The book cover for Crossing Stones is a bright and colorfully illustrated. It depicts a young woman holding a large suffrage flag against a purple, yellow, orange, and red sky. Below her are four young people, two boys and two girls holding hands in a single line as they use stepping stones to cross a body of water. The first boy wears a WWI soldier's uniform.
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Crossing Stones

$21.50

Description

By Helen Frost
Paperback

Written in beautifully structured verse, Helen Frost's Crossing Stones captures nine months in the lives of two resilient families struggling to stay together and cross carefully, stone by stone, into a changing world.

Maybe you won't rock a cradle, Muriel.
Some women seem to prefer to rock the boat.

Eighteen-year-old Muriel Jorgensen lives on one side of Crabapple Creek. Her family's closest friends, the Normans, live on the other. For as long as Muriel can remember, the families' lives have been intertwined, connected by the crossing stones that span the water. But now that Frank Norman―who Muriel is just beginning to think might be more than a friend―has enlisted to fight in World War I and her brother, Ollie, has lied about his age to join him, the future is uncertain.

As Muriel tends to things at home with the help of Frank's sister, Emma, she becomes more and more fascinated by the women's suffrage movement, but she is surrounded by people who advise her to keep her opinions to herself. How can she find a way to care for those she loves while still remaining true to who she is?

Dimensions:

6.15 x 0.44 x 9.05 inches

Reading age:

12-17 years

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