Gabriel's Magic Ornament - Couverture souple

Bush, Randall

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1936670232 ISBN 13 : 9781936670239

Editeur : BORDERSTONE PR LLC, 2011

Synopsis

Book by Bush Randall

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Book Description

THE STORY

You will experience the excitement and wonder of Christmas afresh as you are whisked away into Randall Bush’s enchanting yuletide fantasy, Gabriel’s Magic Ornament.

No Christmas tree will ever look the same again after reading this book. From the branches of this familiar tree, the author skillfully creates an unforgettable fantasy world in the tradition of such notable authors as Lewis Carroll, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Roald Dahl.

Children and adults alike will embark upon an exciting and spell-binding journey as they join a brother and sister in their quest to discover the secret of the true magic of Christmas that is in danger of being lost forever.

Packed with magical adventure, mystery, and suspense, this humorous but sometimes serious tale reveals how the imaginary land of Arboria and its eccentric inhabitants fall under a powerful evil spell no one can seem to break.

Two children arrive in Arboria only to discover that as a horrible creature called Lesnit crawls through its lands, he causes terrible mischief. He eats angel stars, leaving behind bottomless pits that burn with dark fires of selfishness, greed, and hatred. He hiccups apples that cause terrible hunger.

Poisonous mistletoe grows wherever he spits. He aims to devour the Star at Tree Top where the glorious Tree King lives so that he can destroy Arboria and bring its hollow and fragile Orna folk to a miserable end.

But just when all seems hopeless, a secret gift of true magic draws the story to a surprising and wonderful conclusion.

Parents no doubt will appreciate the moral insights their children will learn from this book, but they too will be enticed to read along so that they can recapture and relive their own childhood experiences of the magic, meaning, and joy of Christmas.

About the author

About the Author

Randall Bush has always had a large dose of the Christmas spirit.

"My first semester as a freshman in college was hard," he recalled, "because my father had passed away the previous summer at the age of forty-five. By the time the Christmas season had arrived, I was homesick and in desperate need of some Christmas spirit, so I went to an area supermarket, bought a single strand of Christmas lights, and used it to decorate a lamp." Returning home for the holidays to find the tree already up and decorated, he used his strand of lights to spell out "noel" in the window. "Unfortunately, the rest of the neighborhood saw the word, ‘leon.’"

As he grew older, his enthusiasm for the holiday remained, and in 1992, during a living Christmas tree service at his church, an idea started forming for a story that would allow adults and children alike to experience the true magic of Christmas. The idea eventually developed into Gabriel’s Magic Ornament.

Randall Bush was inspired to write in the fantasy genre while working on his first Ph.D. in the area of symbolism. "I especially admired the styles of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. Later, when I was a student at the University of Oxford, I was delighted to discover that my college adjoined The Eagle and the Child, the famous pub where Lewis, Tolkien, and their fellow Inklings met to discuss their work."

Bush went on to earn a D.Phil. from the University of Oxford. He is now Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Interdisciplinary Honors Program at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee where he lives with his wife, Cynthia, his son, Chris, and his daughter, Laura. Among other life experiences, he has lived and traveled abroad extensively, done social work in a Houston barrio, lived on a Texas ranch, served as a part-time minister in a British church, and taught ninth-grade English in an inner-city Houston School. He is also an accomplished pianist, organist, and vocalist.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: BORDERSTONE PR LLC
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1936670232
• ISBN 13: 9781936670239
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 134
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible