Loyal Defender

Ahhhhh, this series is so gooooood!  I'd recently gotten into the Amulet series, and my GOD, is it glorious! Basically, this girl named Emily Hayes moves into a new house with her mom and young brother two years after their dad dies in a vehicle accident. In the house's rooms, she finds a mysterious Amulet, and has a job known as being a Stonekeeper.

The house belongs to their great grandfather, Silas Charnon, who disappeared from the house one day. Emily and Navin go after a tentacled creature who kidnapped their mother on their first night, and in the first book, go on a  journey to save her.

This series is like the Daring Do series! Undeniably, unquestionably, un-put-down-able!