Stone and Spark by Sibella Giorello

Stone and Spark by Sibella Giorello

During the worst week of her life, Raleigh Harmon discovers her destiny
Her best friend is a smart-mouthed genius girl named Drew LevinsonBut Drew is goneNowhere to be foundEverybody insists Drew ran awayBut Raleigh suspects something worse

Armed with one rock hammer, an encyclopedic knowledge of city criminal codes, and a stubborn streak wide as the Chesapeake Bay, Raleigh searches for clues

• Did Drew secretly meet somebody?
• Did her loony parents finally push her over the edge?
• Or is Raleigh's hunch dead-on: Drew didn't choose to leave

The first book in the best-selling Raleigh Harmon prequel mystery series, Stone and Spark introduces the girl who will grow up to become a forensic geologist and FBI agent--provided she survives her high school years

Praise for the Raleigh Harmon mystery series

Giorello has won the Christy Award and has received two Pulitzer Prize nominationsWhen you read this book, you'll see why
--Booklist, Starred Review

Read her for her wonderfully descriptive prose, her killer plots or her well-drawn characters, but read herYou'll come away enriched in deep and plentiful ways--The Richmond Times-Dispatch

Raleigh Harmon, a fifteen-year-old physics genius girl called Drew Levinson, finally conquers her worst fear--trespassing--and can't wait to tell her best friend, a smart-mouthed physics genius girl named Drew LevinsonOnly Drew's goneReally goneEverybody believes Drew went awayBut that only adds to Raleigh's suspicionsDrew Levinson is the least impulsive person she knowsArmed with her rock hammer and an Getting away from her insane parents Or is Raleigh's suspicion correct: her best friend didn't choose to leave?Stone and Spark is the first novel in the Raleigh Harmon mystery prequel series, introducing the girl who will go on to become a forensic geologist and FBI agent--assuming she makes it through high school.