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Jacky Atkins

Jacky Atkins

About

My first children's novel, The Mysterious Beach Hut, was published in the USA in April 2009, but I have previousely had poems and short stories published. I live in Cobham, Surrey, with my husband, Richard. We have 4 children and 6 grandchildren, so children play an important part in my life! As well as writing, I am a PA for my husband's firm of Chartered Accountants and Company secretary to my son's company. I am a member of Mother's Union, through which I work as a volunteer playleader in the Visits Hall of a local 'category B' men's prison. I am involved with my church, love travel, walking and gardening

The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky

The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky

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<p><em style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">After centuries of religiously motivated war, the world has been split in two. Now the Blessed Lands are ruled by pure faith, while in the Republic, reason is the guiding light—two different realms, kept apart and at peace by a treaty and an ocean.</em><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">Children of the Republic, Helena and Jason were inseparable in their youth, until fate sent them down different paths. Grief and duty sidetracked Helena’s plans, and Jason came to detest the hollowness of his ambitions.</span><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">These two damaged souls are reunited when a tiny boat from the Blessed Lands crashes onto the rocks near Helena’s home after an impossible journey across the forbidden ocean. On board is a single passenger, a nine-year-old girl named Kailani, who calls herself “the Daughter of the Sea and the Sky.” A new and perilous purpose binds Jason and Helena together again, as they vow to protect the lost innocent from the wrath of the authorities, no matter the risk to their future and freedom.</span><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;" /><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:13.63636302947998px;line-height:17.563634872436523px;">But is the mysterious child simply a troubled little girl longing to return home? Or is she a powerful prophet sent to unravel the fabric of a godless Republic, as the outlaw leader of an illegal religious sect would have them believe? Whatever the answer, it will change them all forever… and perhaps their world as well.</span></p>

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<p style="text-align:center;margin:.65pt 0cm 16.2pt;background:#ffffff;" class="ecmsonormal" align="center"><em><span style="font-family:'Segoe UI';color:#444444;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"><font size="3">Review of The Mysterious Beach Hut</font></span></em></p> <p></p> <p style="text-align:center;margin:.65pt 0cm 16.2pt;background:#ffffff;" class="ecmsonormal" align="center"><em><span style="font-family:'Segoe UI';color:#444444;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"><font size="3">By Nickie Croese</font></span></em></p> <p></p> <p style="text-align:center;margin:.65pt 0cm 16.2pt;background:#ffffff;" class="ecmsonormal" align="center"><em><span style="font-family:'Segoe UI';color:#444444;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"><font size="3">24.06.09</font></span></em></p> <p></p> <p style="margin:.65pt 0cm 16.2pt;background:#ffffff;" class="ecmsonormal"><span style="font-family:'Segoe UI';color:#444444;font-size:10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"></span> </p> <p></p> <p style="margin:.65pt 0cm 16.2pt;background:#ffffff;" class="ecmsonormal"><span style="font-family:'Segoe UI';color:#444444;font-size:10pt;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">“No ordinary time travel book for children, this story has many twists and turns which will keep readers of all ages guessing until the unexpected ending. The author skillfully weaves past and present in her tale of two young sisters who sometimes stepped through the door of their beach hut in 2001 and found themselves back in 1914. They wanted to find out why this had happened to them and more about the people they met in the past. The book is lightly written but the explanation and the dénouement are thought-provoking for young and old alike. I couldn’t put it down!”</span><span style="font-family:'Segoe UI';color:#444444;font-size:10pt;"></span></p> <p></p>