The Enchantment of Jack Horner - Softcover

Doyle, Christopher R

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9781718171145: The Enchantment of Jack Horner

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1718171145 ISBN 13: 9781718171145

Publisher: Independently published, 2018

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When 6-year-old Jack Horner is given the gift of magic, he uses it to create small miracles for his family by reciting the rhymes that are whispered inside his mind. But one day, while reciting a rhyme for his ailing infant brother, an unexpected tragedy struck his family. Consumed with guilt, he refuses to utter another rhyme, to spare his family from more disaster. But now aged 12, to Jack’s dismay, his mother is expecting another baby. With enough of his own adolescent issues to contend with, including chores, bullies and a budding romance with childhood friend Jill Muffet, Jack is suddenly thrown into another quandary when 6-year-old Polly appears in his life. He reluctantly feels obliged to protect her and her brother from their cruel mother’s harsh treatment, but in order to do so Jack must rekindle his magic by expressing the sorrow for his lost brother that he has held onto for so long. And when Polly suffers a tragedy of her own, their shared grief causes Jack to fully understand who the girl really is and how desperately they both need him to work his magic.

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