Graven Images

Written by Paul Fleischman · Illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline

Can art reveal hidden truths and dark secrets?

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128 pages· 870L

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Bookroo's summary

In a collection of eerie tales, discover how art uncovers hidden truths. A wooden statue might betray secrets, a weathervane could guide love, and a ghostly commission hints at a sinister past. Each story weaves mystery and intrigue, challenging the boundaries between creation and revelation. What secrets do these graven images hold, and what truths will they unveil?

From the publisher

Paul Fleischman, in his Newbery Honor winning book, spins three engrossing stories about the unexpected ways an artist’s creations reveal truths – tales whose intriguing plots and many moods will entertain readers and inspire future writers. Can wood, copper, or marble communicate? They can if they are the graven images in Newbery Medalist Paul Fleischman’s trio of eerie, beguiling short stories. If you whisper a secret into a wooden statue’s ear, will anyone find out? Can a wobbly weathervane bearing the image of Saint Crispin, the patron saint of shoemakers, steer a love-struck apprentice toward the girl of his dreams? And if a ghost hires a sculptor to carve a likeness of him holding a drink to a baby’s lips, what ghastly crime might lie behind his request? And, in an afterword, the acclaimed storyteller reveals how he found his own author’s voice.