Leah is a shy, usual 9 year old child, with a fierce stutter. She has moved to a new town ( Mattingly) with her parents who each have problems of their own . Its to be a new beginning for them all; they have no idea how much of a new beginning it is. Suddenly Leah begins painting art far beyond her ability to this point; in fact beyond even most adults. Vibrant, stirring and sometimes disturbing, brilliant pictures; all the while talking to the Rainbow Man, who is her only friend. All of this sets the town on its ear; everyone is disturbed by all of it. One thing they do agree with is that there is no Rainbow Man and try to make her see reason. But a big storm is coming; but they need Leah for what she "sees" and " knows" a lot more than they realize.....yet.
Whew, I just finished reading this book; minutes ago. When I picked this book as the next one to read; I had no idea what I was getting into. What a story! Yes, the quick blurb on the information about the book, was what caught my attention. But I can also say, I'm an avid reader and I don't think I've ever read anything quite like it before. To tell the truth, I laid the book down several times at the beginning, thinking," oh I don't know if I'm going to make it all the way through this book or not?" It was slow moving at the start but I kept going because, part of my getting the book was my promise to read the whole book before reviewing it. (see below) So glad I kept going; it was sad, funny, thought provoking, unusual and well worth the read. The people, the story was so good; I marvel at the author's inspiration and imagination.
I give it 5***** Stars for pure genius and enjoyment.
I received this book free from the publisher through the Book
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