The Forgotten Spirit "A Christmas Tale"

by Evie Rhodes

Overview

Award-winning gospel songwriter Evie Rhodes invites readers into the world of a young girl who inspires everyone around her and reveals that the spirit of Christmas can be found anywhere--if you just believe... On the surface, Jamie Lynne Brooks looks like your ordinary nine-year-old girl. She likes to skip, laugh, and play. But Jamie is far from ordinary. She has been blessed with a magical gift--a gift that will transform Jamie's world and all of the people in it this holiday season...

Although her loving grandparents have raised Jamie in a protective cocoon, Jamie is wise to the harsh realities of the tough neighborhood she calls home. And her mother's absence from her life has only made Jamie wiser beyond her years. Yet she has managed to hold onto hope--hope for a better life for her grandparents, hope that her mother will return someday, and hope for anyone who's lost their way. After all, Christmas is a time for miracles...

With its fresh, unforgettable heroine and the pure innocence that only a child can give, The Forgotten Spirit is a remarkable novel of love, new beginnings, and the amazing power of hope...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780986344305
Publisher:	Rhodes Enterprises
Publication date:	11/01/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	305 KB

About the Author

Evie Rhodes began performing her combination of Gospel and Hip-Hop in the churches in New York City. She wrote and performed as Prophecy 1 on the album Standing In Da Spirit, which received two awards from Real Blues Magazine one for Best Gospel Albumandthe other for Best Gospel Music Videofor the song "Changed." Ms. Rhodes is the recipient of The Esther Awardbestowed upon her for her Outstanding Contribution to Literature from the organization Purpose Driven Sisters in New York City, founded by a reporter of the historic Amsterdam Newspaper. Her novel Expired is recognized as an important work in literature by The African American Academy of Arts and Letters. The Forgotten Spirit is a featured article in Today’s Black Woman a national magazine publication who has noted her writing as Undefined in contemporary times. Historically, The Forgotten Spirit is the First African-American Christmas story in the country based on the Gospels of Jesus Christ.
Black Issues Book Review calls her work, “Masterful!” Pages in Black callsher, “A master writer with a skilled vision of storytelling!” Her novels includeExpired, Out “A” Order, Criss Cross, and The Forgotten Spirit (A Christmas Tale). In July her groundbreaking novel, “Street Vengeance” spotlighting the humanitarian effects of gang violence on today’s youth will be released. Cumberland County Library in New Jersey has noted her in honor of Black History Month to be among the most respected and acclaimed voices in contemporary African-American history.

Read an Excerpt

A Christmas Poem (from the back cover):

T'was the week before Christmas,
When all through the house,
Not one soul was stirring, nary a creak in the house
One child was snuggled under the blanket with care,
While two Angels hovered, awaiting hope and love for all to be shared.
The two angels watched her sleeping
And knew without a doubt,
This Christmas would be remembered,
And so would the Christ Child, and his clout.
Though many had forgotten for many a year,
The true spirit of Christmas and its time was near.
And though this child was sleeping, the Angels knew
She'd bring back faith, and a love for Christmas, renewed.
And before they all slept on Christmas night,
They would hear Christ's whisper, biding them a good night.
And above all, wishing them a Merry Christmas,
And to all a good life!