The Silent Strength of Stones

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Summary: If you like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, try this
Review: While there are obvious differences (no grand battle of good vs. evil, less comedy), this book has one great thing in common with Buffy the Vampire Slayer: both of them use fantasy to dramatize problems and emotions that many of us will find familiar from our teen years. In a small town where our reality and another, magical world meet, teenagers from our world and the otherworld struggle to find the balance between family ties and their growing sense of their own identity. Both wrestle with the daunting expectations of their elders, and find a way to carve out a space for their individuality between the worlds. A perceptive, beautifully written story.