Graven Images
by Paul Fleischman 2020-07-10 05:46:13
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Paul Fleischman, in his Newbery Honor winning book, spins three engrossing stories about the unexpected ways an artist''s creations reveal truths — tales whose intriguing plots and many moods will entertain readers and inspire future writers.Ca... Read more
Paul Fleischman, in his Newbery Honor winning book, spins three engrossing stories about the unexpected ways an artist''s creations reveal truths — tales whose intriguing plots and many moods will entertain readers and inspire future writers.

Can wood, copper, or marble communicate? They can if they are the graven images in Newbery Medalist Paul Fleischman’s trio of eerie, beguiling short stories. If you whisper a secret into a wooden statue’s ear, will anyone find out? Can a wobbly weathervane bearing the image of Saint Crispin, the patron saint of shoemakers, steer a love-struck apprentice toward the girl of his dreams? And if a ghost hires a sculptor to carve a likeness of him holding a drink to a baby’s lips, what ghastly crime might lie behind his request? And, in an afterword, the acclaimed storyteller reveals how he found his own author’s voice. Less
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  • 7.69 X 5.19 X 0.35 in
  • 85
  • HarperCollins Publishers
  • December 27, 2005
  • English
  • 9780060219062
Paul Fleischman won the Newbery Medal for Joyful Noise, as well as a Newbery Honor for Graven Images. He lives with his wife and children in Pacific Grove, California....
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