Graven Images vs The stones of Muncaster Cathedral: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Graven Images Graven Images Paul Fleischman · 1982 ★★★★☆ 3.6 85 pages · ≈ 1 h 34 m · Light

A collection of three stories about a child who reads the lips of those who whisper secrets into a statue's ear; a daydreaming shoemaker's apprentice who must find ways to make the girl he loves notice him; and a stone…

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Cover of The stones of Muncaster Cathedral The stones of Muncaster Cathedral Robert Westall · 1991 ★★★★☆ 4.0 150 pages · ≈ 2 h 47 m · Light

Soon after steeplejack Joe Clarke begins work on one of the spires of Muncaster's medieval cathedral, terrible things start to happen and Joe realizes that there is a malevolent force connected to the spire's gargoyle.

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Graven ImagesThe stones of Muncaster Cathedral
Goodreads 3.6 (809) 4.0 (346)
Hardcover 3.7 (3) 4.0 (1)

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Graven ImagesThe stones of Muncaster Cathedral
Ratings 809 346
Editions 15 10
Film adaptations 1 —
Want to read 940 447
Reading it now 13 13
Written reviews 95 60
Wikipedia attention 39 —
Pages 85 150

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