Full of astonishing insights about loss, friendship, family, self-worth, and love. These heart wrenching and heart-warming short stories are bound in danger, hope, and awe. With an uplifting and surprising cast of characters, they prepare children for the real-life experiences that are part of a broader world awareness. These young adult stories evoke a positive and hopeful insight into real-world issues: such as climate change, landmines, wars, natural disasters, whale migration and conservation, global epidemics, permanent flood water displacement, and relocation of refugee families. All ending with the power of love, understanding and hope for today and the future.
Table of Content
THE GIFTING TREE
THE BOY IN THE CLOUD
MARGARAT
BUFFALO GIRL
TANGLEWEED
GOD’S ORCHARD
HARROGATE
About the author
Bruce Blanshard is an award winning international creative director. He has an educational certificate from Cambridge University, United Kingdom. Bruce is the father of two adult children.Bruce is a world traveller and his interactions with local people of different cultures, gives him an authentic insight to their troubles, life-challenges, and dreams. ‘The hope for the future lies with the youth.’ To this end he writes about the hard world issues that affect, in dramatic ways, the people he has met, and befriended, in over twenty-five countries.