Many Stones by Carolyn Coman
A father and daughter confront each other and their own wounds in a land of loss and reconciliation. HONORS Trudi Birger Prize Honor Book Tayshas High School Reading List -Texas Library Association Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book National Book Award Finalist ALA Best Books for Young Adults Top Choice List -Children's Literature CBC Choices Editors' Choice Top of the List -Booklist Lasting Connections -Book Links SLJ Best Books Books for the Teen Age -NYPL Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist Editor's Hardcover Fiction Choice List -KLIAT REVIEWS Coman has deftly woven together the themes of death, grieving, and reconciliation through the characters and setting of this emotionally elegant novel. -School Library Journal In plain words, as hard as stones, this small, riveting book connects the anguish in one family with the struggle of a country to come to terms with its savage past. -Booklist It's an uplifting tale: harsh, complex, but lit at the end by a promise of reconciliation. -Kirkus Reviews You read this small book in one breathless rush to the end, then go back and back again and find more to think about each time. -New York Times Book Review There is gripping writing here, from the lightning-quick portraits of passing players to the descriptions of South Africa to the convincingly clipped conversations between daughter and father. And most important, the protagonist's emotional complexities seem uncannily true to life. -Publishers Weekly R Coman etches with telling clarity Berry's stormy ambivalence, delicately and deliberately picking out the authentic adolescent hypervigilance. Recommended. -Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books A deeply moving story. -Financial Times (London)
Coman, Carolyn: -
Carolyn Coman has been writing books for children and teaching writing for more than twenty years. Her books include What Jamie Saw, Many Stones, The Big House, and her latest, The Memory Bank, a graphic storybook created with artist Rob Shepperson.
Carolyn received her bachelor's degree in writing from Hampshire College and is a National Book Award Finalist and Newbury Honor winner for What Jamie Saw. She currently teaches the Whole Novel Workshop (offered through the Highlights Foundation) to emerging novelists. She also visits classrooms to discuss her books with students.
Before becoming a full-time writer and teacher, Carolyn worked as a hand bookbinder and editor.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780142301487 |
| ISBN 10 | 0142301485 |
| Title | Many Stones |
| Author | Carolyn Coman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Puffin Books |
| Year published | 2002-06-10 |
| Number of pages | 158 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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