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Description edit
A city has many lives and layers. London has more than most. Not all the layers are underground, and not all the lives belong to the living. Twelve-year-old George Chapman is about to find this out the hard way. When, in a tiny act of rebellion, George breaks the head from a stone dragon... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- George: Main Character in the book. He did something to upset the taints(non-human statues and sculptures) and is thus thrown into another world.
- Gunner: The first Spit(human statues) that George meets. He helps enlighten George to this new world and saves him from multiple taints.
- Edie: A girl that appears and starts following George around. At first she is annoying and bugs George and Gunner but later on she proves useful. She is also a kind of person called a glint, thought to be extinct.
- Walker: A "Wierded" or a person who offended the stone and is doomed to walk forever. He is the main antagonist in the story.
- Fusilier: A statue based on a soldier from World War I
- Simon: Add a description of this character.
- Raven: A immortal bird whose real name is Memory. Is able to hover and defy laws of physics. Was a partner to the Walker.
- Chapman
- Killingbeck: The hell-bent teacher whose main intent is making George Chapmans school life hell.
- Jagger
- Cleopatra
Quotes edit
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“'Ooooh!' came another squeal. 'What a tosh! He's a... well, I don't rightly know what he is, but he's not a canny thing is he? Not run of the mill, so to speak. Why, I wouldn't---'”
Tagedy -
“'SILENCE YOU IMP!'”
The Monk -
“'Cheerio, cock. Always say beef should be well hung, don't they?'”
The Gunner
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
George never spent any time wondering why he wanted to belong.
Table of Contents edit
1. Belly of the Whale and the Monkey's Teeth
2. The Horror
3. Old Running
4. The Gunner
5. Caged Heat
6. The Choice
7. Parking
8. The Cat on the Roof
9. Parked Up
10. Higher Ground
11. Running on Shingle
12. The Riddle of the Sphinxes
13. How a Stone Weeps
14. The One Who Walks Behind
15. A Man Called Dictionary
16. The Dragon at the Bar
17. Single Handed
18. The Walker in the Circle
19. Going Home
20. A Wolf in the Night
21. Uninvited Guests
22. The Gunner Alone
23. Mudlark and Frost Fair
24. Rough Edges
25. George in Charge
26. Going Underground
27. The Dark Shaveling
28. A Flick of the Wrist
29. Marker's Mark
30. Dead in the Water
31. Little Tragedy
32. No Man's Land
33. The Way Marked
34. The Man of Many Parts
35. The Impossible Door
36. Cold as Hell
37. Telling the Time
38. The Dead Statue
39. A Day to Repair
40. Absent Friends
41. As the Crow Flies
42. After Pudding
43. Behind Edie
44. Old Friends, new Betrayals
45. Don't Blink
46. Walker's Deal
47. The Bull's Roar
48.Time to Go
49. The Hands of the Minotaur
50. London Labyrinth
51. The Bull and the Bullet
52. Death From Above
53. Black Tower
54. Tempered Steel
55. London Stone
56. Sacrafice
Glossary edit
- Glint: Someone who can see the past by touching certain objects
- Taint: A statue that was not moduled after someone. They are constantly trying to fill the emptiness within them. They are also the enemies of the Spits, and the servants of the antagonists in the story
- Spit: A statue that was built to represent a person. They are companions to the protagonists in the story, and the enemies of the taints.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 3 in The Stoneheart Trilogy. (standard series)
Followed by Ironhand.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Charlie Fletcher (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 978-142310176-5
Page Count: 450
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 978-142310176-5
Page Count: 450
Awards edit
- Branford Boase Award (Finalist, 2007: novel for young people)
- Guardian Award (Finalist, 2007, Longlist)
Subjects edit
- Books › Children's Books › Literature › Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror › Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
- Books › Children's Books › Literature › Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths › Dragons
- Books › Children's Books › Literature › Action & Adventure
- Books › Children's Books › Ages 9-12
- Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Contemporary
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