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Still Sal
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Novels1992
Words of Stone
Kevin Henkes
Blaze Werla is having a typical summer. He lives in the country and spends his days alone, wandering around the hill beside his home. Then the message appears on the side of the hill. And Blaze’s summer suddenly takes a turn toward the mysterious. . . .
Purchases via HarperCollins · official publisher of Kevin Henkes’s books
Awards & recognition
- ALA Notable Children’s Book Horn Book Fanfare Publishers Weekly Best Book School Library Journal Best Book New York Public Library’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing American Booksellers Association “Pick of the Lists” Library of Congress Children’s Book of the Year Elizabeth Burr Award (Wisconsin)
What the critics said
praise from the pages of the reviews
“An outstanding book, one of the year’s best.”— Kirkus Reviews”
“The ending is one of the most satisfying in recent literature. A beautifully written, rich, and tender novel.”— The Horn Book (starred review)”
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