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Stones is a young-adult novel by the Canadian author William E. Bell centred on the stoning of a black Haitian woman in Orillia, Ontario in the 19th century. The novel, narrated by the teenage character Garnet Havelock, explores the themes of Read More..

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Description	Stones is a young-adult novel by the Canadian author William E. Bell centred on the stoning of a black Haitian woman in Orillia, Ontario in the 19th century. 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.The book has been positively reviewed as accessible and highly involving, and appealing to a wide age of readers, as well as being a suspenseful, absorbing read. On the other hand, the novel has been criticised for having "not nearly enough of the ineffable spirit of a truly haunting ghost story".The novel won the Young Canadian Book Award in 2002.
Description	Stones is a young-adult novel by the Canadian author William E. Bell centred on the stoning of a black Haitian woman in Orillia, Ontario in the 19th century. 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.The book has been positively reviewed as accessible and highly involving, and appealing to a wide age of readers, as well as being a suspenseful, absorbing read. On the other hand, the novel has been criticised for having "not nearly enough of the ineffable spirit of a truly haunting ghost story".The novel won the Young Canadian Book Award in 2002.

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Name	Stones
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Authors	William E. Bell
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Genre	Young-adult fiction
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Language	English
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Country	Canada
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Media_type	Print (Paperback)
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Isbn	978-0-7704-2875-4
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Publisher	Seal Books
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Pub_date	2001
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Release_date	2001
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