彩虹  照耀

To

mas, a fr
ai l, sh
y eight-year-old boy, 
ha s b
een li
ving a
solitary lif e in a  dr ab orphanage sad, friendless and  alone. Then a joyo
 us burst of colour comes into his world: M
aire O'Donne
ll, whose

smile and spirit lig
ht up the d arkest ro  om and T oma s&#
39;s he  art. Befor e  he kn ows it, Tomas
 is on a boat, sailing to  wind-swept
 Corrie Island off th
e coa st 
of
Ireland, where he 

meets Alec, her reticent husb and who c annot hide his disappo
 int m 
e nt with the boy.Undiscouraged, Mair
e introdu ces T  omas the  w ond
e
rs of his new world. She shar es with him the  secret of the seals, the
 mystery of  the stone 
gia nt and shows hi m that you

 can find
magic anywhere-   if you really l
ook. In this rugged and enchanting
 world, Tomas thrives. H
e befriends a pa
ir 
of island child ren and rescues   an or
phan seal pup 
w ho join him on his journ ey of   s
elf-discove 
ry. 
Slowly, A
l ec too b  eg ins to see in Tomas what
M
 aire

 always has.But wh
en tragedy
str
ikes, Tomas 
is fa
 ced 

with his greatest  cha
llenge yet, for he will lose  everyt
hing unless he ca
n find and share the m

agic that
&
 #39;s inside  hi m. Ri sking all, Toma
s embarks o n
 a perilo us j

ourney where he will
 n
e
ed to cal

l  on all of Maire&#39  ;s gifts to tr ium ph and c ome h ome.A Shine   of Rain bow
s is a story about t he transforma tiona l power of love-  about finding acceptance, disco vering magic, and about realizing t
hat
rainbows ar 
e all around you and within you, too.