The Dream of the Stone

Author: Christina Askounis
Publisher: Atheneum, April 2007
ISBN-10: 1-4169-3568-1
ISBN-13: 978-1-4169-3568-1
Ages: 12 and up
Grades: 7 and up
Hardcover (Simultaneous), 304 pages $17.99/Trade paper $8.99

One snowy night, a state trooper arrives with shattering news for Sarah Lucas, and nothing will ever be the same.

Forced to live with relatives, Sarah awaits word from her brother Sam, a scientific genius working for a secretive institute. Then Sam disappears and a stone with mysterious powers turns up in the mail. And Sarah realizes she is being followed.

The Dream of the Stone is "A first-rate fantasy, well-paced, full of magic, mystery, and invention" (Publishers Weekly).

Madeleine L'Engle praised it as " . . . a fantasy with a depth and richness seldom found in a book for young readers."

But I cherish most the responses from the many readers who say simply: "I loved it!"