The shelters of stone /
Jean M. Auel.
- 1st ed.
- New York Crown c2002
- xii, 753 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
- Earth's children .
- Auel, Jean M. Earth's children. .
Maps on endpapers.
Wilson's Fiction, March 2006 Library Journal, March 2002 Booklist, March 2002 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2002
Ayla and Jondalar finally reach the Ninth Cave of the Zelandonii, the settlement that is home to Jondalar's people. Here Ayla eagerly learns the ways of her new tribe while in turn sharing her knowledge, but finds her unique spiritual gifts make the quiet life she desires impossible.