Bøker av Monika Rossa Wheatley

Eight-year-old Jason isn't happy at all with his birthday present from his aunt.Why would she give him an old, ugly stuffed animal? Jason is very disappointed and later that day, he finds an old mysterious coin wedged in a crack of his bedroom floor. On the coin, is a figure that begins to speak to Jason. Czar is a wise man who regales Jason with fascinating stories of historical significance, including ones of his family from several generations past, as well as a very important family secret.What connection does the coin have to his aunt's gift and what lessons does Jason learn about the true value of giving?This charming tale, based loosely on real-life events, expertly captures the importance of valuing friendship and family above the temporal and tangible. Wheatley's Jason and the Golden Coin incorporates exciting stories about past wars and revolutions with important concepts about gratitude, respect, and forgiveness. Young readers will eagerly anticipate the next sequel to Jason's adventures.Monika Rossa Wheatley is a writer and artist. Ms. Wheatley is currently writing a series of Jason books and lives in Tucson, Arizona.www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/JasonandtheGoldenCoin.html

Jason and the Poetry Contest is the second children's book in a series. The first story was Jason and the Golden Coin. Eight-year-old Jason and his friends are excited about a poetry contest at their school. Two of Jason's friends, Alice and Diana, enter the contest. But Diana cheats by stealing an idea, and wins the big prize, which is a trip to Disneyland. Jason is a close observer and discovers with help from the Czar, his friend and mentor from the first book, that a lie took place during the contest. Partly due to Jason, the truth comes out that Alice would have won the trip if the competition was fair. Diana confesses to cheating, and realizes that her first choice between right and wrong was the wrong choice. It turns out both girls get to go to Disneyland, because Jason and the Poetry Contest is also about forgiveness. Author Bio:Monika Rossa Wheatley is a fine artist, writer, and a mother of five grown children. She lives with her husband in Tucson, Arizona. Publisher's website: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/JasonAndThePoetryContest.html

Juggling the demands of a large family and difficult husband is often difficult enough for Monika as a Polish immigrant who has made her life in America without the support of her extended family. However, when her talented, charismatic young son starts to experiment with teenage counterculture, his delicate mental health starts to spiral out of control and Monika is dragged along a frightening and exhausting path which challenges her beyond what she could ever have imagined.Monika's heartfelt love and compassion for her troubled son never wavers but she feels completely out of her depth as she struggles to help her son and cope as her life is thrown off balance.At times harrowing but always engaging, this book is a searingly honest depiction of the loneliness and frustration of a mother at her wits' end and a son in the grip of forces beyond his control. It highlights many weaknesses in the systems available to families experiencing mental health crises and the risks posed by both illegal drugs and those prescribed to improve a young man's disturbed mind and behaviour.