Welcome to my stop on
the Six Weeks
to Yehidah book tour which has been brought to you by Sage's Blog Tours. Here you can read a
summary of the book, read my review and learn a little more about the author Melissa Studdard in her bio.
Don't forget to visit the other blogs on this tour for more information about
this book and the author.
Author: Melissa
Studdard
Title: Six Weeks to
Yehidah
Publisher: All Things That
Matter Press
Published: August 3rd
2011
Format: eBook supplied for
review
Summary
from Goodreads
"The thing you would notice most was the rain,
how the rain fell and fell and never seemed to stop. The sky was constantly
swollen with it, then birthing it, swollen, then birthing again, and the hills,
like greedy babies, suckled up all that rain. They shone and glistened green as
the backs of frogs on bright green lily pads.
Annalise was ten then, old enough that she’d begun thinking about grown up
things, like picking her own clothes out for school, yet young enough, still,
to indulge in fanciful imaginings of enchanted trees and talking hills. Her
best friends were the clouds that canopied her village and the verdant hills
that hosted her most precious and outrageous dreams."
As spunky young Annalise travels from one adventure to another, she learns
ancient wisdom traditions and gains deeper and deeper insight into herself and
her world. Eventually she must make the most important decision she's ever
faced -- whether or not to return to the self she has always known.
My Review
Six Weeks to Yehidah is a
fun fantasy story. It is like a mixture of Alice and Wonderland and The Wizard
of Oz.
Annalise is a 10 year old
girl who is a bit of a daydreamer. She likes to sing to the clouds and loves it
when her mother reads her stories. She is very intelligent and appears to have
a very old soul.
We journey with Annalise
and her two sheep as she tries to discover things about herself. ‘We hop on
garden stones, islands, mountaintops and clouds: we traverse labyrinths, garden
trails, hallways and corridors; up stairs and elevators and down tunnels, and
through portals and doorways and elaborate gates.’
She likes to use song and rhyme in her
everyday life, and on this journey with her now talking sheep, they use it to
help Annalise learn more about her life. We meet a lot of other interesting
characters who also guide Annalise in the right direction so that she can
return to her mother.
It is a story for the
imagination as nothing is as it appears. It is a fabulous story about life and
the struggles we have within ourselves. It is a great book for the 10-14 year
old age group.
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more information or to purchase this book, go to
About the Author
Melissa Studdard is the author
of the bestselling novel Six Weeks to Yehidah, and its companion
journal, My Yehidah (both
on All Things That Matter Press). Since its August 2011 release, Six
Weeks to Yehidah has been the recipient of many accolades, including
the Forward National Literature Award and January Magazine's best
children's books of 2011. It was also named a finalist in the National Indie
Excellence Awards and is a current finalist for the Readers Favorite Awards. Along
with Scott Lutz, Melissa is co-author of For the Love of All (Trestle Press), which is
the fifth story in the Mark Miller’s One series and debuted in
the number one spot for Hot New Releases in Literary Criticism and Theory in
the Amazon Kindle store. As well, her poetry, fiction, essays, reviews, and
articles have appeared in numerous magazines, journals, and anthologies. Melissa
currently serves as a Reviewer-at-Large for The National Poetry Review,
an editorial advisor for Lapis Lazuli Journal of The Harold
Pinter Society of India, and a contributing editor for Tiferet
Journal. She is also the host of Tiferet Journal’s radio program,
Tiferet Talk. Melissa received her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College and
is a professor at a community college in Texas and a teaching artist at The
Rooster Moans Poetry Cooperative.
As you might have guessed
already, she loves anything related to writing and reading, whether it's
sitting alone with a book and a cup of hot tea, or attending a large poetry
reading or literary festival. She also loves travelling, meditating, going for
walks, bicycling, practicing yoga, and spending time with family.
She currently resides in Texas with
her wonderful daughter and their four sweet but mischievous cats.
Find
Melissa online
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