The Stone Girl's Story
#3614.21 adjusted 4.05 for sample size in the official ranking · full ranking
Books 1 book Status Complete 2018 Reading commitment Low Sarah Beth Durst Last reviewed 2026-11-02
Overview
The Stone Girl's Story is a 2018 standalone middle-grade fantasy by Sarah Beth Durst, published by Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Mayka lives on a mountain above the great city of Skye with a family of stone creatures that her late father carved and brought to life with stories. When the carved marks on her stone friends begin to fade, she sets out with two flying stone companions to find a stonemason who can recarve them. The journey leads her to new people and places, uncovers a scheme that endangers all stone creatures, and teaches her about her father's past. It is a single book.
Mythic fantasy · For Middle grade
Core Canon: Reading Order (1 work) counts toward ranking
The Stone Girl's Story Sarah Beth Durst
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Stone Girl's Story | 2018 | 1 | core | 4.21 (709 ratings) |
A standalone middle-grade fantasy about a girl and her family of carved stone creatures.
Quick answers
- How many books are in The Stone Girl's Story? The Stone Girl's Story's Core Canon is 1 book.
- Is The Stone Girl's Story finished? Complete (2018).
- How much reading does The Stone Girl's Story take? Low reading commitment (estimated from 1 Core Canon book).
- How is The Stone Girl's Story ranked? #361 in this site's official ranking, based on 709 reader ratings across 1 Core Canon book. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #361?
Ranked #361 in the official ranking.
- Average reader rating of 4.21 across 1 core book.
- A smaller readership (709 ratings), so the score carries less weight of numbers.
- Less than 0.01 behind #360, The Scholomance (a finer tie-break level decides the order).
- Below the top-10 average of 4.46.
Why explore this universe?
Highly rated · 1 book · Complete · 709 ratings · Ranks #361 overall
Good choice if you want a quick, low-commitment mythic fantasy universe that's already finished, so there's no wait for the next book.
Reading order
A single Core Canon work: no sequencing question to resolve.
Awards (verified)
- No awards found for this universe.
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Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 4.21 across 709 ratings on 1 Core Canon book. See Why is it ranked here? above for the full breakdown, or the full ranking.
How do we know this?
Admission: Canon Extension: 31 universes; 3 candidates ruled out; open items closed accepted 2026-11-02
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
- Publishers Weekly Tier 2
- NetGalley Tier 2
- Wikipedia: Sarah Beth Durst Tier 2
Last reviewed: 2026-11-02
Rule: Core Canon = The Stone Girl's Story (2018).