Charles Beagley

The Blue Pen (eBook, ePUB)

Six individuals come in contact with a magical blue pen that changes their lives forever

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Melbourne author Charles Beagley has written a childrens book of subtle twists and turns and daring times. The story is woven with events and memories of his own childhood and life of adventure and these snippets have been cleverly woven together to take the young reader on a rich journey across the world.

The Blue Pen is an intriguing story of young love, hardship, tragedy and blind expectation. Each of the six stories, gives an intimiate glimpse into the lives of those who came in contact with an iridescent blue pen that changes their lives forever.
The story begins in England with a young nine year old boy, Billy Barnes and a girl called Janet - the pen becomes a token for his affection before the blue pen then travels through a battle in France and ends up in the hands of the Germans and saves the life of a Panzer Major. Its journey continues to the bloody shores of Tobruk in Turkey.
Found by an Aussie Digger in an abandoned tank on the battle field of Tobruk, the pen takes its next turn where fame, fortune and save a mans life.
Years later, Harry discovers the blue pen in an Op Shop and it brings him luck, until a sneeky Bowerbird decides otherwise. Eventually with the pen safely recovered, Harry gives his lucky pen to his grandaughter, only for it to disappear in Ballarat. Julia discovers the blue pen almost by chance and reunites it to its young owner. Julia is mysteriously drawn to the sparkly pen and learns of its adventurous history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Accentia Design
• Seitenzahl: 287
• Altersempfehlung: ab 3 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780648007050
• Artikelnr.: 52378703

Autorenporträt

As a child in the London blitz, Charles Beagley distracted himself from the horror of his family's situation by making up stories or drawing. His eventual training was at Art School, which equipped him for the many years he spent working in advertising and design. He lived in London initially, did two years National Services in the RAF, worked in Ireland and Belgium and then set up and successful ran a Design Consultancy back in England for twenty years. He married and had two sons whose futures concerned him, as things were grim economically in 1982 England. He jumped at the opportunity to move his family to Australia when he was offered a managerial position in design. During his years in England, his writing developed as he wrote promotional text and an occasional short story. Since coming to Australia he has honed his skills, writing over twenty fictional stories, mainly mysteries with six books currently published. The Blue Pen is one such novel that has woven into its fabric, events of his own life and childhood.