Stone Voice Rising

By C. Lee Tocci

Book Overview

Lilibit can hear what the stones are whispering. She is meant to be the earth's new Stone Voice who will ultimately connect the planet with the universe. Her protector, a stone warrior, attempts to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0978653076
• ISBN13: 9780978653071
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Laurel Canyon Publishing
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Wow! I loved this book!

A delightful read that comes alive. Friends that stay in your mind. Creative and fun premise. A great blend of beliefs and traditions into one amazing story. Fresh and new.

Wow! JK Rowling watch out.

Brilliant, mythic, real, strong, quick paced, solid characters, solid villains in a world that sits next to our own. Read this book and I was blown away at the vision and the mythology pouring from every page. I want more of these characters, I want to meet the other mythical beings that walk along next to us and I want my own stone to enhance my natural talents. This book touches on real world problems of children being abandoned by everyone, but finding love, friendship, and self-confidence that can only come from relying on one another. This is a new voice to be reckoned with. Got to go, I think I heard my boulder calling ;)

Great fantasy for readers of all ages

As an adult (age 59) fantasy fan, I am frequently and pleasantly surprised at the wonderful books on the YA shelf. This is such a lovely story, it deserves to be read by fantasy lovers of all ages. Lilibit can talk to stones. This is critically important to the survival of all living things, because without a Voice, the Earth will die. Lilibit is stolen by The Enemy, an evil being currently using the name Syxx (though he has had many other names in the past, some of which you will recognize). Through a convoluted set of circumstances, Lilibit ends up in a state-run foster home with 6 other children, each of whom has been discarded by society, though each of them has special talents that are critically needed in the fight against evil. The children escape and start a long journey towards distant mountains, in search of a Native American village named Kiva, where Lilibit will be taught, nurtured, and revered. This is a lovely story really. I recommend it highly, read it an enjoy it!

Excellent

All I can really say is wow! Ok, so I'll be honest I picked this one because of the cover art, and I'll admitt that the first few chapters didn't do much for me. but I hate giving up on a book once I've started, so I kept reading. I'm so glad I did. I ended up enjoying Stone Voice Rising immensely. Well developed, character driven and highly visual. Stone Voice Rising draws you in and keeps you there. Turing the pages and caring about the characters. Lilibit can hear what the stones are whispering. She is meant to be the earth's new Stone Voice who will ultimately connect the planet with the universe. Her protector, a stone warrior, attempts to take her to the place called Kiva to fulfill her destiny--but they are intercepted by Syxx, an evil entity devoted to finding the source of Lilibit's power. Lilibit ends up at a group home for unwanted children, damaged and near death. But she recovers and journeys to Kiva with the other children, bestowing upon them the stones that allow them to embrace their own powers, fight Syxx's minions, and save the earth. But really this doesn't even begin to touch the depth and creativity of this novel. Part road story, part action adventure, part magical fantasy. Technically classified as juvenile fiction, but I'm 28 and I wasn't bored at all. I think this books holds appeal for both male and female readers of all ages, but there are some graphic scenes and mild language. Stone Voice Rising is the first book of the Chronicles of Kiva and C. Lee Tocci definitely has my attention.

A fantasy for young adults....

Lilibit can talk to rocks. They whisper messages to her. She doesn't understand it but it is so. When a neighbor calls the police on her for moving around her landscape rocks once again, Lilibit says she did it because one of the stone's wanted to go back to the ocean where it came from and was making the woman's baby cry constantly. The woman was scared by this information and made her husband take the rock back to the ocean. This episode has convinced the two ladies taking care of Lilibit that she is growing up and must be protected before she is taken from them by an evil organization run by the demon Syxx. A man who resembles a mighty oak tree came to take Lilibit to the city of Kiva, but Syxx sends out a helicopter gang to get them while they are traveling there and Lilibit ends up running off on her own. She is kidnapped during her run and held captive for 5 years by the demon Syxx where is has brain surgery done to try and make her forget the stones or to learn her secret of talking to them. During that five years (but only for a few chapters), we hear no more of Lilibit and the plot skips to a boy named Todd who as a child talked to birds and then it skips to Todd five years later. He grew up as a foster child and kept being moved around because he kept talking to the birds (which was freaking out the foster parents). The plot resumes with both Todd and Lilibit at the five years later mark where they meet at a foster home that has 7 children of unusual abilities. When an earthquake hits the town, the 7 children try to make it to the city Kiva where they think they can find refuge because it is where Lilibit wants to go so bad. The rest of the book deals with the dangers they face along the way. The demon Syxx is trying to kill them at every turn. The story ends with questions unanswered so there will defintely be a sequel to it. That is good because I thought the children needed to be older for the story to continue. It was hard for me to picture Lilibit going from age 6 to 11 in this story because she still seemed like 6 all throughout it, but that is because of the brain surgery which left her crippled for part of the time. Todd had to carry her so much that I kept picturing a small child the whole time. I think the story was good though and kids from 9 up should enjoy it. It has some humor in it too. It's a long story though (over 400 pages) so your kids would have to be a big reader to enjoy it! Easy to read and no foul language, likeable children, a good plot and any violence is not dwelled on.