The Carry Stone

Amber Canyon has been keeping a secret for sixty years - a voice that answers back from empty rock, exactly where no one should be standing. Twelve-year-old Wren Ames has always been the one who notices sound first. So when her grandfather starts losing his hearing, and swears he can hear his own name called from deep in the canyon, she knows better than to call it nothing. With her half-deaf rescue dog, Glen, leading the way, Wren follows a trail of hand-shaped stone to a discovery no one has found in six decades. A working piece of engineering, built by a young ranger for the sister the whole town refused to understand. Later, without anyone ever knowing, it served strangers too - carrying a voice where nothing else could reach. The mystery is what happened in 1968. The real story is what Wren decides to do with the truth once she finds it. A wilderness adventure about the things worth building quietly - and the girl and dog who learn, together, exactly how far a little patience can carry you.