{"id":7802,"date":"2012-01-28T07:53:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-28T11:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thegreathorse.com\/?p=7802"},"modified":"2018-12-09T19:28:35","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T23:28:35","slug":"the-golden-spark-nominated-for-written-arts-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/2012\/01\/the-golden-spark-nominated-for-written-arts-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Written Arts Awards: The Golden Spark is “Magical and Enchanting”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following review of The Golden Spark<\/em><\/strong><\/a> was given by Kam Aures for Rebecca’s Reads<\/em><\/a>. The title was honored by selection for their literary contest, the Written Arts Awards<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\n\"Written<\/p>\n

Rebecca’s Reads | Kam Aures<\/a><\/h3>\n

\u201cThe floor rolled sharply and Meagan fell hard against a wall. A tide of cold water sloshed over her feet. All around in the darkness were piercing screams of horses and the thudding concussion of hooves. The floor rolled the other way and Meagan felt herself sliding. She leaned to stay against the wall…\u201d<\/p>\n

So begins \u201cThe Golden Spark,\u201d John Royce\u2019s 2nd book in \u201cThe Legend of the Great Horse\u201d trilogy. Don\u2019t worry if you haven\u2019t read the 1st book in the series, \u201cEclipsed by Shadow\u201d as the author provides a special note to those who haven\u2019t in the beginning of the book. He gives a brief summary and then reprints the last chapter of the first book so that those who are unfamiliar with the tale can get caught up. I found this to be a nice touch.<\/p>\n

Another helpful addition is the seven page glossary at the end of the novel. Being that the story is set in time periods long ago there are many unfamiliar terms used throughout the book. The glossary is extremely helpful in deciphering the meaning of these words that are not used often today.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Golden Spark\u201d is a tale that will appeal to young readers of fantasy and particularly readers interested in horsemanship. The story is magical and enchanting and the writing moves along at a nice pace as we follow Meagan on her journey through history. I think that it could easily be turned into a movie. I look forward to the continuation of Meagan\u2019s story in Book 3.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"graphicThe Golden Spark<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is the 2nd book of The Legend of the Great Horse<\/b> trilogy<\/em>, an award winning time-travel adventure through history\u2014on horseback! The story follows the journey of a modern horsewoman lost in the distant past.<\/p>\n

The trilogy books have won multiple national awards including the 2009 Eric Hoffer Award<\/b> for best Young Adult Fiction, and the 2010 Mom\u2019s Choice Award<\/b> for best family-friendly Young Adult Fantasy.<\/p>\n

Further information about this unique ‘creative non-fiction’ novel can be found at  TheGreatHorse.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe Golden Spark\u201d is a tale that will appeal to young readers of fantasy and particularly readers interested in horsemanship. The story is magical and enchanting and the writing moves along at a nice pace as we follow Meagan on her journey through history.—Kam Aures, Written Arts Awards – Rebecca’s Reads<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[289,59],"tags":[118,355,82,16,62,40,375,84,317,271,352,318,72],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7802"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7802"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15453,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7802\/revisions\/15453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreathorse.com\/book-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}