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Synopsis
Millions of years ago, a meteorite fell to earth and a beautiful blue stone shattered from it. One hundred thousand years ago, a girl named Tall One found the crystal on the African plain---and it formed her destiny, as well as the destiny of generations to come. From ancient Israel to imperial Rome, medieval England, fifteenth-century Germany, the eighteenth-century Caribbean, and the nineteenth-century American West, the destiny of the stone and the history of the world unfold. Each story is full of the betrayals and obsessions of the human heart, and the quests of the human spirit. In The Blessing Stone, Barbara Wood has both told the intimate details of her characters' lives and created a sense of the epic sweep of human history.
Is The Blessing Stone appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
A sprawling multigenerational saga spanning 100,000 years of human history, connected by a mystical blue stone. Contains moderate violence reflecting historical periods (ancient warfare, medieval conflicts), betrayals, and adult themes of human obsession and destiny.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, moderate sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death, violence, and betrayal.
Who'll love this
Readers fascinated by how one object can connect stories across all of human history will love following the stone's journey through different eras and cultures.