Rev. Kelly Ladd Bishop

pastor, author, and teacher

“ Water Stone is a journey through imaginative worlds paired with inner courage and ethical choice”
— Martha C.
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Water Stone

Synopsis

Alexandra does well in school and has a job at the local ice cream shop, but her daily routines aren’t very exciting. Everything changes when she finds herself transported to a land called Eloden for an adventure she could have never imagined! At first, Eloden seems to be perfect. Hints of magic and the music of a mysterious queen fill the place and the people. But she soon discovers that one person is about to ruin everything, and the queen has brought her there to lead the people through it. The journey leads her and her new friends through lands that force them to address all kinds of questions and challenges while learning to navigate truth, lies, anger, injustice, friendship, and hope. Finding their way back to the goodness of Eloden isn’t easy, but maybe Alexandra is stronger than she thinks.

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Publisher: Wipf and Stock

ISBN: 9798385258444 (paperback)

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Kelly Ladd Bishop is an ordained pastor, writer, and teacher whose storytelling explores the meeting place between faith and imagination. Drawing on her background in ministry and her love of literature, Bishop writes stories that reflect the beauty and complexity of belief, courage, and transformation.


Water Stone is her debut novel — blending rich world-building with emotional depth, Water Stone invites readers to explore themes of resilience, belonging, and transformation. With vivid imagery and lyrical prose, Bishop crafts a story that speaks to the courage it takes to grow, change, and find one’s place in an unpredictable world.

“In Water Stone, Kelly Ladd Bishop takes the reader on an imaginative quest of calamity, heartbreak, tenderness, and hope … I could not help but put myself in the shoes of Alexandra … called to act with a strength she isn’t yet sure she possesses.”