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A Stone For Sascha

Aaron Becker


In this journey through time, a lonely girl mourning the loss of her beloved dog throws a stone into the sea.

Spread from A Stone for Sascha, showing Sascha collecting pebbles on the beach

The story then takes a magical turn as her stone hits an earth-like planet and we follow, via the world of the dinosaurs and various ancient civilisations, the transformation of a vast rock into another stone – which the girl plucks from the sea and places on her dog’s grave.

Spread from A Stone for Sascha, showing the rock being used as a keystone for a bridge

A Stone for Sascha has been nominated for the 2019 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal.

Spread from A Stone for Sascha, showing Sascha discovering her special stone