The Wretched Stone

The Wretched Stone

Author	Chris Van Allsburg
Illustrator	Chris Van Allsburg
Country	United States
Genre	Children's, Fantasy novel
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin
Publication date	1991
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	32
ISBN	0-395-53307-4
OCLC	23356228
Preceded by	Just a Dream
Followed by	The Widow's Broom

The Wretched Stone is a children's picture book written and illustrated by the American author Chris Van Allsburg.

Plot Summary

Told from the perspective of Captain Randall Ethan Hope, the crew of the Rita Anne finds a strange, glowing, cubic stone on an exotic island. After taking the strange object aboard their ship, the crew becomes obsessed with the stone, abandoning many of their former interests and leaving the captain wondering how to shake the crew out of their stupor. Gradually, the glowing stone turns the entire crew (except the captain) into grinning apes. It is told in a 'journal' format, as it takes place over the course of May 8 to July 12 of an unspecified year.^[1]

References

↑ "Teacher's Guide for The Wretched Stone by Chris Van Allsburg". Houghton Mifflin Company. Retrieved November 18, 2011.

External links

The Wretched Stone at chrisvanallsburg.com
The Wretched Stone by Chris Van Allsburg Google books

Works by Chris Van Allsburg

Picture books	The Garden of Abdul Gasazi (1979) Jumanji (1981) Ben's Dream (1982) The Wreck of the Zephyr (1982) The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (1984) The Enchanted World: Ghosts (1984) The Polar Express (1985) The Enchanted World: Dwarfs (1985) The Stranger (1986) The Z Was Zapped (1987) Two Bad Ants (1988) Just a Dream (1990) The Wretched Stone (1991) The Widow's Broom (1992) The Sweetest Fig (1993) From Sea To Shining Sea: A Treasury Of American Folklore and Folk Songs (1993) Bad Day at Riverbend (1995) Zathura (2002) Probuditi! (2006) Queen of the Falls (2011) The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: fourteen amazing authors tell the tales (2011) The Misadventures of Sweetie Pie (2014)

Books illustrated by	Swan Lake (1989) A City in Winter (1996) The Veil of Snows (1997)

Film credits	The Little Mermaid (1989) Jumanji (1995) How to Deal (2003) The Polar Express (2004) Zathura (2005) Jumanji sequel (2017)

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