彩虹照耀

Tomas, a frail,  sh
y eight-year-

 old boy, has  been l iving a solita ry life in a  drab orpha nage sad, friendless and
alo n e. Then a jo yous burst of colou

r comes into his world: Maire O
'Donnell, whos e smile and spiri t light up th e darkest room and Tomas's heart.
Bef ore he
 knows it, Tom
as is on  a  boa t,   sai 
ling
to wind-swept Corrie Islan  d of

f the coast of Ire land, wh 
ere he meets Alec, her

 reticent husband w ho cannot

hide his disappoi 
ntment  with the boy.Undiscouraged, Mair e in troduces Tomas the wonders of hi s new  wor ld. She s hares with him  
th e secret
 of the seals, th
e myst e ry of the stone

giant and shows  him t  hat you can
find magic
 anywhe
re- if you real  l
y look. In this rugged and enchanting wo rld, T
omas
thrives.  He b efrien
ds a pair of i
sla nd children and rescues an orphan  sea  l pup who join him on his journey of se
lf -d iscovery. Slowly, Alec too begins to see in
Tomas what  Ma 
ir
e always has.But when tragedy  strikes, T omas is fa  ced with his g  reatest  challenge yet, for he 
will l ose e
ver y thing u nles
s he can  fin 
d and share the 

ma  gic that's inside him. R isking all, Tom
as embarks on a perilou s journey where  he will  need to  call on a ll of Maire's gifts to t riumph and co  me ho me.A Shine of Ra inbows is a st ory about t
he transformational power of lo ve- a
bout finding ac ceptance,   discover ing magi c, an
d about realizing that  r ainbows are all aroun
d y ou a
nd withi  n  you, to
o.