Stones
AuthorWilliam E. Bell
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
GenreYoung adult fiction
PublisherSeal Books
Publication date
2001
Media typePrint (Paperback)
ISBN978-0-7704-2875-4

Stones is a young adult novel by the Canadian author William E. Bell centred on the stoning of a Haitian woman in Orillia, Ontario in the 19th century.[1] The novel, narrated by the teenage character Garnet Havelock, explores the themes of racism, religious intolerance and the debate between scientific reason and religious faith.[1]

The book has been positively reviewed as accessible and highly involving, and appealing to a wide age of readers,[2] as well as being a suspenseful, absorbing read.[1] On the other hand, the novel has been criticised for having "not nearly enough of the ineffable spirit of a truly haunting ghost story".[1]

The novel won the Young Adult Book Award in 2002.[3]

A sequel to this novel, Fanatics, was published in 2011.[4]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Posesorski, Sherie (2001). "Review of Stones by William Bell". Quill & Quire. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  2. ↑ Fraser, Betsy (19 October 2001). "Stones". CM Magazine. The Manitoba Library Association. VIII (4). Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "Young Adult Canadian Book Award". Canadian Library Association. 16 July 2002. Archived from the original on 8 September 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "Fanatics (Garnet and Raphaella, #2)".

References

"Stones by William Bell". Random House. Retrieved 14 January 2010.

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