Pink Granite
Pink Granite
A tale about roots, stone and a book
Authors & Illustrator
Author:
Carran
Waterfield
Illustrator:
Fruzsina
Czech
Third Place Award
Fiction - YA - Dystopian
Description
In Brinepoint, sisters Redhair and Daffodil Friend are on a quest for the one thing their powerful mother won’t give them: the truth of their ancestry. Their search leads them to a vault, a cushion, and a precious, ancient book—one filled not with records, but with prophecies, rituals, and the story of a forgotten time.
They are pulled into the world of Core Rock, a village carved from pink granite, where quarrymen endure ‘the angry time’—a bitter strike against the formidable Grand Old Lord Sea Stone. Here, two young girls, Sarah and Ella One Ear, are guided by their mystical great-grandmother and her prophetic book. When a traditional ceremony turns into a tragedy at sea, the community is shattered, and the Lord offers a terrible bargain: their sons for his florins.
But the stories in Pink Granite are more than just history. For Redhair and Daffodil, the words on the page hold the key to their own identities. As their mother warned, some secrets are buried in stone for a reason.