"This is a gentle story with a mix of coloured and black and white drawings throughout bringing the scenes and the characters to life. A calming read infused with encouragement."
Return to Crouch end, an unusual corner of London for a magical story about believing in yourself and standing up to bullies. Peter is a 10 year-old boy who has a talent for writing and loves to run tirelessly around the park. However he is quiet and bullied at school, with his headteacher saying he needs to “learn to deal with this on his own”.
While meeting his unusual neighbour Merlin, Peter is given a curious stone with special powers that could help him with his problems. The Tale Of The Boy Who Could Stop Time is a contemporary fable with a magical twist. I liked how traditional folklore was incorporated into the modern storyline as a nod to the style’s long rich history.
It was great to see Peter’s life improved with the stone, and then the realisation that he doesn’t need the stone to be brave. It was nice to see his confrontation with the bullies had an impact on them, with a reassuring feeling that Peter’s positive and kind actions may spread. This is a gentle story with a mix of coloured and black and white drawings throughout bringing the scenes and the characters to life. A calming read infused with encouragement.
Charlotte Walker, A LoveReading4Kids Ambassador
A modern fable for children and their parents that mixes fantasy and our daily reality as Peter, a contemporary boy of ten, copes with bullying at school with the help of the magician Merlin, retired in Crouch End as: Merlin Smith-Jones. Peter is a sensitive boy with divorced parents, with an unusual ability to write with great emotional affect, and an equally unusual ability to run tirelessly. Magic blends seamlessly with our familiar reality and Peter's gifts as Merlin helps Peter with his problems with an amulet in the form of a stone with a glowing lightning bolt in its middle that confers strange powers on Peter when he gives it a squeeze.
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A modern fable for children and their parents that mixes fantasy and our daily reality as Peter, a contemporary boy of ten, copes with bullying at school with the help of the magician Merlin, retired in Crouch End as: Merlin Smith-Jones. Peter is a sensitive boy with divorced parents, with an unusual ability to write with great emotional affect, and an equally unusual ability to run tirelessly.
The Tale Of The Boy Who Could Stop Time features in the following genres: Indie Author Books , Indie Books We Love, Recommendations
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The Tale Of The Boy Who Could Stop Time was written by Lance Lee and published by Lwl Books