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|main character = [[Tanya Adeola|Tanya]], [[Andrea Quill|Miss Quill]], [[Charlie Smith|Charlie]], [[Matteusz]], [[April MacLean|April]], [[Ram Singh|Ram]]
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|setting        = [[Shoreditch]], [[November]]<ref>[[Ram Singh|Ram]] and [[April MacLean|April]] have had their first kiss, and [[Matteusz]] has moved in with [[Charlie Smith|Charlie]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightvisiting (TV story)|Nightvisiting]]'')</ref> [[2016]]<ref>{{Class 2016}}</ref>
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|main character = [[Tanya Adeola|Tanya]], [[Andrea Quill|Quill]], [[Charlie Smith|Charlie]], [[Matteusz]], [[April MacLean|April]], [[Ram Singh|Ram]]
|featuring      = [[Vivian Adeola|Vivian]]
|setting        = {{il|[[Damascus]], [[2010s]]|[[Kahramanmaras]], end of [[winter]] [[2016]]|[[Mediterranean Sea]], [[July]] 2016|
[[Calais]], 2016|[[London]], [[20th century]], [[2010s]]}}
|enemy          = [[Constantine Oliver]]
|enemy          = [[Constantine Oliver]]
|writer        = [[A.K. Benedict]]
|writer        = A.K. Benedict
|cover          = [[Head Design]]
|cover          = [[Head Design]]
|release date  = [[27 October (releases)|27 October]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
|release date  = 27 October 2016
|format        = Paperback, Epub, 304 pages
|format        = Paperback, Epub, 304 pages
|isbn          = {{il|ISBN 1785941879 (paperback)|ISBN 9781785941870 (Epub)}}
|isbn          = ISBN 1-78594-187-9 (paperback)<br /> ISBN 978-1-78594-187-0 (Epub)
|number        = 2
|number        = 2
|series        = [[BBC Class novels|BBC ''Class'' novels]]
|series        = [[BBC Class novels|BBC ''Class'' novels]]
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'''''The Stone House''''' was the second of the three originally planned ''[[Class (TV series)|Class]]'' novels, tied to the [[Series 1 (Class)|first series]]. It was written by [[A.K. Benedict]].  
'''''The Stone House''''' was the second of the three originally planned ''[[Class (TV series)|Class]]'' novels, tied to the [[Series 1 (Class)|first series]]. It was written by [[A.K. Benedict]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
''"If you get out, you’d think you'd be one of the lucky ones. But you're not. The house infects you."''
''"If you get out, you'd think you'd be one of the lucky ones. But you're not. The house infects you."''


There's an old stone house near [[Coal Hill School]]. Most people hurry past it. They’ve heard the stories. But, if you stop, and look up, you’ll see the face of a girl, pressed up against a window. Screaming.
There's an [[Alice Parsons' house|old stone house]] near [[Coal Hill School]]. Most people hurry past it. They've heard the stories. But, if you stop, and look up, you'll see the face of a girl, pressed up against a window. Screaming.


[[Tanya Adeola|Tanya]] finds herself drawn to the stone house. There's a mystery there, and she’s going to solve it. But the more she investigates, the more she realises that there's a presence in the house. One that wants her.
[[Tanya Adeola|Tanya]] finds herself drawn to the stone house. There's a mystery there, and she's going to solve it. But the more she investigates, the more she realises that there's a presence in the house. One that wants her.


Something is waiting for Tanya in the stone house. Something that has been trapping others in its web over the years. Something that is far worse than any [[ghost]].
Something is waiting for Tanya in the stone house. Something that has been trapping others in its web over the years. Something that is far worse than any [[ghost]]s.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
''to be added''
''to be added''
 
 
== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Tanya Adeola]]
* [[Tanya Adeola]]
* [[Andrea Quill|Andrea Quill]]
* [[Andrea Quill]]
* [[Charlie Smith]]
* [[Charlie Smith]]
* [[Matteusz Andrzejewski]]
* [[Matteusz Andrzejewski]]
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* [[Ram Singh]]
* [[Ram Singh]]
* [[Vivian Adeola]]
* [[Vivian Adeola]]
* [[Alice Parsons|Faceless Alice]]
* [[Tanya Adeola's aunt]]
* The Queen
* [[Alice Parsons]]
* [[Catherine Parsons|Catherine Grace Parsons]]
* [[Amira]]
* [[Amira]]
* [[Yana (The Stone House)|Yana]]
* [[Yana (The Stone House)|Yana]]
* [[Baba]]
* [[Baba (The Stone House)|Baba]]
* [[Ummi]]
* [[Ummi]]
* [[Zainer]]
* [[Zainer]]
* [[Andy (The Stone House)|Andy]]
* [[Alan Turnpike]]
* [[Alan Turnpike]]
* [[Constantine Oliver]]
* [[Constantine Oliver]]
* [[Rajesh (The Stone House)|Rajesh]]
* [[Rajesh (The Stone House)|Rajesh]]
* [[Felicity (The Stone House)|Felicity]]
* [[Danny (The Stone House)|Danny]]
* [[Danny (The Stone House)|Danny]]
* [[Doug (The Stone House)|Doug]]
* [[Doug (The Stone House)|Doug]]
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* [[Baby bone spider]]
* [[Baby bone spider]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[Andrea Quill|Miss Quill]] mentions [[Dalek]]s.
=== Individuals ===
* Tanya has a neighbour named Mrs [[Cartwright]].
* Of all [[Ghostbusters]], Matteusz wants to be [[Kate McKinnon]], as she is the one with the best hair.
* Quill compares Tanya's invisibility with [[Derren Brown]]'s magic tricks.
 
=== Alien species ===
* Quill mentions [[Dalek]]s and [[fire stallion]]s.
* There are [[aardvark]]s on the planet [[Rhodia]].
* Quill does not give one [[Aulian]]'s breath for what [[Alan Turnpike]] thinks.
* [[Bone spider]]s have a [[thorax]].
 
=== Locations ===
==== London locations ====
* The [[Alice Parsons' house|old stone house]] is at the end of an [[East End]] street in [[Shoreditch]].
* Tanya has been to [[Spitalfields market]].
* [[Tanya Adeola's aunt|Tanya's aunt]] met the Queen at [[Buckingham Palace]].
* Quill, Ram, April and Tanya meet at [[Elephant and Castle tube station]] to visit Alan Turnpike, who lives on [[Meadow Row]].
* Offices of [[Constantine Oliver]] Ltd are in [[Highgate]].
* Quill bought her extraterrestrial knives on [[Camden Market]].
* A laboratory in [[Brompton]] is fully aware of aliens.
* [[Alice Parsons]]'s coffin was taken to [[Kensal Green cemetery]].
* Catherine Grace Parsons was adopted by a couple from [[Stoke Newington]].
 
==== Other Earth locations ====
* [[Amira]] with her [[Baba (The Stone House)|father]], [[Ummi|mother]] and sister [[Yana (The Stone House)|Yana]] lived in [[Damascus]] in [[Syria]] until the war started.
* Amira, Ummi and Yana crossed the border from Syria to [[Kahramanmaras]] on the [[Turkey (country)|Turkish side]].
* Ummi drowned in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] on their way from Turkey to [[Greece]].
* Tanya's aunt went for a holiday in [[Spain]].
* Among national dolls in the house there is a Spanish and [[Iran]]ian dolls.
* The last refugee camp Amira stayed in before England was in [[Calais]]. There she shared a tent with a family from [[Homs]].
* Yana suffocated while crossing the [[English Channel|Channel]] in the back of a lorry with a refrigerator unit.
 
==== Extraterrestrial locations ====
* Quill mentions the flame lake of [[Kabal]], and the [[Eckbear system]].
 
=== Plants ===
* [[Dandelion]]s and overgrown [[rose]]s grow in the garden of the old stone house.
* Tanya sees [[geranium]]s.
* The windows of the house are covered with [[ivy]].
* The back garden of the house is overgrown with [[nettle]] and [[dock leaf]], which looks like nettle.
 
=== Animals ===
* ''[[Trochulus hispidus]]'' is a species of snails with hairy shells.
* Mrs Cartwright has a [[dog|Collie]].
* Charlie draws [[ant]]s.
* A [[cat]] pisses on dandelions.
* Tanya notices a pile of earth scurried up by a [[Badger (species)|badger]].
* The hedges in the back garden of the old stone house have the shape similar to a [[squirrel]] or a woolly [[mammoth]].
* Tanya sees a dead [[wasp]].
* Earth [[spider]]s have no eyelids.
 
=== Human biology and psychology ===
* Tanya read that even having not slept the night, a human still catches bits of non-REM [[sleep]]. She also read about five tricks to wake up from nightmares: concentrate, observe, scream, blink and run.
* Human bones are wrapped in [[periosteum]].
* Shifting [[brainwave]]s from theta to gamma and beta results in waking up.
* Stimulation of [[amygdala]] during sleep causes [[adrenaline]] flow and opening of the eyes.
* Tanya thinks that Amira exhibits [[Stockholm syndrome]] towards the house.
 
=== Food and drinks ===
* Tanya often eats [[Shreddies]] in the evening.
* Charlie and [[Matteusz Andrzejewski]] drink [[orange juice]].
* Quill really loves [[coffee]].
* April gives Tanya and Ram [[apple]]s to eat.
* [[Vivian Adeola]] prepares [[lasagna]] for dinner.
* Quill eats [[sausage]] and [[egg]] for breakfast.
* Ram eats [[waffle]]s with [[bacon]] and [[maple syrup]].
* Teachers at [[Coal Hill School]] eat a lot of [[Doughnut|jam doughnuts]].
* Amira feeds off [[soup|tomato soup]], tinned [[pasta]], [[bean]]s and [[mandarin segments]].
* Quill can tell [[amontillado]] by the smell of an empty bottle.
* Amira uses alphabet [[spaghetti]] to spell a warning to the Coal Hill defenders.
* Tanya smells [[garlic]], [[rosemary]], [[cinnamon]] and [[batter]].
* Charlie eats a [[burger]].
* Tanya drinks [[cocoa|hot chocolate]].
* Vivian is good at baking [[molasses]] and [[ginger cake]].
* In prison, Quill receives [[biscuit]]s.
 
=== Organisations ===
* Tanya often tries hacking the [[Pentagon]].
* To gather information about the house, Tanya impersonates a representative of the [[Mass Observation Centre]] at the [[Shoreditch Library|local library]].
* [[Reyland Developers]] puts up an announcement for nightwatch staff in a local newspaper.
* Alan F. Turnpike runs the urban legends website "[[Myth City]]", featuring stories about the old stone house.
 
=== Science ===
* Quill mentions underlying [[prame of the Renyalin|prames of the Renyalin]] series. April thinks that she means [[prime number|primes]].
* Quill wonders if the [[Coal Hill Space-Time Rift|Rift]] is causing an uplift in temperatures.
* Tanya studies three-dimensional [[trigonometry]] and [[Bragg scattering]].
* Quill assigns a problem about the link between [[photoelectric effect]] and [[ionisation]]. Tanya mentions that a typical mistake is to link work function to [[electron]]s escaping from individual [[atom]]s.
 
=== Technology ===
==== Earth technology ====
* April uses [[Nair]] tubes to remove hair.
* Tanya and Ram communicate via [[DM]] and [[FaceTime]].
* During a heat wave, April uses a [[battery]]-operated [[fan]].
* Amira communicated with Baba using [[Whatsapp]] before losing her phone in the sea.
* Tanya mentions [[Instagram]].
* When Charlie says Quill's pen might be a special device, Ram suggests it is a [[dildo]].
* Quill has [[EMF reader]]s, like on ''Most Haunted'', that measure fluctuations in electromagnetic fields.
* [[X-pro II filter]] modifies photos by blackening the edges.
* Alan Turnpike drives a [[Mini]].
 
==== Alien technology ====
* Quill mentions an [[authenticating gun]] capable.
* She has a pen that works as [[artron energy]] detector.
 
=== Gardening ===
* Flowers such as roses are supposed to be [[Deadheading|deadheaded]].
 
=== History ===
* There are dolls in [[Victorian era|Victorian]] dresses in the attic of the house.
 
=== Culture ===
==== Earth culture ====
* The old stone house would have been too gothic for the [[Addams Family]].
* Quill warns the [[Coal Hill defenders]] that her relationship with them is not similar to the one depicted in ''[[Dead Poets Society]]''.
* Tanya calls the bag packed for her and Ram by April "[[Mary Poppins]] handbag".
* Tanya thinks the overgrowth in the back garden of the old house looks like [[topiary]].
* The inside of the conservatory reminds Tanya of a scene from ''[[Great Expectations]]'' if [[Havisham|Miss Havisham]] were a keen gardener.
* Spain was famous for [[flamenco]] and [[castanets]].
* Quill enjoys ''[[Orange is the New Black]]''.
* The [[Coal Hill defenders]] find old issues of ''[[The Beano|Beano]]'' and ''[[The Dandy|Dandy]]'' comic books for children.
* Tanya's aunt does [[Zumba]].
* Tanya mentions [[J-horror]].
* Alan originally thought that Faceless Alice could have been Alice Parsons, dressed up ''[[Psycho]]''-style.
* Alan broke into Alice Parsons' house during the night to make sure that Alice was really sleeping, that there was no bolster in the bed or pulley system like in the movie ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]''.
* Tanya wears pyjamas with [[unicorn]]s.
* Tanya has an idea to use EMF readers like on ''[[Most Haunted]]''.
* Charlie compares them with [[Ghostbusters|ghost busters]].
* Quill compares Constantine Oliver to the [[Cheshire Cat]] in reverse.
* April wonders if their investigations of the house will have a [[Scooby Doo]]<!--do not change: this is the spelling from the novel--> ending.
* Since the house seems to clean up on its own, Tanya compares it to a creepier version of ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]''.
* Covered in webs, Miss Quill's suit looks like a [[Halloween costume]].
* Alice Parsons' letter mentions [[Bonfire Night]], also known as [[Guy Fawkes]]' Night.
* [[Jasper Adeola]] sang "[[Rock-a-bye Baby]]" to young Tanya.
* Tanya asks if Alan like [[jazz]]. He replies that he is a [[progressive rock|prog]] person.
 
==== Rhodian culture ====
* Quill mentions [[Parsela]] and [[Whitshade]], mythical rebels from [[Rhodia]].
 
=== Religion ===
* Amira often prays that, insha'[[Allah]], she sees [[Baba (The Stone House)|Baba]] searching for his family.
 
=== Minerals ===
* Quill has a knife made from rare [[Kalthagon stone]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* The story makes repeated mentions of a heat wave and pictures of "packed British beaches" in newspapers, and it is later hinted that these weather anomalies are a result of the space-time tears. This would give a form of in-universe explanation to why the TV episodes of ''Class'' occur during what is seasonally-incorrect weather for the October-December time setting.
[[File:Class - The Stone House (Audiobook).jpg|thumb|Audiobook cover.]]
 
=== Audio release ===
* The story was released as an unabridged 6x CD audiobook along with the US version of the novel by HarperCollins through Quill Tree Books<ref>https://www.harpercollins.com/products/class-the-stone-house-patrick-nessa-k-benedict?variant=32123713454114</ref><ref name=":0">https://www.amazon.com/Class-Stone-House-Patrick-Ness/dp/0062666177</ref> on [[7 March (releases)|7 March]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]],<ref name=":0" /> read by Lucy Rayner and Zehra Jane Naqvi.<ref name=":0" />


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* Miss [[Andrea Quill|Quill]] asks if her students have been replaced again. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Joyride (novel)|Joyride]]'')
* Quill asks if her students have been replaced again. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Joyride (novel)|Joyride]]'')
* After their first kiss ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightvisiting (TV story)|Nightvisiting]]''), [[Ram Singh|Ram]] and [[April MacLean|April]] started dating.
* Ram and April started dating after their first kiss. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightvisiting (TV story)|Nightvisiting]]'')
* Matteusz has moved in with Charlie. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightvisiting (TV story)|Nightvisiting]]'')
* Matteusz has moved in with Charlie. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightvisiting (TV story)|Nightvisiting]]'')
* The events of this story are set between ''[[Nightvisiting (TV story)|Nightvisiting]]'' and ''[[Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart (TV story)||]]''.
* [[Amira]] sees Tanya's nightmare, in which [[Jasper Adeola|her father]] died. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightvisiting (TV story)|Nightvisiting]]'')
 
== Audio release ==
''to be added''


== External links ==
== External links ==
''to be added''
* {{Penguin|1112144/class-the-stone-house/}}


== Foonotes ==
== Footnotes ==
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prose stub

The Stone House was the second of the three originally planned Class novels, tied to the first series. It was written by A.K. Benedict.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

"If you get out, you'd think you'd be one of the lucky ones. But you're not. The house infects you."

There's an old stone house near Coal Hill School. Most people hurry past it. They've heard the stories. But, if you stop, and look up, you'll see the face of a girl, pressed up against a window. Screaming.

Tanya finds herself drawn to the stone house. There's a mystery there, and she's going to solve it. But the more she investigates, the more she realises that there's a presence in the house. One that wants her.

Something is waiting for Tanya in the stone house. Something that has been trapping others in its web over the years. Something that is far worse than any ghosts.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Alien species[[edit] | [edit source]]

Locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

London locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Other Earth locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Amira with her father, mother and sister Yana lived in Damascus in Syria until the war started.
  • Amira, Ummi and Yana crossed the border from Syria to Kahramanmaras on the Turkish side.
  • Ummi drowned in the Mediterranean Sea on their way from Turkey to Greece.
  • Tanya's aunt went for a holiday in Spain.
  • Among national dolls in the house there is a Spanish and Iranian dolls.
  • The last refugee camp Amira stayed in before England was in Calais. There she shared a tent with a family from Homs.
  • Yana suffocated while crossing the Channel in the back of a lorry with a refrigerator unit.

Extraterrestrial locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Plants[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Dandelions and overgrown roses grow in the garden of the old stone house.
  • Tanya sees geraniums.
  • The windows of the house are covered with ivy.
  • The back garden of the house is overgrown with nettle and dock leaf, which looks like nettle.

Animals[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Trochulus hispidus is a species of snails with hairy shells.
  • Mrs Cartwright has a Collie.
  • Charlie draws ants.
  • A cat pisses on dandelions.
  • Tanya notices a pile of earth scurried up by a badger.
  • The hedges in the back garden of the old stone house have the shape similar to a squirrel or a woolly mammoth.
  • Tanya sees a dead wasp.
  • Earth spiders have no eyelids.

Human biology and psychology[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Tanya read that even having not slept the night, a human still catches bits of non-REM sleep. She also read about five tricks to wake up from nightmares: concentrate, observe, scream, blink and run.
  • Human bones are wrapped in periosteum.
  • Shifting brainwaves from theta to gamma and beta results in waking up.
  • Stimulation of amygdala during sleep causes adrenaline flow and opening of the eyes.
  • Tanya thinks that Amira exhibits Stockholm syndrome towards the house.

Food and drinks[[edit] | [edit source]]

Organisations[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Tanya often tries hacking the Pentagon.
  • To gather information about the house, Tanya impersonates a representative of the Mass Observation Centre at the local library.
  • Reyland Developers puts up an announcement for nightwatch staff in a local newspaper.
  • Alan F. Turnpike runs the urban legends website "Myth City", featuring stories about the old stone house.

Science[[edit] | [edit source]]

Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

Earth technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • April uses Nair tubes to remove hair.
  • Tanya and Ram communicate via DM and FaceTime.
  • During a heat wave, April uses a battery-operated fan.
  • Amira communicated with Baba using Whatsapp before losing her phone in the sea.
  • Tanya mentions Instagram.
  • When Charlie says Quill's pen might be a special device, Ram suggests it is a dildo.
  • Quill has EMF readers, like on Most Haunted, that measure fluctuations in electromagnetic fields.
  • X-pro II filter modifies photos by blackening the edges.
  • Alan Turnpike drives a Mini.

Alien technology[[edit] | [edit source]]

Gardening[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Flowers such as roses are supposed to be deadheaded.

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • There are dolls in Victorian dresses in the attic of the house.

Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

Earth culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

Rhodian culture[[edit] | [edit source]]

Religion[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Amira often prays that, insha'Allah, she sees Baba searching for his family.

Minerals[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The story makes repeated mentions of a heat wave and pictures of "packed British beaches" in newspapers, and it is later hinted that these weather anomalies are a result of the space-time tears. This would give a form of in-universe explanation to why the TV episodes of Class occur during what is seasonally-incorrect weather for the October-December time setting.
Audiobook cover.

Audio release[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The story was released as an unabridged 6x CD audiobook along with the US version of the novel by HarperCollins through Quill Tree Books[1][2] on 7 March 2017,[2] read by Lucy Rayner and Zehra Jane Naqvi.[2]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ https://www.harpercollins.com/products/class-the-stone-house-patrick-nessa-k-benedict?variant=32123713454114
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://www.amazon.com/Class-Stone-House-Patrick-Ness/dp/0062666177
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