Can one boy with no memories save the world?
In the Earth world, a boy dreams of faraway lands to escape life with his horrible aunt.
In the Elf world, he wakes up with a mysterious golden torch but without any clue who he is ...
except for the compass he pulls from his pocket, engraved with one name: JAYBEN
Jayben discovers that many moons ago, a giant put a dark spell on the golden torch, and the elves forgot everything that had come before. Now they hang precious memories in jars on trees, just to try to remember.
But a new darkness grows among them.
An evil villain called Null is burning down the forests, hellbent on finding the torch and becoming the most powerful being ever to live.
If Jayben can find his own magic and ignite the torch with its fierce violet flame, his power will be unstoppable ... Can Jayben save the world before the lights go out forever?
A story of courage, hope and friendship. Whatever pages are missing in your story, you can be the hero on the next page.
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Genre: #MiddleGrade #Contemporary #Fantasy
Disability rep: #ChronicIllness #Epilepsy #TraumaticBrainInjury
Publication date: #February2023 #2023year
I really liked this one. Not only does the story really lean into the representation of Jayben's epilepsy, Leeds actually plays with the way the page appears to give the reader some semblance of what experiencing a seizure might be like. I was pleasantly surprised.