Jayben and the Golden Torch: Book 1

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years-later, creating an 80s playlist for his upcoming 30th, Thomas heard the first line of the Waterboys' The Whole of the Moon and his childhood memories began to emerge.

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A song I had somehow not heard in all that time, The Whole of the Moon by the Waterboys, began to play, and I was transported. Readers who enjoy an exciting adventure with added depth and intensity are sure to be captivated by this funny, heart-warming and imaginative voyage into memory, meaning and identity. If Jayben can find his own magic and ignite the torch with its fierce violet flame, his power will be unstoppable . This booklist includes books with characters who have epilepsy and books with characters that have seizures.It's so important to me that there are blank pages in the book, every time Jayben has a seizure and forgets a period of his life. This can certainly be recommended to readers of fantasy, and it seems that a second book involving Jayben may be coming in the future. Inspired by his own experience of memory loss after a brain injury, author Thomas Leeds introduces us to Jayben, a boy who can’t remember anything before the age of six. Then I was told that it was possible that my memories might not actually be gone, they were just hard to reach.

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When Jayben meets the local fantasy elfin individuals in their fantasy world, unrecognisable to those of us in Earth-time and place, they are convinced that he is there to save them from the evil forces deliberately trying to block the connection between Earth and the Elf world. Books that acknowledge or explore mental health issues can help to increase awareness, encourage dialogue, reduce stigma and develop real understanding.They need to see their difficulties faced by strong characters in stories that are not about the fact that they're disabled – books that any of their friends might enjoy just as much.