The Green Sky

After Jack finds a mysterious blank book titledThe UnusualAdventures of a Usual Boy named Jack, he's astonished tosee that his mother's porcelain figurines have come to life. Alittle boy and a little girl want to hear of his adventures, andwhen Jack opens the book, the pages are suddenly no longerempty. Another planet, blue trees, and little giraffes are just a few ofthe strange things that Jack sees in a series of fantastic trips.Traveling with assistance of the wind, which gusts each timehe puts on his magic backpack, Jack becomes anambassador to other worlds. Along the way, he meetsLantorek, an elder of strange creaters'protaluxes, whodescribes protaluxes as ?the most perfect creatures among allthe beings living?, and his son Maritolek, who doesn'tmeasure his age in years; rather, he calls himself a ?nine-rainboy? because rain'a very rare event in his land'has onlyoccurred nine times in his life. But when Jack travels to a planet where he is invisible, hemeets Roco and Rici, twin brothers'clones, who urge him toleave the planet. If anybody finds his magic backpack, allthree boys will be sent underground, perhaps to be trappedforever. Brimming with magic, fantasy, and adventure,The Green Skycelebrates the wondrous joy of imagination.SCHWARTZ, E. D. W. A. R. D. is the author of 'The Green Sky', published 2007 under ISBN 9780595447626 and ISBN 0595447627.