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Crossing Stones

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By Helen Frost
Publisher Farrar, Straus Giroux - (Farrar, Straus Giroux (BYR))
Crossing Stones
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Maybe you wont rock a cradle, Muriel. Some women seem to prefer to rock the boat. Eighteenyearold Muriel Jorgensen lives on one side of Crabapple Creek. Her familys 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 Normanwho Muriel is just beginning to think might be more than a friendhas 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 Franks sister, Emma, she becomes more and more fascinated by the womens 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? Written in beautifully structured verse, 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.

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24124 words24,124 words
192 pages192 pages
Lexile 820LLexile 820L
Grade 7 to H+Grade 7 to H+
Age 12-18Age 12-18
Published 2009Published 2009

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Book ISBN:

9780374316532

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