The Horn Book Guide

OLDER FICTION

Lisle, Janet Taylor , Lisle, Janet Taylor

The Crying Rocks

200 pp. | Atheneum/Jackson | October, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-689-85319-X $$16.95

(2) YA Thirteen-year-old Joelle has always been told she was born in Chicago and mistreated by her birth mother before being adopted by Rhode Islanders Aunt Mary Louise and Uncle Vern. But rumors, overheard conversations, and her own dim recollections convince Joelle she may be related to the local Narragansett Indians. This multilayered novel explores the subtle connections between the past and present, between generations, and between cultures.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2003