Spring birds singing in the morning as I waited for the school bus. So what is HOME? What defines it? For me, it’s an unseen structure made up of memories. The entire novel follows her path of dealing with those memories, confronting certain realities, and altering her own perceptions as to where she belongs, where she fits in, where she’s meant to be. When she is sent to the Mines, her memories of her life Aboveground grip her so tightly that she is almost blinded by nostalgia. In The Coal Elf, Ember Skye deals with this notion of Home from the moment she is called to her Life Job. And more recently, Katniss Everdeen initially strives to win The Hunger Games to go where? Back Home. Thrust onto an island while the war-torn world around them has no idea of their whereabouts, the children in The Lord of the Flies are in constant pursuit of returning home while in the process, create a home. Her journey brought her to the realization that her black and white world of farm animals and twisters was really where she belonged. After having experienced the wonder and glory of Oz, Dorothy said there was no place like it. Some of the most influential stories of our time use HOME as a central theme.
Humans have an innate honing device that draws us to a nostalgic place of comfort and love. What’s the old saying? “Home is where the heart is.” It must be true because one of the prevalent themes in story-telling is the concept of Home – Having one, being a part of one, rejecting one, leaving one, desperately trying to find your way back to one. Scroll to the bottom for a peek at this unique story and help us drive it up to the top of Amazon’s charts by buying The Coal Elf at a special holiday price of only $2.99!Īnd now find out why There’s No Place Like Home during the holidays. The Coal Elf is an original, dark and evocative tale with a different take on Christmas. But this isn’t your childhood Christmas tale. When a mysterious illness threatens to decimate elves both Above and Underground, Ember is thrust into a journey that will see her confront the literal and figurative demons of her past and lead her to the head of the North Pole himself. And being the only girl-elf working as a coal miner at the North Pole doesn’t help much either.
Having been torn away from a carefree life and forced into a world of dirt and darkness has started to get the best of her. The Coal Elf is about Ember Skye, a teenage Coal Elf with a big ashy chip on her shoulder. The holidays are upon us and my guest blogger today is the talented author of The Coal Elf, Maria DeVivo.
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