One of the most gripping and exciting fantasies I've read this year, Stoneheart tells the story of George, a schoolboy in London England. When George accidentally breaks off a carved stone dragon's head at the museum, he is propelled into an alternate London, where statues come to life in the streets. George quickly finds that statues in human form are called spits; they can be friendly, if prone to trickery. But taints, statues with animal or monster forms, are always evil, and seek to kill George or use him for their own ends.
George must survive the night, and return the dragon head to the heart of London if he is to return to his former life. He has only the Gunner, and old World War I spit, and Edie, a strange girl who attracts trouble, to help him. And at the end, George must decide whether to abandon his friends in return for safe passage, or to join the war that is raging between the spits and the taints.
Watch for the sequel, Ironhand, in the library now!
Fantasy
Grades 5-10
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