Trudi Birger Prize Honor Book

2003

TAYSHAS High School Reading List —Texas Library Association

2002

Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book

2001

Trudi Birger Prize Honor Book

2003

TAYSHAS High School Reading List —Texas Library Association

2002

Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book

2001

National Book Award Finalist

2000

Best Book for Young Adults —ALA

2001

Top Choice List —Children's Literature

2001

CCBC Choices

2001

Editors' Choice Top of the List —Booklist

2000

Lasting Connections —Book Links

2000

Best Book —SLJ

2000

Books for the Teen Age —New York Public Library

2000

Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist

2000

Editor's Hardcover Fiction Choice List —KLIATT

2000

New York Times Book Review

"You read this small book in one breathless rush to the end, then go back and back again and find more to think about each time."

School Library Journal

"Coman has deftly woven together the themes of death, grieving, and reconciliation through the characters and setting of this emotionally elegant novel."

Booklist

"In plain words, as hard as stones, this small, riveting book connects the anguish in one family with the struggle of a country to come to terms with its savage past."

New York Times Book Review

"You read this small book in one breathless rush to the end, then go back and back again and find more to think about each time."

School Library Journal

"Coman has deftly woven together the themes of death, grieving, and reconciliation through the characters and setting of this emotionally elegant novel."

Booklist

"In plain words, as hard as stones, this small, riveting book connects the anguish in one family with the struggle of a country to come to terms with its savage past."

Kirkus Reviews

"It's an uplifting tale: harsh, complex, but lit at the end by a promise of reconciliation."

Publishers Weekly

"There is gripping writing here, from the lightning-quick portraits of passing players to the descriptions of South Africa to the convincingly clipped conversations between daughter and father. And most important, the protagonist's emotional complexities seem uncannily true to life."

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"Coman etches with telling clarity Berry's stormy ambivalence, delicately and deliberately picking out the authentic adolescent hypervigilance ..."

Riverbank Review

"Many Stones provides an unflinching look at a young woman's attempts to deal with the aftermath of a life-shattering event."