Stones (novel)

Stones is a young-adult novel by the Canadian author William E. Bell centred on the stoning of a black Haitian woman in Ontario in the 19th century.^[1] The novel, narrated by the teenage character Garnet Havelock, explores the themes of racism, religious intolerance and the debate between scientific reason and religious faith.^[1]

The book has been positively reviewed as accessible and highly involving, and appealing to a wide age of readers,^[2] as well as being a suspenseful, absorbing read.^[1] On the other hand, the novel has been criticised for having "not nearly enough of the ineffable spirit of a truly haunting ghost story".^[1]

The novel won the Young Canadian Book Award in 2002.^[3]

Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Posesorski, Sherie (2001). "Review of Stones by William Bell". Quill & Quire. http://www.quillandquire.com/books_young/review.cfm?review_id=2264. Retrieved 14 January 2010. 
2. ^ Fraser, Betsy (19 October 2001). "Stones.". CM Magazine (The Manitoba Library Association) VIII (4). http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/vol8/no4/stones.html. Retrieved 14 January 2010. 
3. ^ "Young Adult Canadian Book Award". Canadian Library Association. 16 July 2002. http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Young_Adult_Canadian_Book_Award&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=2504. Retrieved 14 January 2010. 

References

"Stones by William Bell". Random House. http://www.randomhouse.ca/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780770428754&view=print. Retrieved 14 January 2010.