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A Single Stone


School year: Lower 6th, Upper 6th, Year 10, Year 11, Year 8, Year 9

No. of pages 272

Published: 2016

Great for age 6-17 years

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A beautifully crafted dystopian novel from award-winning author Meg McKinlay.A thought-provoking and challenging middle grade novel about an isolated society rocked by the consequences of a tiny discovery.Jena is the leader of the line, a job every girl in the village dreams of. Watched over by the Mothers as one of the chosen seven, years spent denying herself food and wrapping her limbs have paid off. She is small enough to tunnel into the mountain and gather the harvest, risking her life with each mission. This has always been the way of things, but change is coming. When her suspicions begin to heighten, Jena starts to question things and the boundaries of her world shift irrevocably.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

There are 272 pages in this book. This book was published in 2016 by Walker Books Ltd .

Meg McKinlay, the award-winning author of Surface Tension, divides her time between teaching and writing, a balance that swings wildly between chaos and calm. She lives near the ocean in Fremantle, Australia. Visit Meg at www. megmckinlay. com and on Twitter @MegMcKinlay

 

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Western Australian Premier's Book Award
This book was recognised by the Western Australian Premier's Book Award.

Adelaide Festival Award - Fiction YA
This book was recognised in the Fiction YA category of the Adelaide Festival Award.

Queensland Literary Children's Book Award
This book was recognised by the Queensland Literary Children's Book Award.

Aurealis Book Award - Children's Bibliography
This book was recognised in the Children's Bibliography category of the Aurealis Book Award . The Aurealis Awards are annual literary awards in Australia that recognize excellence in speculative fiction across various categories, including science fiction, fantasy, and horror. One of the categories is Best Young Adult Novel, which honors outstanding works of speculative fiction aimed at young adult readers. The Aurealis Awards are administered by the Western Australian Science Fiction Foundation (WASFF) and are judged by panels of literary professionals, including authors, editors, and critics.

... engaging, beautifully written novel that manages to pose big questions about gender and power, and thoroughly entertain. This is a quietly powerful, polished story ... FOUR STARS -- Frances Atkinson * Books + Publishing *

 

The book's beautiful cover gave me goosebumps. -- Readings * Readings *

 

Wonderful. Highly recommended for readers of 13+ -- Books in Print * Books in Print *

 

I can highly recommend this book. It takes a brave soul to question the status quo. -- ReadPlus * ReadPlus *

 

After reading several fast-paced and adrenaline-driven novels recently, the steady, thoughtful unfolding of A Single Stone was refreshing. -- Susan Whelan * Kids' Book Review *

 

`A Single Stone' is everything I want in book for our young people: beautifully haunting writing; each word carefully considered; a melodic rhythm to the story; and issues so varied and vast that young minds are set alight with imaginings and then burn slow with questions and gathered wisdom. -- Megan Daley * Children's Books Daily *

 

A haunting story -- Sue Baxalle * New Zealand Herald *