Books with author Emily Hanlon

Eric stood in the fog at the meadows edge. Before him, eerie and beautiful, floated the world of the stone people, a family sculpted by one old man, Owen Cassell, the town weirdo called Stoneface. Eric felt immediately connected to the statues, but he couldnt talk about it with anyone. Until he met Chris and his soul seemed to burst wide open. Eric was on the brink of a summer ripe with the mysterious passage to manhood and the secrets of love and friendship that would take years to understand.

Beth, an eleven year old deaf girl, exults in flying on a swing near her familys Vermont summer place. Danny, a native of the town, resents her usurpation of the spot where he and his late father spent happy hours. The boy resents his rough but kindly stepfather, too, but feels compelled to impress him. Thus, when Danny panics and almost loses his life to a bear protecting its cub and Beth saves him, Danny swears he saved Beth, a lie that results in a tragedy. They author deserves credit for a fine novel about recognizable human beings. Publishers Weekly