How to Skip Stones Across a Burning River
Youth · English Novel
How to Skip Stones Across a Burning River
Two estranged friends reunite for one last summer to save their dying hometown lake—and the secret that sank it. A story about grief, forgiveness, and the weight of ripples.
Table of Contents
30 published chapters
- 1 The Salt of What Remains
- 2 The Weight of a Silver Minnow
- 3 The Geography of Dried Mud
- 4 The Ledger Under the Floorboards
- 5 The Ledger’s Weight
- 6 The Weight of a Borrowed Boat
- 7 Turning Point 7
- 8 The Fissure Beneath the Dock
- 9 The Diner's Hollow Light
- 10 The Bait Shop in Splinters
- 11 The Root Cellar’s Second Secret
- 12 The Spring That Choked on Sand
- 13 The Day the Town Pretended
- 14 The Contract in the Mayor’s Drawer
- 15 Turning Point 15
- 16 The Weight of a One-Sided Conversation
- 17 The Weight of a Third Ledger
- 18 The Weight of a Projector’s Beam
- 19 The Water Tower’s Hollow Heart
- 20 The Weight of a Clinic Waiting Room
- 21 Founder’s Day, and the town had dressed up its corpse.
- 22 The Screen That Held Our Shadows
- 23 Turning Point 23
- 24 The Weight of a Public Confession
- 25 The Weight of a Quiet Basin
- 26 The Weight of a House That Waits
- 27 The Weight of a Bait Shop Sign
- 28 The Weight of a Bus Station Bench
- 29 The First Rain in Months
- 30 The Weight of a Full Jar