by Mason West

Swallowing Stones, by Joyce McDonald, Is a book about two high school students, Michael and Jenna. On Michael’s 17th birthday he got a gun from his grandpa, later that day Michael and his friend Joe go into the woods and fired off the gun into the air. On that same day Jenna’s father was fixing the roof, Jenna went to tell her dad that lunch was ready when he was brutally killed by that very same bullet fired off by Michael. Swallowing stones is a story about the life of Michael and Jenna. Michael is always trying to keep his life normal but is controlled by guilt. Jenna is constantly searching for the killer of her father and struggles as she goes through many stages of grieving. I would recommend this book to people who like mysteries or just a good story.