Description
<p>Does your child have ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)?</p><p>Meet David, one of award-winning author Sherrill S. Cannon's "Classroom of Kids," who manages his ADHD with the help of classmates.</p><p>David discovers ways to cope with his hyperactive brain, while learning how to calm and soothe his ADHD. Solutions include setting daily schedules and following simple rules that regulate behavior. His teachers and therapists encourage using the computer for academic advancement, and to establish a pattern for study as well as for occasional recreation. David not only learns self-control and communication skills, but is able to fit into the classroom and make friends.</p><p>Once again social values are emphasized in the author's latest illustrated children's story, and classroom friends from previous books are featured. In fact, David has been part of the class for a long time!</p><p><strong><em>"David's ADHD</em></strong><em> is a timely topic for parents and children. A story in rhyme that demystifies ADHD. It explains a youngster's behavior in terms of his inattentiveness and impulsivity and how it impacts those around him. A sensitive way of creating understanding for children with ADHD and their families."</em> - <strong>Dr. Valerie Allen, licensed school psychologist</strong></p><p><strong>Author Bio: </strong></p><p>Former teacher Sherrill S. Cannon has won 76 awards for her previous 11 rhyming books. She is also the author of seven published and internationally performed plays for elementary school children. The author has been called "an absolute master of rhyming" and "a modern-day Dr. Seuss."</p>
Story Behind The Book
The High Queen was prophesized over 400 years ago by Paerex the Navean. His prophecy threatened the king who exiled him from Caspin.
Layla Burn is a normal girl with an unnatural illness that cannot be cured. She has grown up in Lexhir but now sets off to Agien to live with her Uncle who is an acclaimed healer with the hopes that he can cure her. What she doesn't know is that she isn't actually affected by an illnes and her Uncle can't cure her.
Shayn Kayle is also from Lexhir, but at a young age he proved to be compatible with the Sync; a liquid that bonds with the bearers skin and allows him or her to control the environment. Shayn's path starts in Vetran, the country of Tiluse's capital, but quickly he is thrust into an adventure where, unbeknownst to him, he is not supposed to return from.
Shayn and Layla's paths cross and so begins the rise of the High Queen.
Reviews
After picking up a copy of Awakening from a signing the author was doing in Brampton I found myself unable to put it down. I was reluctant to purchase a "fantasy" novel at first, but, once you start reading the book immerses you in the world of Tiluse. The novel is a surprisingly easy read and even the novice fantasy reader will easily become caught up in the storyline. It turns out this is Jamie William's first novel, but, after reading it you will understand it should be the first of many to come.
