The Stone-Faced Boy Author: Paula Fox
	Book Information Publisher: Aladdin Book Type: Paperback Rating: 1 ISBN-13: 9780689711275 - ISBN-10: 0689711271 Pages: 106 Reading Level: Ages 9-12

Everyone called Gus Oliver "stone-face." He couldn't remember when he'd first stopped smiling or frowning, only that he couldn't any more. Nothing he felt ever showed on his face.

Gus almost liked it, because his family left him alone. None of them seemed to really notice him, except his sister Serena. But one snowy night, while their mysterious Great-Aunt Hattie was visiting. Serena asked Gus to do something that terrified him.

What happened that night surprised the Olivers, and Gus most of all--because he learned, first out in the snow, then from the present that Great-Aunt Hattie gave him, the beauty of what lies behind stone.