Turn to Stone

by Philip Gross

Book Overview

Nick is a runaway in desperate need of money and a safe place to sleep. That's when he meets Swan and the other human statues-a group of street artists who can turn themselves, almost, to stone. But... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803730055
• ISBN13: 9780803730052
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Dial Books
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

Street Theatre from your armchair

"...there was the flash of a chisel-tip, just a hand's breadth from my face, then I crashed into the shelves, which juddered. Jars of nails, paint cans, and nameless toolshed things were raining down on me..." Philip Gross has that rare gift of combining poetic writing with both excitement and contemporary street-cred. Using living statue street theatre is an original framework which neatly illustrates the dangers of all cults everywhere, and the vulnerability of adolescents on the run from unpleasant situations at home. Whenever I see an immobilist now, I have a little shiver and ask myself - who's watching whom?