The Silent Strength of Stones
core novel 1995 Chapel Hollow
Record
| First published | 1995 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.08 (798 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780380777600 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Nick Verrou is seventeen and runs his father's motel and store at Sauterelle Lake in the Cascade Mountains, a lonely job in a quiet place. One summer a strange family takes Cabin 5. Willow can make herself vanish, and her brother Evan is a wolf who talks. Nick comes to see that he has the same kind of gifts, which he never understood, and that the family has its own rules and troubles. He has to decide what to do with his abilities and whether to join people who are like him. The book is set in the same world as the first novel but is not a sequel to it.
Where it sits
- Universe: Chapel Hollow
- Series: Chapel Hollow core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Notes
- Companion to the first novel, set in the same world rather than continuing its plot.
- From the series record (Chapel Hollow): Three novels about the magical Bolte Family in Oregon, loosely connected rather than sequential.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Chapel Hollow: position 2 of 3: previous The Thread That Binds the Bones (1993) · next Spirits That Walk in Shadow (2006)
Sources
← Chapel Hollow dossier · All universes
Part of the Library. Fields without an identified source are omitted, never guessed.