On Tour 09/20/25-10/25/25 “The Copper Stone” by Julia Mary Gibson

Release Date: July 7, 2025

About The Book:

The year is 1906, and twelve-year-old Violet Blake finds an unusual stone by the stream where her mother used to harvest medicine. Violet is certain that the Stone is magic—and if anyone’s in need of its powers, it’s Violet. Her mother and adored little brother are gone, perhaps never to return, and her heartbroken father can’t seem to sustain the family’s failing farm near the shores of Lake Michigan and the mysteriously clear Blue Lake.

Surely the power of the Stone can make things right for Violet and her fractured family. But as Violet grasps for the Stone to serve her and her alone, hidden truths are revealed and peril is unleashed on those who don’t deserve what comes their way.

About The Author:

JULIA MARY GIBSON writes fiction and nonfiction about times gone by, the ineffable, and the juxtaposition of human beings with wild nature. She lives in sight of the Hollywood sign in unceded Tongva territory and also spends time in unceded Anishinaabe territory of the Great Lakes country. juliamarygibson.com.

Social Media:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliamarygibson

Book Blurbs:

Though The Copper Stone: A Glimpse of Blood Memory is an amended edition of the novel Copper Magic, much of it is the same as the original. The following reviews remain relevant.

kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/julia-mary-gibson/copper-magic

Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Julia Mary Gibson’s quiet masterpiece is an effortless alloy of magic and science … I fell as much in love with Violet Blake’s multi-talented, multi-racial, generous, loving, crazy-flawed family as with Violet herself, teetering on the edge of childhood and maturity just as the Midwest teeters on the edge of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Violet’s world swallowed me whole.