A Rare Gift: Crystal Journals

Young Susan Sinclair is a typical girl whose most exotic pastime, in the normal course of things, is her weekly martial arts class. But when a complete stranger gives her a rare crystal while she's at a flea market with her parents, everything changes.

When Susan sleeps, she wakes up on a nineteenth-century migrant ship headed for New York City. There, she meets a young boy named Jeremy who was orphaned at the beginning of the vessel's journey.

When Susan attempts to return the crystal, she learns it has chosen her to go to places in the past where something is wrong and must be set right, and she can't give the stone away until it determines the time is right. Susan, who does not even like Jeremy, is outraged.

However, as her travels through time continue, she softens toward the unfortunate boy and decides to give this new adventure a chance. But on one return visit to the ship, a bully steals the crystal--and Susan finds herself stuck in the past. She will have to summon all the bravery and resourcefulness she can to escape from a danger beyond her wildest dreams.

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A Rare Gift: Crystal Journals

Young Susan Sinclair is a typical girl whose most exotic pastime, in the normal course of things, is her weekly martial arts class. But when a complete stranger gives her a rare crystal while she's at a flea market with her parents, everything changes.

When Susan sleeps, she wakes up on a nineteenth-century migrant ship headed for New York City. There, she meets a young boy named Jeremy who was orphaned at the beginning of the vessel's journey.

When Susan attempts to return the crystal, she learns it has chosen her to go to places in the past where something is wrong and must be set right, and she can't give the stone away until it determines the time is right. Susan, who does not even like Jeremy, is outraged.

However, as her travels through time continue, she softens toward the unfortunate boy and decides to give this new adventure a chance. But on one return visit to the ship, a bully steals the crystal--and Susan finds herself stuck in the past. She will have to summon all the bravery and resourcefulness she can to escape from a danger beyond her wildest dreams.

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A Rare Gift: Crystal Journals

A Rare Gift: Crystal Journals

A Rare Gift: Crystal Journals

A Rare Gift: Crystal Journals

Overview

Young Susan Sinclair is a typical girl whose most exotic pastime, in the normal course of things, is her weekly martial arts class. But when a complete stranger gives her a rare crystal while she's at a flea market with her parents, everything changes.

When Susan sleeps, she wakes up on a nineteenth-century migrant ship headed for New York City. There, she meets a young boy named Jeremy who was orphaned at the beginning of the vessel's journey.

When Susan attempts to return the crystal, she learns it has chosen her to go to places in the past where something is wrong and must be set right, and she can't give the stone away until it determines the time is right. Susan, who does not even like Jeremy, is outraged.

However, as her travels through time continue, she softens toward the unfortunate boy and decides to give this new adventure a chance. But on one return visit to the ship, a bully steals the crystal--and Susan finds herself stuck in the past. She will have to summon all the bravery and resourcefulness she can to escape from a danger beyond her wildest dreams.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780973687118
Publisher: Comwave Publishing House Inc.
Publication date: 02/22/2017
Series: Crystal Journals , #1
Edition description: 2nd Revised Copyright Details ed.
Pages: 156
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.33(d)
Age Range: 8 - 12 Years

About the Author

G. Rosemary Ludlow is a former schoolteacher with a deep love for storytelling and teaching children to read. She is honored and grateful that her first book in the Crystal Journals series, A Rare Gift, was shortlisted for the Chocolate Lily Awards. When she isn't thinking up new and wonderful stories, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, reading, flying in helicopters, sailing in boats, and taking lots of pictures.

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Website: http://grosemaryludlow.com/

Nomination Interview: http://grosemaryludlow.com/giveaways-activities/#videos-watch

Book Interview: https://grosemaryludlow.com/a-rare-gift/

Awards: The first book in her Crystal Journal series, "A Rare Gift", has been short-listed for the Chocolate Lily Award, which is a British Columbian award for books by B C Authors which have interest and merit for inclusion in the Province's Schools.

Chapter One

A Rare Gift

At ten years old, Susan was tall for her age. “Tall and willowy,” her dad said.

Her eyes were blue, and that was OK. But her hair. Susan’s hair was a “nothing”

brown. “Golden highlights,” her mum said. “Boring,” Susan said.

It wasn’t curly; it wasn’t straight. It just waved all over the place. And so Susan made

sure it was always cut short Whether she liked it or not, Susan was at the local

flea market—again. Every Sunday morning her parents dragged her along with them.



It was boring. Susan was annoyed. She kicked at a clump of grass. It didn’t move.

Susan kicked it again. Now she had a dirty shoe.

The flea market was in a large field just off the freeway. All summer people came from

cities, towns, and villages across Vancouver Island to buy and sell their wares. It was a

meeting place for neighbors—and strangers..........



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