Mara and the Stones of Stonewater: A Story of Memory, Money, and the Truth That Cannot Be Taken

On the island of Stonewater, money is made of stone.

Forty-one limestone discs, each carried home from a quarry across dangerous water. Each carrying the cost of its journey inside it. Each remembered, by every person on the island, in stories passed from grandmother to grandchild.

Ten-year-old Mara is the Rememberer's apprentice. Every night she sits at Grandmother Noa's feet and learns the stones - who carried them, who came home, who didn't. It is the most important job on Stonewater. And ...