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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.

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Table of Contents

30 published chapters

  1. 1 The Salt of What Remains
  2. 2 The Weight of a Silver Minnow
  3. 3 The Geography of Dried Mud
  4. 4 The Ledger Under the Floorboards
  5. 5 The Ledger’s Weight
  6. 6 The Weight of a Borrowed Boat
  7. 7 Turning Point 7
  8. 8 The Fissure Beneath the Dock
  9. 9 The Diner's Hollow Light
  10. 10 The Bait Shop in Splinters
  11. 11 The Root Cellar’s Second Secret
  12. 12 The Spring That Choked on Sand
  13. 13 The Day the Town Pretended
  14. 14 The Contract in the Mayor’s Drawer
  15. 15 Turning Point 15
  16. 16 The Weight of a One-Sided Conversation
  17. 17 The Weight of a Third Ledger
  18. 18 The Weight of a Projector’s Beam
  19. 19 The Water Tower’s Hollow Heart
  20. 20 The Weight of a Clinic Waiting Room
  21. 21 Founder’s Day, and the town had dressed up its corpse.
  22. 22 The Screen That Held Our Shadows
  23. 23 Turning Point 23
  24. 24 The Weight of a Public Confession
  25. 25 The Weight of a Quiet Basin
  26. 26 The Weight of a House That Waits
  27. 27 The Weight of a Bait Shop Sign
  28. 28 The Weight of a Bus Station Bench
  29. 29 The First Rain in Months
  30. 30 The Weight of a Full Jar