The Dream of the Stone

By Christina Askounis

Book Overview

Someone is following Sarah Lucas. When she peers down from her apartment window late one night, she sees him hovering in the shadows. And what about the other strange things that have been happening to her? The old woman who appears every so often to give Sarah a cryptic piece of advice and then vanishes? The mysterious gleaming stone that turns up in the mail, a universe of tiny stars suspended in its depths?

But there's no one Sarah can trust with her story. Her journalist parents have been killed in a freak plane crash, and her older brother, Sam, a scientific genius, has disappeared under suspicious circumstances from the top secret institute where he works.

Sarah couldn't be more alone in the world, until the day she meets Angel Muldoon, a half-Gypsy stable boy who carries a secret of his own. Together they will begin an incredible journey to another world, where they must return the stone to its rightful place and keep the forces of unimaginable evil at bay.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416911871
• ISBN13: 9781416911876
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Make a movie!

The Dream of the Stone needs to be a movie. The book is excellent and spell-binding. I could not put it down. If you enjoyed A Wrinkle in Time, you will love this book. Christina Askounis roars out of the gate with this fantasy-adventure novel. I can't wait for the next book and hope to see the movie in theaters soon. As a teacher, I have a hard time finding good books for middle school, and this one is definitely a keeper!

For all ages, young and older

I borrowed this book from my son one day I didn't have anything to read. From the first page to the end it was wonderful, exciting, descriptive and full of surprises. The main character is deep, sensitive, brave and very curious, all things I admire. I felt like a kid again, counting the minutes to bedtime so I could read in bed, carrying the book in my bag to read on the bus or metro whenever I could snatch a few minutes. Although very different, this book grabbed me the way Michel Ende's "The Neverending Story" grabbed me when I was 10. Highly recommended. Sequel please!

I loved this book!!!

I read it a while ago and don't judge the book by the way it looks on the outside...it didn't look to interesting to me when I first pulled it of the library shelf...however it turned out to be one of my favorites...I couldn't put it down...

I Loved It

I first read this book in the fifth grade. I liked it so much I went through a lot to get my hands on another copy. It took me a year. But now I finally have access.This book is about Sarah Lucas the Stone-Bearer, a regular girl here on Earth. After her parents die in a plane crash Sarah moves in with her aunt and uncle. Her older brother is unable to be her guardian because of his job as a physicist of CIPHER. Lonely, Sarah attempts to adjust to city life with only her cat, Ozzy, for comfort and the few letters Sam (her brother) sends.Things begin to happen all around Sarah. First, her brother seems to disappear. Then a letter arrives for her, hidden in a book in the library. It's from Sam. Its contents throw Sarah into much confusion that is only made worse when a package arrives in the mail. A stone.With the help of the beautiful Angel, a gypsy stable boy at the nearby stables, Sarah begins the search for Sam. It takes her into another world, beautiful and strange and full of surprises. Only, the Umbra (an evil force) is causing many problems.This story is masterfully written and wonderful. My only regrets is that the author has yet to write any other books.

Great, suspenseful read!

I picked this book up on a whim from the library, and I am glad I did! This is a combination science fiction/mystery/romance novel, but all the genres work well together in this case. After the parents of the main character, Sarah, die, she is sent from her beloved home to New York City to live with her aunt and uncle. There, she waits for her genius brother Sam to finish up his mysterious "project" so they can be together. She also meets Angel, who's half-gypsy and together they try to figure out who the creepy man who's been following Sarah is, and who the kind woman is who has been helping her. When she learns that her brother is in grave danger, Sarah and Angel travel across the universe, where they fight evil to rescue Sam and the whole human race. This book is very enjoyable, particularly for those who still enjoy the young adult genre but find many books geared toward that age group trite and unintelligent. Don't let the science fiction aspect of th! is novel scare you off; I'm not usually a big fan of science fiction but I really liked this book.