Crossing Stones

Name: Crossing Stones
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Helen Frost
ISBN: 9781449836917

Author: Helen Frost

Narrator: Natalia Payne

Unabridged: 3 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/23/2010

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

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 the First World War, the future is uncertain. Muriel is opinionated about the war and women's suffrage, but she is surrounded by people who advise her to keep her opinions to herself. Now she must find a way to care for those she loves while becoming the person she is most truly meant to be. Written in beautifully structured verse by Printz Honor Book author Helen Frost, 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. "Unique and thoughtful perspectives on war, family, love and loss. Heartbreaking yet ultimately hopeful, this is one to savor."-Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Poignant . will hit home with contemporary teens."-Booklist, starred review "Engaging and convincing ."-Horn Book Magazine, starred review

Reviews

Goodreads review by Keertana

Rating: 3.5 Stars I've been on a bit of a verse novel binge lately, not to mention one of WWI (especially since I finished all three seasons of Downton Abbey in a record three and a half days!). Thus, it's almost not a surprise that I enjoyed this; it's merely a surprise that I enjoyed this as much a......more

Goodreads review by Katie

I had never read anything by Helen Frost before I requested this book on inter-library loan from my library system, but I knew she wrote novels in verse and that was the main reason I chose to read this book to begin with. And having finished Crossing Stones, the story of what happens to the childre......more

Goodreads review by Rachel

I LOVED this book. I loved the way it was written, the thoughts that Muriel had from her view point, and the many quotable quotes from this book. This is on the top of my list right now of one of my favorites. Muriel posts questions that are hard and the answers difficult to find/answer. This book i......more

Goodreads review by Elby

• Elby Wang • Frost, H. (2009). Crossing stones. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. • Genre: poetry • Format: print • Review: In 1917, Muriel Jorgensen, a 16 years old activist girl, is raised by a conservative family in new England. Muriel is opinionated against the war and shows her passion about t......more