A Short Review of The Apple-stone, by Nicholas Stuart Gray

The Apple Stone by Nicholas Stuart Gray

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I love it still. I can't remember the first time I read this whimsical fantasy of 4 English children who luck into the ancient Apple-stone, which can make the inanimate alive. There's flashes of darkness, the mad guy/Guy Fawkes, effigy, seeking fire, the powerful Quetzalcoatl, and the sweetness of the boy-turned-demon-turned gargoyle, rescued from misery, the rocket that was alive, and the rest. Of course, magic comes with a price. Lovely book.

I didn't even know I had a first edition from the UK, sold originally for 15 shillings.



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