Ballad, The Light Follower - Couverture souple

Strulowitz, Joanie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1735188115 ISBN 13 : 9781735188119

Editeur : Fairhaven Road Books, 2023

Synopsis

LIFE ON THE ISLAND OF PAGE ONE IS NEARLY PERFECT . . . AS LONG AS NO ONE LOOKS DEEPER.

Seventeen-year-old Ballad is a Light Follower and visionary living on Page One--a nearly Utopian settlement in the middle of no-one-knows-where-or-when. But behind its near perfection lies a sinister history. And if any of the original Pioneers remember it--or why they fled the Other Side through a mystical Keyhole in the Sky--almost everyone is afraid to say.

Ballad has always been so obsessed with solving the mystery that as a child, he and his best friend, Nic, made a secret pact to take a Quest when they turned eighteen. With the time almost in sight, his conviction is stronger than ever that he and his friends must travel through that same portal to find answers to protect their settlement.

But tragedy forces Ballad to make an inconceivable choice: Abandon the Quest and risk leaving everyone he knows and loves in danger, or abandon his fourteen-year-old sister with whom he has an unbreakable bond. And the two choices are literally worlds apart. To make the right one, Ballad must learn to trust his visions and his close circle of friends. Only then can he truly step into his role as the Light Follower.

PARANORMAL ADVENTURE MEETS PORTAL FANTASY IN THIS THRILLING COMING-OF-AGE NOVEL.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

When Joanie Strulowitz was growing up, she felt like frosting without the cake--and not great frosting at that. As an observer who always thought something was wrong with her because she didn't fit in, she discovered that writing, books, and all of the arts helped her make sense of life. With a memory that is largely emotive, Joanie recalls almost every square inch of how she felt growing up. Now she seeks to be the voice she searched for, so the lessons she learned can help others find the gifts in their differences--and believe in themselves and their dreams. * One day, while living in New York City, Joanie happened to glance out her window--and saw a perfectly shaped, cornflower-blue keyhole, in the middle of a sky filled with silver-gray clouds. A giant one that seemed to be waiting expressly for her. As she stared into it, the keyhole expanded--pushed the clouds away--and let the sky float free. The experience felt like a palpable message, in a code that she couldn't decipher. So it lived in the back of her mind for eight years. Until one day--she opened her journal--and the voice of Ballad, a seventeen-year-old Light Follower and visionary, started pouring out of her pen. * Joanie moved from Iowa to Chicago to New York City to Los Angeles. Today you can find her (and her black turtleneck) writing a chapter on a grocery bag while walking home, or jotting down notes for her next fantasy novel while doing Pilates. She is a longtime member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Her books include: My Love Affair with Manhattan (Vignettes of a Life in the City) and Ballad, the Light Follower (Book 1). You can visit her online at www.joaniestrulowitz.com.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fairhaven Road Books
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1735188115
• ISBN 13: 9781735188119
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
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