A world on the brink of collapse.
A chest hiding a secret salvation.
An ordinary girl with the key to unlock it all.
Clementine Lemons is not lacking average teenage problems: her mother is overbearing, her brother is insufferable, her peers are predictably cruel and her social life is a nonstarter. The only escape Clementine has is her books and the imagination to take her to far off lands. When a chance encounter at an antique shop brings an old, ornate chest into her possession, Clementine has no idea just how real those far away dreamscapes are about to become.
In a parallel dimension, Andro labours under the dictatorial rule of the Black Peacock in the Empire of Dohi. With skies choked with soot, alleys overrun with toxic waste and the paranoid Regime ever on the lookout for spies and traitors, Andro has little to look forward to from day to day. The only spark of magic in his life is an old chest, passed down through many generations and said to grant mysterious gifts—though that is a thing of the past, if it was ever true at all.
Connected by the shared interdimensional space of the chest, Clementine and Andro soon discover they can communicate with each other across worlds. More than that, the locked drawers of the chest hold the key to saving the Empire of Dohi—if only they can be opened—and if no further surprises meet them from within.
A spellbinding adventure, The Earth Stone is the first book in an epic series featuring a modern take on hidden world fantasy with a dark, dystopian twist.
MEET CLEM & FRIENDS
Get to know Clementine, Andro, and the friends (and foes!) Clem meets along the way. Even though Clem’s story is only beginning, the unexpected bonds she forms will stay with her forever.
EXPLORE WORLDS
From Clem’s boring life in Victoria to the smog-choked streets of Dohi and the primordial forests of Pangier, step into the many worlds of Clementine Lemons—if you dare to unlock their mysteries.
WHICH DIMENSION SHOULD YOU VISIT?!
Dohi? Pangier? Canada? Take the quize to find out! Take the quize to find out!
START A DISCUSSION
When a note asking for help magically appears in Clementine’s mysterious old chest, she must decide: Is she a rock or a leaf? What would you do in her place? Explore the story with thought-provoking questions.
RESOURCES FOR CHANGE
Bullying and discrimination have no place in any world—real or imagined. This collection of resources offers educators and adults the tools to foster empathy, inclusivity, and courage in young minds. Together, let’s build a kinder, more equitable future.
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ARE ALTERNATE DIMENSIONS
POSSIBLE?!
Is it possible there’s a version on Earth where the supercontinent of Pangaea never broke apart, and people evolved to have wings? Or maybe there’s a parallel universe where the Hindenburg never caught fire and airship travel led us in a different technological direction (a little “The Wind Stone” foreshadowing!) While alternate dimensions and interdimensional travel make excellent science fiction, some physicists believe they could theoretically exist.
The Multiverse Theory suggests our universe—with all its planets, stars, and galaxies—may be just one of an infinite number of universes. While some of these Universes may have evolved similarly to ours, others may have completely different laws of physics and even different particles, making them unlike anything we could imagine (Live Science, 2021).
In the 1950s, quantum theorist Hugh Everett III developed the Many-Worlds Interpretation, which posits that every time you make a choice—like whether or not you answer a message asking for help—a new universe splits off where you chose the other (Scientific American, 2008). If that’s true, there might be a universe where Clem never answered Andro’s message!
