Stone Voice Rising
Subtitle: Book One of the Chronicles of Kiva
By: C. Lee Tocci
Series: The Chronicles of Kiva
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780152062927
Subjects: Fantasy; Orphans -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
First sentence: As usual, Lilibit woke that morning before the sunrise. Not as usual, however, she lay in bed, staring at the ceiling. 
She had no choice, it would have to be the Temper Tantrum. 
This was not a decision she made lightly. She had tried Logic. Reasoning. Charm. Humor. Cajoling. Whining. Insolence. And Bribery. She was now Desperate. It would have to be the Temper Tantrum. And she knew that to get her way, this could not be a normal temper tantrum. This would be a Gut Stone Tantrum. 
It would not be pretty.
Description: In a world of whispering stones and corporate evil, Lilibit and six other orphaned children with mysterious powers battle a shape-shifting enemy and his helipcopter army to reach Kiva, a sacred place where Lilibit's destiny lies as the new Stone Voice.