Christmas as part of season's celebration. I definitely recommend it, for all who are children at heart. A book for all ages.

I enjoyed the previous four books in The Guardians, so I was excited to see that the fifth installment finally came out. The story, like all the ones in this series, is charming. Other reviews have already mentioned almost everything I could think to say about it, so I have nothing to add there except that I didn't really care for the idea of Nightlight becoming Jack Frost. I personally would have preferred for them to stay separate characters to maybe tie in with the Rise of the Guardians movie better, but I guess the concept works well enough in the book, so whatever. Anyway, I can usually finish one of these novels within a day or two, so they aren't long, but I find them to be the perfect length. My main gripe with the book itself is that the cover art does not match with the rest of the books. Which is a shame, because the art style of the others is lovely and true to the actual illustrations in the books.Despite my nitpicks, Jack Frost: The End Becomes the Beginning is a satisfying conclusion to The Guardians series and a fine book in its own right.

I had actually been waiting for this one to come out lol. Personally I'm a bit sad that the cover isn't in the same style as the others, its in the movie's style rather than the original art, but the rest of it is really good.

I was very happy when I saw the final book of the Guardians series finally came out, and I re-read the four previous Guardian books to refresh myself on the story. I have to admit, for the first half of this book, I was not happy. Not to spoil the plot, but there's a significant amount of time between the end of the Sandman book and the beginning of this book. I was confused and displeased, but I hung in there and everything wraps together beautifully. I ended up loving the book. It's a wonderful ending to a lovely series.

A perfect ending to a great series. The continuous waiting for it to be released was worth it. Mr. Joyce did an excellent job writing this book, as well as the other Guardians books.

Eu amei. Só para enfatizar, essa edição não vem com orelhas e a capa é simples e sem relevo, não é igual a versão brasileira da ROCCO.

Book had a small black marker on the bottom of the pages, similar to what library's do but I bought it used so I was expecting something, aside from that the book is in really good condition, no bent pages, no rips or tares and is surprisingly the biggest book in the set so I'm excited to start reading it.

Lo que me gusto de el libro: la historia, los personajes, el mensaje que transmite y que lo puede leer toda la familia.El diseño es del libro precioso y el cierre perfecto de una saga de libros espectacular.Viene con muchos dibujos que mejoran la lectura para los niños.Lo recomiendo para aquellos que gustan de leer historias llenas de fantasía y aventura, y de la emoción de ser niños.

My 9 year old daughter absolutely loves this collection. Very well written and full of imagination. Well worth getting especially if you’re a fan of Rise of the Guardians like we are.

Beautiful book and book cover, I love the black part inside the book